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:
(1) Council
(2) Board of Control
(3) Committee of Council
(4) Assessment Equalization Boards
(5) Planning and Zoning Commission
(6) Board of Zoning Appeals
(7) Civil Service Commission
(8) Any other established board or commission of the City.
(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 at the following location: on the bulletin board in the rotunda of the Municipal Building. A notice identifying the locations at which notifications will be posted pursuant to this chapter shall be published by the Clerk within ten calendar days after the adoption of this chapter.
(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 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 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 no later than two days preceding the day of the meeting to which notification refers, provided that at least one regular mail delivery day falls between the day of mailing and the day of such meeting.
(Ord. 65-78. Passed 4-24-78.)