Portage County commissioners may have violated open meetings laws, Ohio Supreme Court rules

Portage County commissioners may have violated open meetings laws, Ohio Supreme Court rules

- Lyndsey Brennan

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Portage County commissioners made an “impermissible end run around the Open Meetings Act” during Solid Waste Management District board meetings in 2019. 

Wednesday’s decision overturns a Sept. 8 Portage County appeals court ruling that said the commissioners did not violate the act.

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