A Hamilton County resident has won a lawsuit against the Village of Cleves for violating Ohio’s Open Meetings Act, but the legal battle isn’t over yet.
Kyle Smith successfully sued the village, arguing they improperly held a closed executive session during an August 2025 meeting. The court ruled in Smith’s favor and ordered the village to limit future executive sessions to those specifically outlined by state law.
Ohio’s open meetings law requires government bodies to conduct public business in meetings open to the public, with limited exceptions for executive sessions on specific matters…