8452-10 Accept funds for Juvenile Diversion Program

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE 10/18/10. RESOLUTION N0. 8452-10 BY:' Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Madigan, Powers, Smith, 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, or his designee to enter into an' Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners and their successors to accept and expend funds in an amouht estimated at $40,251 to expand services provided under the City's Juvenile Diversion Program... WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services, Division of Youth has an established Juvenile Diversion Program targeting juvenile offenders referred by Juvenile Court with the intent of keeping the youth from entering the formal Juvenile Court System, and WHEREAS, the funding will support expanded service delivery by increasing the number of youth served along with the requisite monitoring of each participant, increase the number of available community service sites, require involvement of a Certified Alcohol and Drug Prevention/Intervention provider for all youth with a drug or alcohol offense and their parents/guardians, and strengthen the existing partnership with Lakewood City Schools through the development and implementation of a truancy mediation/intervention program primarily for middle school youth, 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 SO 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 December 1, 2010. Now Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, or his designee, for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners $40,251.00 for a period ending December 31, 2011. 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