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i~i\ ~" PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF TRE WHOLE 10/17/05. ORDINANCE NO. 102-05 BY: Corrigan, Demro, Dever, Dunn, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to repeal Section 128.2311, Authority to Contract for Central Collection Focillties. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 128.2311, Authority to Contract for Central Collection Facilities, the City of Lakewood has entered into an agreement to join a Regional Council of Governments, which then organized a municipal tax organization known as RITA to act as agent in the collection of the local income tax; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has an Agreement with RITA through December 31, 2005; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood desires to bring the responsibility of income tax collection in-house; 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, SECTIONS 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. Now Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That Section 128.2311, Authority to Contract for Central Collection Facilities, currently reading as follows: The City of Lakewood, having already entered into an agreement for the establishment of a Regional Council of Governments pursuant to Ordinance 34-71, which Council has organized a municipal tax collection agency known as the "Regional Income Tax Agency," declares that the Board of Trustees of the Regional Income Tax Agency is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter as the agent of the City of Lakewood, and the duties and authority of the Administrator hereunder may be performed by the Board of Trustees of such agency through the Administrator of such agency. However, the Administrator of such agency shall have no authority to abate penalties or interest provided for in Section 128.1501 and Section 128.1502. is hereby repealed effective December 31, 2005. 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 emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual dally operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the