Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4121 - Industrial Commission › Chapter 4121-1 - Notice; Meetings › Section 4121-1-03 - Non-adjudicatory meetings of the industrial commission

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The industrial commission
			 
								may
			 hold regular meetings to conduct its official business of a non-adjudicatory
			 nature at a designated time and place at the call of the chairperson of the
			 industrial commission. The commission shall provide at least seventy-two hours
			 advance notice, excluding weekends and state holidays, of all regular
			 meetings.
(B) Special meetings of
			 the industrial commission may be called by the chairperson of the commission on
			 his own initiative, or be called by the chairperson of the industrial
			 commission upon written request of two 
								commissioners
			 of the industrial commission.
(C)
			 Regular and special meetings of the industrial commission shall be held at the
			 time and location specified on the notice of the meetings.
(D) At all meetings of the industrial
			 commission, the executive director of the industrial commission, or in the
			 absence of the executive director of the industrial commission, a person
			 appointed by the chairperson,  shall call the name of each member of the industrial
			 commission present for all voting. The meeting minutes
			 of the industrial commission may be kept by use of a publicly accessible audio
			 recording medium.
(E) Notice
			 of each meeting of the industrial commission to consider official business of a
			 non-adjudicatory nature shall comport with rule
			 4121-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(F) The chairperson of the
			 industrial commission, or in his absence, another member of the industrial
			 commission designated by the chairperson of the industrial commission shall
			 preside at all meetings of the industrial commission.
(G) The commission shall conduct its official
			 business of a non-adjudicatory nature in the presence of a quorum and two
			 members of the industrial commission shall be present in person at any meeting
			 in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of public business. A
			 member of the commission must be present in person at a meeting to be
			 considered present or to vote at the meeting.
(H) Minutes of the meeting of the industrial
			 commission, upon approval of the industrial commission, are to constitute the
			 record of its proceedings. Minutes of all regular,
			 emergency, and special meetings of the industrial commission shall be
			 promptly prepared, filed and maintained and open to public inspection. The
			 portion of the minutes that concern executive sessions of the commission are to
			 only reflect the general subject matter of discussions in executive session.
			 The minutes of the meetings of the industrial commission can be accessed
			 through the office of chief legal counsel or the website at
www.ic.ohio.gov
.
(I) Consent to film, photograph, or record
			 meetings of the industrial commission shall be obtained from the chairperson of
			 the industrial commission, or with written consent of two members of the
			 industrial commission, prior to the start of the meeting. The industrial
			 commission may terminate such consent upon its determination such filming,
			 photographing, or recording is distracting or otherwise disruptive to the
			 meeting process.
(J) As defined in
			 this rule, a meeting is a pre-arranged discussion of the public business of a
			 non-adjudicatory nature of the industrial commission by a majority of its
			 members.
(K) In the event of an
			 emergency requiring immediate official action, the meeting shall be called
			 pursuant to paragraph (C) of rule
			 4121-1-02 of the Administrative
			 Code.