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DocuSign Envelope ID: D733A3F0-EC57-49D6-A4C4-7A15E4E44C25 <br />Introduced 11/6/23 <br />Please substitute for the original <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 2 3- 5 5 <br />BY: Baker, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Rader, <br />Shachner <br />A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote <br />of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force <br />after the earliest period allowed by law, appointing Sam Pearson and Jessica <br />Cotton to the Anti -Racism Task Force for two-year terms beginning January 1, 2024 and <br />ending December 31, 2025. <br />WHEREAS, one resignation from -a term ending December 31, 2023 has caused <br />a vacancy on the Anti -Racism Task Force in a seat occupied by a Council appointee, <br />necessitating one new appointment to the task force; and, <br />WHEREAS, Council's existing appointees with terms ending December 31, 2023 <br />have demonstrated commitment to the work of the Task Force and have expressed a desire to <br />continue that work for another term; and, <br />- WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City <br />of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that <br />this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that <br />it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to <br />provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that these positions should <br />be filled immediately so as to ensure the task force is at full capacity to perform its work; now, <br />therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: <br />Section 1. Council appoints Sam Pearson and Jessica Cotton to the Anti- Racism Task <br />Force for terms beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2025. <br />Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council <br />concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were passed in open meetings of this <br />Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in <br />such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with legal requirements. <br />Section 3. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary <br />for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the <br />City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the <br />preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two <br />thirds of the members of Council, this resolution shall take effect and be in force <br />immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it <br />shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period �9&jgjjy.. law. <br />Adopted: 12 / 18 / 2 0 2 3 <br />John ritten, President of Council <br />Approved: I 21 Z 3' �� 3 <br />DocuSigned by: <br />Wur"N" nuNXIKch, Clerk of Council <br />I , -A <br />MeghaK F. George, Mayor <br />