8360-09 Clean Fuels OH - retrofit vehicles w/ diesel exhaust systems

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RESOLUTION N0. 8360-09 BY: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the Clean Fuels Ohio and Earth Day Coalition to accept and expend funds in the amount of $166,400, to retrofit 19 City vehicles with diesel exhaust systems and requiring a match in the amount of $8,569. WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, through the Clean Fuels Ohio and Earth Day Coalition administers financial assistance for environmental projects; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has been awarded $166,400 for use in retrofitting 19 City vehicles with new diesel exhaust systems; and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is required under the agreement to match funds in the amount of $8,569 which will be in the form of City mechanics installing the new equipment on vehicles in use in the Divisions of Refuse and Streets; 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 these funds should be accessed by the City of Lakewood as soon a practical to begin installing this new equipment. Now Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That the Mayor, on behalf of the City, be and is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Clean Fuels Ohio and Earth Day Coalition to accept and expend funds in the amount of $166,400, to retrofit 19 City vehicles with diesel exhaust systems and requiring a match in the amount of $8,569. Section 3. 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 deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property,