CHAPTER 107
Public Meetings
107.01    Definitions.
107.02   Notice of regular and organizational meetings.
107.03   Notice of special meetings.
107.04   Notice to news media of special meetings.
107.05   Notification of discussion of specific types of public business.
107.06   General provisions.
107.07   Compliance.
CROSS REFERENCES
      Public notice - see CHTR. §4.12
      Meetings of public bodies - see Ohio R.C. 121.22
      Disturbing a lawful meeting - see GEN. OFF. 509.04
   107.01 DEFINITIONS. 
   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 and committees of that Municipal body 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.
   (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 bulletin board located in the first floor lobby of City Hall. 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 described in Section 123.01.
   (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, meetings.
   (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 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 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. 1986-24. Passed 4-28-86.)
   107.02 NOTICE OF REGULAR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS. 
   (a)    The Clerk 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 Clerk 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 Clerk at least twenty-four hours before the time of the first changed regular meeting.
   (b)    The Clerk 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 Clerk shall promptly post notice of the time and place of such adjourned meeting.
(Ord. 1976-5. Passed 1-26-76.)
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