105-04 Amend 121.18 - Reports from Council Committees

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ORDINANCE NO: 105-04 BY: Corrigan, Dever, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 121.18 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to change the mandatory rules concerning reports from Council Committees. WHEREAS, this Council has authority over its own rules of operations and has regularly reformed or amended those rules to conform with established practices or improve its means of operations; WHEREAS, this Council made a series of changes in 1974 by adopting Ordinance No. 63-74, including the present form of Section 121.18 Reports of Committees; WHEREAS, without limiting its power to direct its Committees to meet specific timetables or otherwise report in specific format, the Council over time has largely omitted strict compliance with the "third next regular" and "each second subsequent regular meeting" provisions of Section 121.18 Reports of Committees and permitted cthe Clerk's scheduling and posting documents to serve those purposes; , WHEREAS, it is desirable to amend Section 121.18 to conform with current practice and to revise mandatory provisions that have not been treated as such; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected hereto determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shali take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE cm OF LAKEWOOD, and that immediate action is necessary to provide for the immediate reform of the operations and rules of Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE cm OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 121.18 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, adopted as part of Ordinance No. 63-74, passed September 16, 1974, and reproduced in its entirety herein: 121.18 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The committee to which any ordinancel resolution petition or other matter has been referred for consideraüon shall report to Councii the status of such referral by the third next regular Council meeting from such reference and at each second subsequent regular meeting thereafter until final report. Such status report shaii be given by the chairman of the committee and may be either orai or wrítten. be and hereby is amended to: 121.18 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The committee to which any ordinance, resolution, petitíon or other matter has been referred for consideration may report to Councii on the status of such referrai as often as the committee or its chairman determine is necessary prior to a final report on the referral is ready. This section shail not be construed to limit the ability of Councilor its members to move to discharge tram committee any referral or to mòve to reconsider the referral at the next regular Council meeting from such reference. Any status reports shail be given by the chairman of the committee and may be either oral or wrítten. Section 2. It is found and detérmined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Councii, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with ali legål requirements: