Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:7 - Public Utilities Nominating Council › Chapter 4901:7-1 - General Provisions › Section 4901:7-1-03 - Notice of meetings to the public

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any
					person may determine the time, place, and purpose of all regularly scheduled,
					special, and emergency meetings of the nominating council by submitting a
					written request to: "PUC Nominating Council,
								 c/o Public Utilities
					Commission of Ohio, 180 East Broad Street, 
								11th Floor,
					Columbus, Ohio 43215-3793." Requests shall
					include the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the person
					making the request.
(B) Notice of
					regularly scheduled meetings shall be emailed to those persons who have
					requested to receive notice, unless regular mail is specifically requested, not
					less than five days prior to the date of the meeting. If an email is sent, the
					subject of the email shall be entitled "PUC nominating council meeting
					notice."
(C) If a special meeting
					of the nominating council is scheduled, notice of the meeting will be made by
					email or, if requested, telephone no later than twenty-four hours prior to the
					special meeting. Calls will be made during the normal business hours of the
					public utilities commission of Ohio. Such notice shall be complete if an email
					has been sent or if a telephone message has been left with a representative of
					the person to whom notice is being provided or if, after reasonable effort, the
					nominating council coordinator or his or her designated caller has been unable
					to provide such notice.
(D) Notice
					of regularly scheduled meetings shall be provided to the public utilities
					commission for inclusion in the meeting agenda distributed weekly by the
					commission.
(E) Members of the news
					media who wish to be notified if an emergency meeting of the nominating council
					is scheduled should indicate on their request that they are a member of the
					news media, the news agency that they represent, and a request to be notified
					when an emergency meeting is scheduled. Notice of emergency meetings will only
					be given to one representative of any particular news agency.
(F) If an emergency meeting of the nominating
					council is scheduled, notice of the meeting will be made by email or telephone,
					if requested, to members of the news media who have requested notification.
					Calls will be made during the normal business hours of the public utilities
					commission of Ohio. Such notice shall be complete if an email has been sent or
					if a telephone message has been left with a representative of the person to
					whom notice is being provided or if, after reasonable effort, the coordinator
					of the nominating council or his or her designated caller has been unable to
					provide such notice.
(G) The
					coordinator of the nominating council may request that persons verify in
					writing that they wish to remain on the list of persons to be notified of
					meetings of the nominating council. The coordinator shall not make such a
					request more frequent than once in a two-year period.