5745-83 Accept grant for Litter Control

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RESOLUTION N0. 5745-83 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with and to accept, budget, and administer the 1983 grant in the amount of $52,295 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Litter Control allocated from the Ohio Litter Control Act of 1980 and repealing Resolution No. 5734 adopted December 20, 1982. WHEREAS, litter is unsightly, unsanitary, and creates blighting condi- tions, and WHEREAS, the Lakewood City Council recognizes the existence of a litter problem within the boundaries of the City of Lakewood and the need to address the problem at a local level, and WHEREAS, the Ohio Litter Control Act of 1980 provides, through the Ohio 'Department of Natural Resources, Office of Litter Control, for the allocation of public funds in the form of grants for the purpose of enhancing local litter control programs; 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 the aforementioned funds are currently available; 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 he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with and to accept, budget, and administer the 1983 grant in the amount of $52,295 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Litter Control allocated from the Ohio Litter Control Act of 1980. Section 2. That Resolution No. 5734 shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 3. 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.ef 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 including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 4. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: 7 ~ ~ ~6 ~ G(%~P E T ~~~.~~o ~ LERK Approved: ~~1~ sc_=_~~,,,,~ M OR