For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CLERK. The Clerk of Council.
DAY. Calendar day.
MEETING. Any prearranged discussion of the public business of the municipal body by a majority of the members of the municipal body.
MUNICIPAL BODY. Each of the following:
(1) Council;
(2) Board of Control;
(3) Board of Trustees of Public Affairs;
(4) Assessment Equalization Board;
(5) Planning Commission;
(6) Board of Building and Zoning Appeals;
(7) Civil Service Commission;
(8) Parks and Recreation Commission;
(9) Board of Health; and
(10) Committees of the above municipal bodies comprised of members of such bodies if such committees are comprised of a majority of the members of the main municipal body, or are decision-making committees.
ORAL NOTIFICATION. Notification given orally either in person or by telephone, directly to the person for whom such notification is intended, or by leaving an oral message for such person at the address, or if by telephone at the telephone number, of such person as shown on the records kept by the Clerk of Council under this chapter.
POST.
(1) To post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Clerk of Council and at the following locations:
(a) Barberton Municipal Building, 576 W. Park Avenue;
(b) Krinkle House, 534 Tuscarawas W.;
(c) United States Post Office, Barberton Branch, 531 Wooster Road W.;
(d) Central Fire Station, Wooster Road W.;
(e) West Side Fire Station, Twenty-fourth Street N.W.; and
(f) North End Fire Station, State Street.
(2) A notice identifying the locations at which notifications will be posted pursuant to this chapter shall be published by the Clerk of Council within ten calendar days after the adoption of this chapter.
PUBLISHED. Published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city, as defined in Ohio R.C. 7.12, except that no portion of such newspaper need be printed in the city. If at the time of any such publication there is no such newspaper of general circulation, then such publication shall be in a newspaper then determined by the Clerk of Council to have the largest circulation in the city.
SPECIAL MEETING. A meeting which is neither a regular meeting nor an adjournment of a regular or special meeting to another time or day to consider items specifically stated on the original agenda of such regular or special meeting.
WRITTEN NOTIFICATION. Notification in writing mailed, telegraphed or delivered to the address of the person for whom such notification is intended as shown on the records kept by the Clerk of Council under this chapter, or in any way delivered to such person. If mailed, such notification shall be mailed by first-class mail, deposited in a U.S. Postal Service mailbox no later than the second day preceding the day of the meeting to which such notification refers; provided that, at least one regular mail delivery day falls between the day of mailing and the day of such meeting.
(Prior Code, § 208.01) (Ord. 467-75, passed 12-29-1975)