As used in this chapter:
(a) "Clerk" means the Clerk of Council.
(b) "Day" means a calendar day.
(c) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of a Municipal body by a majority of the members of such Municipal body.
(d) "Municipal body" means and includes each of the following: Council, Assessment Equalization Boards, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals,the Civil Service Commission, 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 if they 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 Clerk under this chapter.
(f) "Post" means to post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Clerk and in the lobby of the Municipal Building.
(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 Clerk 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 not later than thesecond 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. 1840. Passed 12-29-75.)