8744-14 Approving 2015 Tax Budget

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REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 5/19/14. deferred 6/2/14. RESOLUTIONNO. 8744 -14 BY:Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, approving the tax budget of the City of Lakewood, Ohio for the year 2015, and authorizing the filing of same with the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer. WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five 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 to provide for the usual daily operation of the City in that the tax budget must be submitted to the County Fiscal Officer on or before July 20, 2014; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The annual tax budget submitted by the Director of Finance of the City of Lakewood, showing the amount of money needed and the necessary expenditures in the various departments of the municipality for the year 2015, be and the same is hereby approved and the Clerk of Council is hereby ordered and directed to file the same with the Fiscal Officer of Cuya- hoga County pursuant to the statutes of the State of Ohio. 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 preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Coun- cil, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest peri- od allowed by law. Adopted: _ v I l, t o t �j L resident of Co it Approved: Cler onticil Mayor