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MINUTES OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 12650 DETROIT AVENUE MARCH 19, 2020 5:00 P.M. Regular Meeting of the Lakewood City Council called to order at 7:30 PM by President O'Malley. Present: Thomas R. Bullock III, Sarah Kepple, John Litten, Tess Neff, Tristan Rader, Jason Shachner Also Present: Mayor George, Assistant Law Director Swallow, Acting Finance Director Schuster, Fire Chief Dunphy, and Public Works Director Ducu. Councilmember Rader made a motion, seconded by Vice President Litten to excuse the absence of President O'Malley. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. The absence was excused. ****NEW BUSINESS**** 1. ORDINANCE 08-2020 — AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it received the vote of at least two-thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor to use flexibility to pay employees, continue to pay for benefits, and to provide paid leave to make decisions of an emergency nature if significant numbers of the Council Members cannot be present during the current COVID-19 crisis. Mayor George gave a brief overview of the ordinance, which gives her the flexibility to pay employees and administer benefits just during the COVID-19 crisis. Assistant Director Swallow noted that the original ordinance contained language that gave the mayor flexibility in other decisions as well, however that has been removed. Assistant Director Swallow asked that Council strike the language "to make decisions of an emergency nature if significant numbers of the Councilmembers cannot be present" from the ordinance. There was no definite sunset date in the version that was initially proposed. With feedback, the Law Department inserted in section 2 a date no later than August 1, 2020 or 14 days after the governor of Ohio has rescinded the state of emergency associated with COVID-19. Subsections A and B encompass these changes. 1