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i i I I I I '1 I I i I I I I I I I otherwise.10 PUBLIC INFORMATION There is no difficulty in applying the Open Meeting Law requirements to meetings which discuss public data as a matter of theory. Public data must be discussed in an open meeting. In practice, the difficulty lies in determining whether information is classified as "public" or "not public." The following information is public (except for undercover law enforcement officers): name; actual gross salary; salary range; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid fringe benefits; the basis for and the amount of any added renumeration, including expense reimbursement, in addition to salary; job title;-job description; education and training background; previous work experience; date of first and last employment; the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee, whether or not the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action; the final disposition of any disciplinary action toqether with the specific reasons for the action and data documentinq the basis of the action,, excludinq data that would identif~ confidential sources who are employees of the public body; the terms of any agreement settlinq administrative or ~udicial proceedings; work location; a work telephone number; badge number; honors and awards received; payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave or other not public data; and city and county of residence.11 (The underlined portion of the statute reflect the changes enacted by the 1990 legislature.) The 1990 legislature also defined the 10 Minn. Stat. sec. 13.43 (1988). 11 Minn. Stat. sec. 13.43, subd. 2 (1988). 5