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The City of Hastings encourages active participation of its residents. City Advisory Commissions are a way in which residents can take a participatory involvement in the planning, development, and preservation of our growing and historical community. Thank you for your interest in serving on an advisory commission. Information about these opportunities is available on the City’s website. 

1. Each public official of the City of Hastings shall file for public record in the office of the City Clerk, a sworn statement in a form approved by the City Council and which must contain, at a minimum, the following information:
   1. The names of all businesses, corporations, companies, firms, partnerships, or other business enterprises, doing business with or in the City of Hastings, in which the public official is connected thereto as an employee, owner, director, officer, adviser, or consultant, or in which the public official has a continuing financial interest, through ownership of stock or as a beneficiary of any pension or retirement plan;
   2. A description of all parcels of real property, other than property occupied by the public official as a personal residence, in which the public official has any interest, including the right to occupy any such property; and
   3. The interest of a spouse, or minor child or other member of the immediate household of any public official shall be considered an interest of the public official for purposes of filing the statement required.
2. Each person who becomes a public official shall, within 30 days after assuming the office or position, file a public disclosure required by this section.
   1. Following an initial filing, the information on that filing shall remain in effect and all public officials will continue to attest to its truth. Within 30 days of any change to the information on the initial filing and following any reappointment or reelection, all public officials shall file a new sworn statement with the City Clerk. City staff members covered under this provision shall fill out an initial filing and shall thereafter complete any amended filings within 30 days of any change to the information on the initial filing or at least every 4 years, in the years in which the Mayor and at large Councilmember seats are up for election, whichever comes first.
   2. This subchapter shall not be construed to require the filing of any information relating to any person’s connection with any professional society or any charitable, religious, social, fraternal, recreational, civil or political organization or any similar organization not conducted as a business enterprise.
   3. The City Administrator shall inform each person who is required to file a statement, the time and place for filing, and shall furnish each such person with a copy of this subchapter and the required statement form. The City Administrator shall inform the City Council when any person, who is required to file a statement, fails to file the statement in a timely manner.

Please take notice that any data received by the City as the result of submitting this form will be classified as government data pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13. Under the Data Practices Act, some or all of this data is classified as public data, including your name, address, email address, phone number, and other personal information provided by you. Public data is available to anyone requesting it and consists of all data furnished via this Web form. Please be advised that the correspondence will be added to the public record. The purpose and intended use of the information collected through this form is to obtain public input and data in support of City activities and services. You have the right to refuse to submit this form. If you choose not to submit this form, you will need to contact the City by another means if you wish to provide the information collected by the form.