28-92 Water-rescue training & Boater safety education

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~'" ~RDINANCE NO. 28-92 BY:Boscia, Gallagher, George, Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smitt AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Mayor ex-officio Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, for the purpose of conducting a water-rescue training and boater-safety education program through the Lakewood Fire Department. WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has awarded a grant of $10,000.00 (Grant #16-92) to the City of Lakewood, Division of Fire for the purpose of purchasing equipment, conducting water rescue training and providing boater-safety education under a submitted program entitled, "Safety and Rescue In and About Lake Erie and Its Tributaries", and WHEREAS, this program will enhance the effectiveness of water rescue operations through the Division of Fire, and WHEREAS, regarding boater and this program will provide for public safety education safety, thereby reducing the risk for boating accidents, WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the purchase of rescue equipment, the training of rescue personnel, and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare through an educational boater-safety program; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor ex-officio Director of Public Safety be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, to provide for participation in the water rescue and boater-safety program---said agreement being substantially in the~form as set forth in "Exhibit B", attached hereto and made a part hereof; Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 3. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an stated in the preamble hereo pr~_o~jded emergency measure for the reasons and it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all membe~ted~to Council, it shall take effect and be in force imm~i-d'be~y u~p~on ix a~opt~on and approval by the Mayor; otherwiSe,awit sha~rce after the earliest period allowed by 1 Adopted: Approved:~~J~ ~} /~ ~ CLERK MAYOR