ST. CLAIRSVILLE The union contract with city employees was up for discussion Monday, and council is considering expanding the scope of public comment during
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Resident Bill Brooks appeared Thursday before Belmont County Western Court Judge Eric Costine following his removal from a St. Clairsville C
Times Leader Staff Writer
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The city council will once again be meeting face-to-face after nearly a year of teleconference sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, Council President Jim Velas announced the 7:30 May 17 meeting will be in person.
“Due to the relaxation of some of the people in the meetings, we will have enough room in our council chambers to accommodate the entire council and the city officials,” Velas said. “They will follow all of the guidelines laid down by the health department … We are in serious hopes that they will relax them even a little bit more, where we will be able to consider bringing the general public back into the meeting.”
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE St. Clairsville City Council appears to have violated the Ohio Open Meetings Act on Monday, when members cast votes on board appointments via email.
According to the “2021 Ohio Sunshine Laws Manual” published by Attorney General Dave Yosts’s office: “A public body must make all of its meetings open to the public at all times. Secret ballots, whispering of public business, and ’round-robin’ discussions are all prohibited under the openness requirement.”
Members of the public who listened to the council meeting that was conducted via teleconference heard no information about which council members voted for which nominees incumbent recreation board members Alicia Freeman and Diane Schubert and the newly nominated Lisa Amos but heard the results of the vote.