8786-14 Authorizing contract w/ Western Reserve Agency on Aging

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RESOLUTIONNO. 8786 -14 By: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor or his designee to enter into a contract with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging to accept ftrnds for the City's programs covering social/supportive, transportation and nutrition services, such contract providing partial funding for supplemental programs under Title III of the 1965 Older Americans Act for the 2015 program year. WHEREAS, the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging is administering a program of grants from the Federal Government under Title III of the 1965 Older Americans Act whereby this City may obtain funds to provide Programs for persons 60 years of age or older; and 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 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 5, 2014; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, providing partial funding of the City's Program under Title III of the 1965 Older Americans Act for the 2015 program year. 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. 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 of members of Council, 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 period allowed by law.