53-11 Modify 107.01, posting public notices

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WHEREAS, websites on the Internet, and particularly websites designed to be of local interest such as the City's website, www.onelakewood.com, aze places at which the public seeks and fords information of public concern to those interested in Lakewood government; and WHEREAS, in 2006 City Council passed Ord. 126-05, limiting information in public no- tices to basic information while "referring to the specific location on the City's web pages for ... detail," thereby recognizing the ability of the City's website to publish materials too voluminous to print and recognizing that the City's website is a "location"; and WHEREAS, in 2007 City Council passed Ord. 38-07, permitting the Director of Finance to sell used city equipment at Internet auctions, thereby acknowledging that online auctions spe- cifically will attract more interested parties to the city's offerings; and WHEREAS, in 2009 City Council passed Ord. 28-09, requiring the Director of Public Works to publish the City's mandatory recycling guidelines on the City's official website, thereby accepting the resourcefulness of the online posting of citywide policy; and WHEREAS, in 2010 City Council passed Ord. 23-10, rewriting the City's parking infrac- tion code to permit, among other things, those charged with a parking violation to respond to the charge either in person or over the Intemet, thereby recognizing that transacting city business by the Internet is a viable alternative to meeting in person; and WHEREAS, the evidence from within city hall, the police headquarters and the fire sta- tions suggests that the public is no longer interested in reviewing posted materials at those loca- tions in any measurable way; and WHEREAS, thus in the digital age Council fords there is great utility in permitting the posting of "the enactment of any and all ordinances, resolutions or other acts, procedures, state- ments, including financial statements, or reports" both at city hall and on the Internet, as doing so permits City Council and the administration to save the time and expense of wasted paper and staffresources;and WHEREAS, all powers of Council may be exercised by ordinance or resolution, so long as they are not prohibited by the Second Amended Charter; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure; that it shall take effect on January 1, 2012, the effective date of the charter amendment, 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 in order to immediately provide for the peace and order of municipal operations by ending a costly and time-consuming practice; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 107.01 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: