8637-13 Authorizing application to LGIF

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RESOLUTION NO. 8637-13 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 Mayor, on behalf of the City, to apply for financial assistance under the Ohio Local Government Innovation Fund (LGIF). WHEREAS, LGIF was established to provide direct financial resources for planning and short-teem financing to implement planned projects; and WHEREAS, LGIF consists of $45 million to be awarded in the form of grants and loans to political subdivisions for• local government innovation projects, $9 million of which is available for grant awards; and WHEREAS, funds are available for projects that promote efficiency, shared services, coproduction, and mergers among local governments; and WHEREAS, the administration has already begun to engage studies and techniques to eliminate waste and promote efficiencies through the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies and funding from the state could be used to further this and new initiatives; 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 peace, property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the first round of grant applications are due no later than March 4, 2013. Now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor, on behalf of the City, be and is hereby authorized to take all steps necessary apply for and enter into any agreements required to accept financial assistance under the Ohio Local Government Innovation Fund (LGIF). 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 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 i~