Public Records and Guidelines

The Southeastern Ohio Port Authority is a public entity and is thereby governed by Ohio Sunshine Laws. The Port Authority maintains a public records policy and abides by the public meetings statues.

The Ohio Public Records Act is built on centuries of American legal tradition that the records of government are “the people’s records.” The Public Records Act provides the public with procedures to request records from any public office in Ohio , while protecting certain specific types of records from release. It also establishes a legal process to enforce compliance when a requester feels that a public office has failed to satisfy its public records obligations.

The Open Meetings Act requires public bodies in Ohio to conduct all public business in open meetings that the public may attend and observe. This means that if a public body is meeting to discuss and decide public business, the meeting must be open to the public.