52-73 Amend 135.07 (b) Admin - fees for polygraph tests

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ORDINANCE NO. 52-73 BY: Messrs. Usher, Werner, Brockman, Gmber, Magnotto, McBride, Sinagra AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend existing paragraph (b) of Section 135.07 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to the fee to be charged for conducting polygraph tests by employees in the Division of Police. WHEREAS, the cost of operation, repair and replacement of equipment required to conduct polygraph examinations has risen substantially during the past eleven years and , WHEREAS, the current schedule of fees chargeable for the conducting of polygraph examinations, which schedule was enacted in 1962, is wholly inadequate to meet the cost of operation and repair of such equipment and particularly is wholly inadequate to meet the cost of replacement of such equipment, and WHEREAS, the Division of Police is authorized to and does assist other municipalities in the investigation of crime and in the determination of qualifications of employment by the use of polygraph examinations, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1o That existing paragraph (b) of Section 135.07 of the Administrative Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, which presently reads as follows: "135.07 POLYGRAPH TESTS; FEES. In order to defray the cost of' the polygraph examination, the Chief of the Division of Police is authorized and directed to charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each polygraph examination given for the investigation of crime, and a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each polygraph examination given t° determine qualifications for employment in police departments. Such fees collected shall be paid by the Chief of the Division of Police to the Director of Finance, who shall credit them to the General Fund of the City." be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "135.07 POLYGRAPH TESTS; FEES. (b) In order to defray the cost of the polygraph examination, the Chief of the Division of Police is authorized and directed to charge a fee of forty dollars ($40.00) for each polygraph examination given for the investigation of crime, and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each polygraph examination given to determine qualifications for employment in police departments. Such fees collected shall be paid by the Chief of the Division of Police to the Director of Finance, who shall credit them to the General Fund of the City."