Cosponsors:
Senators Boccieri, Cates, Amstutz, Fedor, Harris, Mason, Padgett, Seitz, Schuler, Schuring, Spada, Wilson, Smith, Stivers, Faber, Gardner, Niehaus, Sawyer
Representatives Combs, McGregor, J., Flowers, Mallory, Chandler, Adams, Blessing, Budish, DeBose, Domenick, Dyer, Evans, Hagan, R., Hughes, Patton, Schindel, Uecker
| Sec. 305.09. All the proceedings of the board of county | 10 |
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commissioners shall
be public, at the office provided for the | 11 |
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board
in the county seat, or at another
location, as provided in | 12 |
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division (B) of section 305.06 or
division (B) of section 305.07 | 13 |
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of the Revised Code,
and, as far as possible, shall be in | 14 |
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conformity with the rules of
parliamentary law. | 15 |
| If the clerk of the board maintains the full record of the | 16 |
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proceedings by electronic means, the chairperson of the board, | 17 |
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prior to
complying with section 305.11 of the
Revised Code, | 18 |
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shall announce that the record is being maintained
in such a | 19 |
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manner and, during the proceedings, shall ensure that
each person | 20 |
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self-identifies prior to speaking during the
proceedings. | 21 |
Sec. 305.10. The(A) Except as otherwise provided in | 22 |
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division (B) of this section, the clerk of the board of county | 23 |
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commissioners shall keep a full written record of the proceedings | 24 |
of the
board, and a written general index of suchthose | 25 |
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proceedings, entering each
motion with the name of the person | 26 |
making it on the record. HeThe
clerk
shall call and record the | 27 |
yeas and nays on each motion which
involves the levying of taxes | 28 |
or appropriation or payment of
money. HeThe clerk shall state | 29 |
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fully and clearly in the record
any
question relating to the | 30 |
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powers and duties of the board which is
raised for its | 31 |
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consideration by any person having an interest
therein, together | 32 |
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with the decision on such question, and shall
call and record the | 33 |
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yeas and nays by which the decision is made.
When requested by a | 34 |
party interested in the proceedings or by hisa
party's
counsel, | 35 |
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the clerk shall record any legal proposition decided by
the board, | 36 |
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the decision thereon, and the votes by which the
decision is | 37 |
reached. If either party, in person or by counsel,
excepttakes | 38 |
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exception to such decision, the clerk shall record the exceptions | 39 |
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with the record of the decision. | 40 |
| (B) A board of county commissioners may elect to maintain a | 41 |
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full record of its proceedings by electronic means, including, but | 42 |
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not limited to, those listed in section 9.01 of the Revised Code, | 43 |
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by adopting a resolution that directs the clerk to maintain a full | 44 |
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record of the proceedings by electronic means. The clerk also | 45 |
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shall maintain a general index of the electronic record in either | 46 |
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a written form or by electronic means, as determined by the board | 47 |
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in its resolution. The board's resolution also may authorize the | 48 |
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clerk to maintain a written summary of the record of the | 49 |
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proceedings, provided that the summary shall include a notation | 50 |
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that the full record of proceedings is maintained by electronic | 51 |
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means. If the electronic means malfunctions, the clerk shall | 52 |
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create the full written record of the proceedings as described in | 53 |
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division (A) of this section. | 54 |
| Sec. 305.11. Immediately upon the opening of each day's | 55 |
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session of the board
of county commissioners, the records of the | 56 |
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proceedings of the session of the
previous day shall be read, or | 57 |
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provided to each commissioner in written form, by the clerk of the | 58 |
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board and, if correct,
approved and signed by the commissioners. | 59 |
| In the alternative, if the clerk maintains the full record of the | 60 |
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proceedings by electronic means as authorized by division (B) of | 61 |
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section 305.10 of the Revised Code, the board shall orally approve | 62 |
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the electronic record of proceedings at the previous meeting after | 63 |
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the clerk certifies that the entire record of the proceedings at | 64 |
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that meeting is completely and accurately captured in the | 65 |
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electronic record of those proceedings. When the board is not in | 66 |
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session,
the record of proceedings shall be kept in the county | 67 |
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auditor's office or, if
the county has a full-time clerk, in the | 68 |
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county commissioners' office, open at
all proper times to public | 69 |
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inspection. It shall be certified by the president
and clerk of | 70 |
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the board and shall be received as evidence in every court in
the | 71 |
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state. | 72 |
| Sec. 5502.31. Each political subdivision may make | 73 |
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appropriations for the
payment of the expenses of its local | 74 |
activities for emergency management and
for the payment of the | 75 |
expensesincurred by an agency established pursuant to section | 76 |
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5502.271 of the Revised Code or chargeable to that political | 77 |
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subdivision by
agreement in any county wherein a countywide agency | 78 |
or regional authority for
emergency management has been | 79 |
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established pursuant to section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a | 80 |
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regional authority has been established pursuant to section | 81 |
5502.27 of the Revised Code, respectively. | 82 |