Committee advances edits to Chapter 111 rules on special meetings, quorum, remote participation and clerk duties

The Cleveland Heights Administrative Services Committee continued its review of Chapter 111 of the city’s codified ordinances on March 31, focusing on special-meeting notice and quorum rules, remote attendance, the role of the council clerk and whether the council president may speak for the legislative body.

Committee members discussed replacing ambiguous written-notice language for special and emergency meetings with a requirement that the council clerk receive and distribute written notice (including email), to create a public record of notification and reduce disputes about whether notice was given. Members generally agreed the mayor may continue to call special meetings, but that notice procedures should route requests through the clerk so…