(a) No public body shall hold a regularly scheduled meeting without first having posted notice or given written or oral notification to "The Fairborn Daily Herald", or any other newspaper of general circulation in the City, not less than twenty-four hours before such meeting, of the time and place of the meeting.
(b) No public body shall hold a special meeting without first having posted notice or given written or oral notification to "The Fairborn Daily Herald", or any other newspaper of general circulation in the City, not less than twenty-four hours before such meeting, of the time, place and purpose of the meeting. No special meeting shall be held unless a representative of the public body has given at least twenty-four hours' notice thereof to the news media that have requested notification, such notice to be given by means of telephone to the person representing each branch of the news media, who has been designated as the official recipient of such advance notice. However, twenty-four hours' notice shall not be required in the case of an emergency requiring immediate official action. The member or members of the public body calling the meeting to consider the emergency shall notify the requesting news media immediately of the time, place and purpose of the meeting. Any long distance telephone call to accomplish such notice shall be at the expense of the requesting news media.
(Ord. 2-1976. Passed 2-17-76.)