5099 - 75 Accept grant for Dial-A-Bus Transport Prog

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RESOLUTION NO. 5099 BY: Messrs. Graber, Magnotto, McBride, Sinagra, Usher, Brockman, Chinnock AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Lakewood, to accept such grant and enter into a contract with Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners covering such grant for the period of October 15, 1975 through April 30, 1976, providing partial funding for the Dial-A-Bus Transportation Program in this City under T£tle III of the 1973 Older Americans Act. WHEREAS, the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners is administrating a program of grants from the Federal Government, under Title III of the 1973 Older Americans Act, whereby this City may obtain monies to provide transportation services for persons 60 years of age or older~ WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is in need of financial assistance in order to aid in expanding the present transportation service to the Senior Citizens, and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and for the further reason that these funds can be obtained at the present. time; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, on behalf of the City of. Lakewood, be and h~ is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, providing partial funding of this City's Dial-A-Bus Transportation Program under Title III of the 1973 Older Americans Act. Section 2. That this resolution is hereby declared to bean emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption President Mayor