8276-08 Accept Funds for Targeted Enforcement

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RESOLUTION N0. 8276-08 gY; Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor, as Safety Director, to enter into an agreement on behalf of the City to accept and expend grant funds, in the amount of $1,632.83, from University Hospitals Health System/Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital for the purpose of providing targeted enforcement activity within the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, University Hospital Health System/Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital has received a Governor's Highway Safety Office (GHSO) High Visibility Enforcement Overtime grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) for the purpose of decreasing fatalities and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes on Cuyahoga County roadways; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTONS 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 in that target area enforcement begins upon execution of the agreement and ends September 30, 2008. Now, Therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Mayor, as Safety Director, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the City of Lakewood, to accept and expend grant funds, in the amount of $1,632.83, from University Hospitals Health System/Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital for the purpose of providing targeted enforcement activity within the City of Lakewood. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberation of the Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with all legal requirements.