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Please Substitute for Original Referred to Finance 5/15/23 Bullock, Litten, Marx, Rader, Shachner RESOLUTION NO. 2023-24 BY: A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received 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 approving the Tax Budget of the City of Lakewood, State of Ohio for the year 2024, and authorizing the filing of same with the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer. 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 department, in that the Tax Budget must be submitted to the County Fiscal Office on or before July 15, 2023; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. The annual Tax Budget submitted by the Director of Finance of the City of Lakewood, as attached, showing the amount of money needed and the necessary expenditures in the various departments of the municipality for the year 2024, be and the same is hereby approved and the Clerk of Council is hereby ordered and directed to file the same with the Fiscal Officer of Cuyahoga County pursuant to the statutes of the State of Ohio. ' 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 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 two thirds 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 otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: (a doa3- o itten, President of Council Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Approved: Meghan.George, Mayor