As used in this chapter:
(a) "Clerk" means the Clerk of Council.
(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; Board of Control; Assessment Equalization Boards; Planning Commission; Board of Zoning Appeals; Civil Service Commission; Committees of Council; Treasury Investment Board; Health Board; all other boards or commissions created by ordinance 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 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 at the following location: On the wall outside of the Police Department in the City Building.
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, except that no portion of such newspaper need be printed in the Municipality.
(h) "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.
(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. 6778. Passed 1-8-76.)