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.
CROSS REFERENCES
Meetings of public bodies to be open - see Ohio R.C. 121.22
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 such municipal body.
(d) "Municipal body" means each of the following: Council, every committee of Council, every board, agency, committee and commission of the City, or similar decision making 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 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 in the lobby of the Government Center Building, Toledo, Ohio.
(g) "Published" means published once in the Toledo City Journal.
(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 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 mail box no later than the second day preceding the day of the meeting to which notification refers, provided at least one regular mail delivery day falls between the day of mailing and the day of such meeting.
(1952 Code § 2-7-1; Ord. 840-75.)
(a) The Clerk shall post a statement of the time and place 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 insure 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.
(d) In addition to the posting of the statements as provided herein, the Clerk shall cause to be published once a statement of the time and place of regular meetings for the calendar year of each municipal body, a statement of the time and place of any changed regular meetings, and a statement of the time and place of any organizational meeting of a municipal body. Such publication shall occur no later than the day preceding the day of the first such regular meeting of the calendar year, the day preceding the day of the first changed regular meeting and the day preceding the day of any such organizational meeting, as the case may be.
(1952 Code § 2-7-2; Ord. 840-75.)
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