In the case State ex rel. Ames v. Geauga Cty. Republican Cent. & Executive Commts., 2021-Ohio-2888, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals held that the Open Meetings Act does not apply to a county central committee meeting.
Here, an individual argued that the refusal to allow attendance at a committee meeting was a violation of the Open Meetings Act. The committee argued that it is not subject to the Open Meetings Act because it is not a county executive committee.
The Court of Appeals stated that the individual did not establish that a central committee meeting is a public body, subject to the Open Meetings Act. As such, the Court found that the trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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