CHAPTER 105
Open Meetings
105.01   Definitions.
105.02   Notice of regular and organizational meetings.
105.03   Notice of special meetings.
105.04   Notice to news media of special meetings.
105.05   Notification of discussion of specific types of public business.
105.06   General.
   CROSS REFERENCES
      State requirements - see Ohio R.C. 121.22
105.01   DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   "Fiscal Officer" means the Fiscal Officer of the Village of Perry.
   (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 Trustees of Public Affairs;
      Board of Zoning Appeals;
      Planning Commission and committees of the above Municipal Bodies comprised of members of such Bodies.
   (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 Fiscal Officer under these Rules. If telephone notification requires a long distance charge, then the telephone call shall be collect to the place being called.
   (f)   "Post" means to post in an area accessible to the public during the usual business hours at the office of the Fiscal Officer and at the following location: 4203 Harper Street, Perry, Ohio. A notice identifying the locations at which notifications will be posted pursuant to these Rules shall be published by the Fiscal Officer within ten calendar days after the adoption of these Rules.
   (g)   "Published" means published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Village, as defined in Ohio R.C. 7.12, except that no portion of such newspaper need be printed in the Village. If at the time of any such publication there is no such newspaper of general circulation, then such publication shall be in a newspaper then determined by the Fiscal Officer to have the largest circulation in the Village.
   (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 Fiscal Officer 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. 3-1976. Passed 2-11-76.)
105.02   NOTICE OF REGULAR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS.
   (a)   The Fiscal Officer shall post a statement of the time(s) and place(s) 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 twenty-four 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 twenty-four 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.
(Ord. 3-1976. Passed 2-11-76.)
105.03   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS.
   (a)   Except in the case of a special meeting referred to in Section 105.04(d), the Fiscal Officer shall, no later than twenty-four hours before the time of a special meeting of a Municipal Body, post a statement of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting.
   (b)   The statement under this section and the notifications under Section 105.04 shall state such specific or general purpose or purposes then known to the Fiscal Officer to be intended to be considered at such special meeting and may state, as an additional general purpose, that any other business as may properly come before such Municipal Body at such meeting may be considered and acted upon.
(Ord. 3-1976. Passed 2-11-76.)
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