Ohio Revised Code Title VII. Municipal Corporations § 715.693

(1) The board or council establishes a primary meeting location that is open and accessible to the public.

(2) Meeting-related materials that are available before the meeting are sent via electronic mail, facsimile, hand-delivery, or United States postal service to each member.

(3) In the case of an interactive video conference, the board or council causes a clear video and audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to see and hear each member.

(4) In the case of a teleconference, the board or the council causes a clear audio connection to be established that enables all meeting participants at the primary meeting location to hear each member.

(5) All board or council members have the capability to receive meeting-related materials that are distributed during a meeting.

(6) A roll call voice vote is recorded for each vote taken.

(7) The minutes of the board or council meeting identify which members remotely attended the meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference.

If the board or council proceeds under this section, use of an interactive video conference is preferred, but nothing in this section prohibits the council from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting.

(1) Authorize members to remotely attend a meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof, in lieu of attending the meeting in person;

(2) Establish a minimum number of members that must be physically present in person at the primary meeting location if the board or council conducts a meeting by interactive video conference or teleconference;

(3) Require that not more than one member remotely attending a meeting by teleconference is permitted to be physically present at the same remote location;

(4) Establish geographic restrictions for participation in meetings by interactive video conference and by teleconference;

(5) Establish a policy for distributing and circulating meeting-related materials to members, the public, and the media in advance of or during a meeting at which members are permitted to attend by interactive video conference or teleconference;

(6) Establish a method for verifying the identity of a member who remotely attends a meeting by teleconference.