25-77 Compensation for Clerk of Court

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ORDINANCE NO. 25-77 BY: Messrs. Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride~ Salmon, Sinagra, Usher, Brockman AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE fixing the compensation of the Clerk of the Lakewood Municipal Court, the time and method of payment thereof and repealing Section 1 of Ordinance No. 41-74 adopted May 6, 1974. WHEREAS, the Municipal Court Act, Revised Code Section 1901.31 provides that the legislative authority of this municipality shall fix the annual salary of the Clerk of Courts, and, WHEREAS, said Act further provides that the compensation of the Clerk shall be paid three-fifths from the City Treasury and two-fifths from the Treasury of the County in which the city is located, and, WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department in that in the interest of public service, welfare and safety, it is necessary to fix the compensa- tion of the Clerk and direct the time and method of payment thereof; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the compensation of the Clerk of the Lakewood Municipal Court is hereby fixed at $21,640.00 per annum effective March 1, 1977. Section 2. That the Director of Finance of the City of Lakewood is hereby authorized and directed to pay three-fifths of the compensation of the Clerk as herein fixed, from the City Treasury in semi-monthly installments or in equal installments every two weeks. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 41-74 adopted May 6, 1974 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith, shall be and are hereby repealed. Adopted: Approved: ~ .~; / f ~?. Clerk Mayor