A majority of all the members elected to Council shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but a lesser number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalty as may be prescribed by ordinance. The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. All meetings of a public body shall be public meetings open to the public, except Council may provide by ordinance for private deliberations and or executive sessions of a public body for the discussion of matters declared in such ordinance to require and or permit confidentiality. No action of a public body is valid unless adopted in a public meeting. Council may provide by ordinance for notification of meetings to the news media. Any citizen shall have access to the records of a public body in the manner and to the extent provided by the general laws of Ohio. The term "public body" as used in this Section 27 means Council, any committee of Council or any board or commission of the City established by the Charter or by Council.
(Amended Nov. 8, 2011)