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 public business.
107.06 General.
107.07 Noncompliance.
107.08 Public meetings of Municipal bodies.
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) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of a Municipal body by a majority of its members.
(c) "Municipal body" means each of the following:
(1) Council or any committee of Council;
(2) Planning and Zoning Commission;
(3) Board of Zoning Appeals;
(4) Architectural Board of Review; or
(5) Board of Cemetery Trustees.
(d) "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.
(e) "Post" means to post on the Village Hall bulletin board.
(f) "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.
(g) "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. 1987-4. Passed 3-9-87.)
(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 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. In the case of any Municipal body which does not hold regularly scheduled meetings, the Clerk shall post a statement of the time and place of each meeting at least seven days before such 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. 1987-4. Passed 3-9-87.)
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