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RESOLUTION NO. $556-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the City of Lakewood to enter into an agreement with Cuyahoga County to accept Homeland Security grant funds in the amount of $1,300 for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). WHEREAS, each member of the Westshore Council of Governments has been awarded a homeland security grant in the amount of $1,300; and WHEREAS, each member community must individually accept such funds; and WHEREAS, the funds will be utilized by the Westshore Council of Governments to purchase equipment artd supplies; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members 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, SECTIONS 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 must be accepted no later than February 29, 2012. Now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That the Council of the City of Lakewood authorizes the Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, to enter into an agreement with Cuyahoga County to accept funds in the amount o f $1,300 for the purchase of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) equipment and supplies for use by the regional Westshore Council of Governments CERT. 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 Cotmcil, 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 3. 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 resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) of its members, this resolution shall take effect and be in force