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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT <br />(City with a General Health District - Authority --Sec. 3709.08 O.R.C.) <br />This Agreement is entered into on the I" day of January, 2022 (`Effective Date") by and between the <br />Cuyahoga County Board of Health (the "Board"), a separate political subdivision of the State of Ohio organized <br />under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Ohio, and the City of Lakewood, a political subdivision, with its <br />principal office located at 12650 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, Ohio 44107 (the "City"), for and in consideration of the <br />promises, covenants, and conditions hereinafter set forth. <br />WHEREAS, Cuyahoga County General Health District is a general health district as defined under Ohio <br />Revised Code (ORC) Section 3709.01 and is endowed with all of the statutory and other authority granted to it by <br />reason of the Ohio Statutes as amended from time to time by the State Legislature; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has continued to have a city public health district as required by Ohio law; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to ORC Section 3709.01, each city in the State constitutes a health district and <br />each county is a "general health district," and as provided for in ORC Sections 3709,051, 3709.07, and 3709.10, <br />there may be a union of a general health district and a city health district; and <br />WHEREAS, ORC Section 3709.08 authorizes cities and villages in Cuyahoga County to enter into an <br />Agreement with the Cuyahoga County General Health District on certain terns and conditions; and <br />WHEREAS, the District Advisory Council of the Cuyahoga County General Health District, created by <br />ORC 3709.03, after giving due notice by publication as required by law, held a public meeting on March 9, 2021 <br />at which by a majority vote of members representing the townships and villages of said county, did vote <br />affirmatively on the question of providing public health services to the cities in Cuyahoga County, and did <br />authorize the Chairman of the District Advisory Council to enter into an Agreement with the Mayor of the City <br />for providing public health services therein; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board is engaged in the governance of providing public health services as described in <br />this Agreement, has the knowledge, skill, and resources to provide such services, and desires to perform such <br />services for or on behalf of the Board for City; and <br />WHEREAS, the City is willing to enter into an Agreement with the Board to provide such services in <br />accordance with the terms and conditions of Ohio law and this Agreement. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows: <br />1. EFFECTIVE DATE, TERM AND TERMINATION. <br />(a) Effective Date, Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date first stated above and shall <br />continue through December 31, 2023, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 1(b). <br />(b) Termination. This Agreement may be terminated upon the occurrence of one of the following events: <br />(i) Failure for any reason of the either party to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, after written <br />notice is provided by the non -breaching party of such failure providing at least ninety (90) days for <br />the breaching party to correct any such failure, and if such failure is not corrected within said period, <br />the non -breaching party may give written notice of immediate termination; <br />Page I of 7 <br />