State Ex Rel. Davila v. City of Bucyrus

Preston, Judge.

{¶ 1} Respondents-appellants, the city of Bucyrus, Mayor Daniel F. Ross, and Police Chief Kenneth Teets, appeal the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas’ grant of summary judgment in favor of relator-appellee, Edwin Davila. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

{¶ 2} On March 17, 2009, Davila sent a letter addressed to the “City of Bucyrus care of Mayor Dan Ross or President of Records Commission,” requesting “copies of the minutes and public notices of all meetings held by the City of Bucyrus Records Commission.” That same day, Davila also sent a letter to the Bucyrus chief…