8406-10 Accept funds for Low-Income Subsidy or Medical Savings Prog

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RESOLUTION N0. 8406-10 BY: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Madigan, Powers, Smith, Summers. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at leasf 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, or his designee to enter into ar Agreement with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging to accept funds for outreach and enrollment of eligible individuals for Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) or Medical Savings Programs (MSP). WHEREAS, the Western Reserve Area Agency. on Aging is administering a program of grants, the sources of these funds are the Administration on Aging, Grant and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Grant in support of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) whereby this City may obtain funds to support outreach and enrollment activities targeting limited income Medicare beneficiaries that may be eligible for the LIS and MSP Programs; 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 completed contracts must be submitted no later than March 11, 2010. Now Therefore, BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, to accept funds,. for outreach and ehrollment of eligible individuals for Low-Income Subsidy or Medical Savings Programs. 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 deliberations of 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. Section 3. That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members elected to Council, this Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted:U~~iL- l~G Approved: `f t./ ~__~~ PRESIDENT MAYOR CLERK