Special meetings of Council may be called as provided by its rules, regulations, by-laws, or by ordinance or resolution. In the absence of any such provisions, special meetings may be called by a majority vote of Council taken at any regular or special meeting thereof, or shall be called by the Clerk of Council upon the written request of the Mayor, or the President of Council, or any three (3) members of Council. Notice, in writing, each such special meeting called at the request of the Mayor, President of Council, or three (3) members of Council, shall state the date and time, and subject or subjects to be considered, and no other subject shall be considered thereat. Such written notice shall be served by the Clerk of Council upon the Mayor and each member of Council, either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at the member’s usual place of residence, not less than twenty-four (24) hours preceding the time for the meeting. In the event that a special meeting is called by a vote of Council taken at any regular or special meeting from which any member of Council is absent, written notice of such special meeting shall be given such absentee in the manner and form hereinbefore provided. Service of such notice may be waived by an instrument in writing signed prior to the hour of such meeting, and the Mayor and any member of Council shall be deemed conclusively to have waived such notice by the member’s attendance at any such meeting. All special meetings of Council shall be held at the Council Chambers and shall be open to the public, unless an executive session is held for one of the reasons set forth in the Ohio Revised Code.
(Approved by voters November 6, 1990; Res. 65-2021. Passed 7-6-21.)