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DocuSign Envelope ID: AB341 CEO-D25D-42AB-8338-El FE1A413E398 Referred to COW 11 / 0 6 /2 3 ; Discharged from COW and referred 12/18/2023; Please substitute for original RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 2 3 - 6 0 BY: Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Marx, Rader, Shachner, Strebig 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 five members to the Charter Review Commission for a six-month term beginning January 1, 2024. WHEREAS, Article 7.5 of the Third Amended Charter compels the City to convene a Charter Review Commission every ten years, beginning January 2024 to which Council shall appoint five members who are not officeholders or employees of the City; 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 these positions should be filled immediately to ensure the Charter Review Commission is at full capacity to perform its work; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council appoints Dean Donna Taylor-Kolis and Angelina Steiner month term beginning January 1, 2024. Jackson, Martha Woerner, Sean Koran, to the Charter Review Commission for a six - 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: 1/16/2024 Approved: Z `f DocuSigned by: 42 Sarah Kepple, President of Council DocuSigned by: s: Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council MeghXn F. George, Mayor