Lookee what I just found, from June 30, 2016 - MINUTES from a Village Council meeting that took place at NOON.
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Any meetings of elected officials that are in addition to the regular schedule are required to be advertised in a very specific manner. I wonder if this meeting was properly advertised according to Sunshine Law? Does anyone else find it odd that it occurred during the middle of a normal work day???
I suggest village residents call each one of those council members personally and share your opinion on their action.
Ohio statute states that no contract for the sale of real estate belonging to a municipal corporation shall be made unless authorized by an ordinance. When the contract is so authorized, it shall be made in writing only with the highest bidder, after advertisement once a week for five consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.
ReplyDeleteLet’s piece the timeline together, the map and purchase contract are dated 6/15/2016 and the ordinance to authorize the sale of land is dated 6/30/2016.This suggests that the Village was in discussions with NS by at least 6/15/2016 and decided to pursue selling the piece of land about 2 weeks. However they didn’t think it was important to let the residents know until almost 2 months later.
As the statute states, they must advertise for 5 consecutive weeks prior to entering into a contract to sell the land, in which they are doing now If there was no interest in selling the land, why expend the money to advertise?
Looks like the property owners sold us out first and the village is preparing to sell us out. Put pressure on them before they sign on the dotted line.