107.02 DEFINITIONS.
The following words when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.
(a) "Clerk" means the Clerk of Council or equivalent secretary of the Municipal Body.
(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 all public bodies as that term is used in Section 13.01
of the Charter and includes but is not limited to each of the following:
Airport and Aviation Commission | Downtown Improvement Advisory Board |
Board of Control | Historic Preservation Commission |
Board of Health | Human Relations Commission |
Board of Park Commissioners | Planning Commission |
City Council | Records Commission |
Civil Service Commission | Shade Tree Commission |
Public Arts Commission | |
Tax Appeals Board | |
(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 these rules.
(f) "Post" means to post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Clerk and on the third floor of the Municipal Building at 30 North Diamond Street. A notice identifying the locations at which notifications will be posted pursuant to these rules shall be published by the Clerk within ten calendar days after the adoption of these rules.
(g) "Published" means published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Municipality, as defined in Ohio R.C. 7.12.
(h) "Special meeting" means a meeting which is neither a regular meeting nor an adjournment of a regular or special meeting, which is set for a specific time or day and which is to be held to consider items specifically specified by the person who requests the special meeting.
(i) "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 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. 23-178. Passed 11-21-23.)