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PUBLIC MEETINGS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DAY. A calendar day.
FISCAL OFFICER. The Fiscal Officer of the village.
MEETING. Any prearranged discussion of the public business of a municipal body by a majority of the members of such municipal body.
MUNICIPAL BODY. Any legislative authority or board, commission, committee, agency, authority, or similar decision-making body of the municipality.
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 Fiscal Officer under this chapter.
POST. To post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Fiscal Officer and in the lobby of the Municipal Building.
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 Fiscal Officer 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 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, § 206.02)
(A) The Fiscal Officer shall post a statement of the time and place of regular meetings of each municipal body for each calendar year not later than the second day preceding the day of the first regular meeting (other than the organizational meeting) of the calendar year of that municipal body. The Fiscal Officer shall check at reasonable intervals to ensure that such statement remains so posted during such calendar year. If, at any time during the calendar year, the time or place of regular meetings, or of any regular meeting, is changed on a permanent or temporary basis, a statement of the time and place of such changed regular meetings shall be so posted by the Fiscal Officer at least 24 hours before the time of the first changed regular meeting.
(B) The Fiscal Officer shall post a statement of the time and place of any organizational meeting of a municipal body at least 24 hours before the time of such organizational meeting.
(C) Upon the adjournment of any regular or special meeting to another day, the Fiscal Officer shall promptly post notice of the time and place of such adjourned meeting.
(Prior Code, § 206.03)
(A) Except in the case of a special meeting provided for in § 30.19(E), the Fiscal Officer shall, not later than 24 hours before the time of a special meeting of a municipal body, post a statement of the time, place, and purpose of such special meeting.
(B) The statement required under division (A) above, and the notifications required under § 30.19, shall state such specific or general purpose then known to the Fiscal Officer to be intended to be considered at the special meeting and may state, as an additional general purpose, that any other business as may properly come before the municipal body at that meeting may be considered and acted upon.
(Prior Code, § 206.04)
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