CHAPTER 208
Notice of Public Meetings
208.01   Definitions.
208.02   Notice of regular and organizational meetings.
208.03   Notice of special meetings.
208.04   Notice to news media of meetings.
208.05   Notification of discussion of specific types of public business.
208.06   General.
208.07   Notification by fax; special registered mail.
208.08   Audio tapes.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Open meetings - see Ohio R.C. 121.22
 
208.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   “Secretary" includes Clerk of Council and secretaries of all Boards and Commissions.
   (b)   "Day" means calendar day.
   (c)   "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of the Municipal body by a majority of the members of the Municipal body.
   (d)   "Municipal body" means each of the following: Council, Council Committees, Planning Commission, Traffic Commission, Charter Review Commission, Civil Service Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Ethics, Board of Building Code Appeals, City Recreation Board, Commemorative Affairs Board, Board of Health, Assessment Equalization Board and such other boards and commissions to which Section 6.01 of the Charter is applicable and 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.
   (e)   "Oral notification" means 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 secretary under these rules.
   (f)   "Post" means to post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours. A notice identifying the location at which notifications will be posted pursuant to these rules shall be published within ten calendar days after the adoption of these rules.
   (g)   "Special meeting" means 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.
   (h)   "Written notification" means 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 secretary under these rules, 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.
      (Ord. 39-76. Passed 4-12-76.)
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