Barga v. St. Paris Village Council

Citations

• 255 N.E.3d 26
• 2024 Ohio 5293
• 178 Ohio St. 3d 129

Syllabus

Open Meetings Act, R.C. 121.22—R.C. 737.171—When a public employee has a statutory right to a public hearing, the plain terms of R.C. 121.22(G)(1) apply; the public body may not enter into executive session to discuss any of the statutorily enumerated employment actions when the public employee requests a public hearing, but, rather, the public body must consider the employment action in a public hearing—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and cause remanded to village council for public hearing.