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SUBSTITUTED ON THE FLOOR 2/7/11. PLACED ON 1ST READING &REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 12/20/10, 2ND READING 1/3/11. ORDINANCE NO. 109-10 BY: Bullock, Butler, Suris, Nowlin, Madigan, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to establish the salary of the mayor pursuant to Article II, Sec- tion 5 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, for the purpose of modi- fying the recommendations of the Civil Service Commission dated December 20, 2010. WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XI, .Section 7 of the Charter, the Civil Service Commission has presented its recommendations to City Council recommending that the salary of the office of Mayor be increased to the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per year; and WHEREAS; pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the Charter, the Civil Service Commission has presented its recommendations to City Council recommending that the salary of the office of each Councilmember be increased to the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00) per year, plus an optional health-care benefits package not to exceed Three Thousand, Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300.00) per year; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article II, Section 5 and Article III, Section 3 of the Sec- ond Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, City Council shall accept, reject or mod- ify the recommendations of the Civil Service Commission as they relate to the salary of the offices of Mayor and Councilmember; and WHEREAS, the Commission found that Lakewood's Mayor and Councilmem- bers have been consistently paid less than their peers in cities with similar demographics. and fiscal resources, and the data support such a finding; and WHEREAS, the salaries for Mayor and Councilmembers have not been increased in decades; and WHEREAS, in its deliberations related to the foregoing this Council has identi- fied aneed to increase the salary of the office of Mayor, although incrementally in order to minimize the impact on future budgets; and WHEREAS, increasing the salary of the office of Mayor to be commensurate with those who serve municipalities with comparable annual budgets and staffing levels is important to attract excellent candidates for these offices well into the future; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That pursuant to Article II, Section 5 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, the salary of the office of Mayor of Lakewood is here- by increased to the sum of Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) per year, effective Jan- uary 1, 2012, and the salary of the office of Mayor of Lakewood is hereby increased to