2020-65 Tree Advisory Board Appointment

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Please Substitute for the original Referred to COW 10/19/20. Amended by COW 10/26/20 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-65 BY: Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, O'Malley, Rader A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, appointing Laura Balliett to the Tree Advisory & Education Board for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021. WHEREAS, Ordinance 23-19, established the Tree Advisory & Education Board for the purpose of collaborating with City officials regarding its urban tree policies and practices, promoting the City's tree programs and educating residents regarding responsible tree stewardship and the benefits of tree planting on private property; and WHEREAS, an expiring term will cause a vacancy on the Tree Advisory & Education Board beginning January 1, 2021 in a position occupied by a Council appointee, thus requiring appointment to the Board; and, WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, 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 this position should be filled immediately so as to ensure the Board is at full capacity to perform its work on January 1, 2021; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council appoints Laura Balliett to the Tree Advisory & Education Board for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were passed in open meetings of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with 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 ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the 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. Adopted: DANIEL J. O' LLEY, PRESIDENT MAUREEN M. BACH, CLERK Approved: MEGHXN F. GEORGE, MAYOR