44-03 Maintenance of Sewers at Rosalie Ave

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ORDINANCE NO. 44-03 BY: corrigan, Dever, Dunn, George, Roth, Seelie. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter into contracts for an amount not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) and declaring said contracts to be necessary to meet an emergency arising with the operation and maintenance of the City sewer system located on Rosalie Avenue, north of Lake Avenue. WHEREAS, approximately 40 feet of City maintained sanitary sewer located below Rosalie Avenue, north of Lake Avenue has collapsed; and WHEREAS, immediate action is necessary to prevent homes on Rosalie Avenue from being cut off from the City's sanitary sewer system; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the provision of sewer services to residents on Belle Avenue will not be possible without immediate intervention. Now Therefore, BE ~T ORDAINED BY THE C~TY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for an amount not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) for the repair and/or replacement of the City owned sewer below Rosalie Avenue, north of Lake Avenue as may be necessary. Section 2. This Council hereby declares said contracts to be necessary to meet an emergency arising with the operation and maintenance of the City maintained sewer system located below Rosalie Avenue and private property, pursuant to Lakewood Codified Ordinance §111.04(a)(3). Section 3. 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 the 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 4. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this