45-00 Clerk of Court Compensation

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE 9/5/00. PLACED Ob 2ND READING 9/18/00. ORDINANCENO. 45-00 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, SmJ AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE fixing the compensation of the Clerk of the Lakewood Municipal Court, the time and method of payment WHEREAS, the Municipal Court Act, Revised Code Section 1901.31 provides that the legislative authority of this municipality shall fix the annual salary of the Clerk of Courts, and WHEREAS, the Act further provides that the compensation of the Clerk shall be paid three-fifths from the City Treasury and two-fifths from the Treasury of the County in which the City is located and, WHEREAS, the ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department in that in the interest of public service, welfare, and safety, it is necessary to fix the compensation of the Clerk and direct the time and method of payment thereof, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1 That the compensation of the Clerk of the Lakewood Municipal Court is hereby fixed at Seventy Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars per annum effective April 1, 2000. Section 2. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to pay three- fifths of the compensation of the Clerk as herein fixed, from the City Treasury in semi-monthly or in equal installments every two weeks. Section 3. That Ordinance no. 35-99 adopted October 19, 1999 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith shall be and are hereby repealed. Section 4. 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 deliberation of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meeting open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 5. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of ail members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: President ~Cle k