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ORDINANCE NO: 38-2022 <br />Placed on 1st reading & <br />referred to FIN 11/21/22; <br />2nd reading 12/5/22 <br />Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, <br />Marx, Rader, Shachner <br />AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of <br />at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the <br />earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor (Director of Public Safety), the Director of <br />Public Works, the Director of Law, the Director of Finance, and/or the Purchasing Manager to <br />enter into contracts for professional services, and to advertise for bids and enter into contracts for <br />the purchase of repair maintenance and operating supplies, services and equipment as authorized <br />by the 2023 Appropriation Ordinance and the Administrative Code of the City of Lakewood with <br />the lowest and best bidder or bidders or as otherwise provided by law. <br />WHEREAS, this Council desires to provide the authorization to the Mayor (Director of <br />Public Safety), the Director of Public Works, the Director of Law, the Director of Finance, <br />and/or the Purchasing Manager to enter into contracts for professional services, and to advertise <br />for bids and enter into contracts for the purchase of repair maintenance and operating supplies, <br />services and equipment as authorized by the 2023 Appropriation Ordinance and the <br />Administrative Code of the City of Lakewood with the lowest and best bidder or bidders or as <br />otherwise provided by law; and <br />WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of <br />Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this <br />ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is <br />necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide <br />for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that delay could impair the City's <br />ability to provide necessary services in a timely manner for fiscal year 2023, now, therefore, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO <br />Section 1. That the Mayor (Director of Public Safety), the Director of Public Works, the <br />Director of Law, the Director of Finance, and/or the Purchasing Manager be and are hereby <br />authorized and directed to enter into a contract or contracts for supplies, services and equipment <br />with the lowest and best bidder or bidders or as otherwise provided by law, as follows: <br />Professional services contracts included in the 2023 Budget are as follows: <br />1) <br />Legal Services........................................................................................350,000 <br />2) <br />Recodification of Ordinances..................................................................10,000 <br />3) <br />Financial Audit........................................................................................75,000 <br />4) <br />Hospitalization and Health Care Benefit Consulting Services <br />..............100,000 <br />5) <br />Consultant for Workers Compensation...................................................35,000 <br />6) <br />Risk Management Consulting Services...................................................15,000 <br />j 7) <br />Healthcare, Physicals, Drug & Alcohol Testing......................................60,000 <br />8) <br />Employee Assistance Program................................................................15,000 <br />