State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs. (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 178 N.E.3d 492
• 165 Ohio St. 3d 292
• 2021 Ohio 2374

Syllabus

Mandamus—Public Records Act—Open Meetings Act—Solid-waste-management district (\SWMD\) is a valid entity created under R.C. 343.01 and 3734.52 with the county board of commissioners serving as its board of directors—Board may conduct separate meetings for SWMD business and non-SWMD county business—Official action of the SWMD board must be taken in a public meeting, and full and accurate minutes of the meetings must be maintained—Board's failure to inform the public of the resolutions being voted on at an SWMD public meeting as part of a consent agenda raises the question whether the use of a consent agenda in this manner constructively closes the public meeting—Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part and cause remanded.