31-85 Agreement w/ County Comm - legal rep for indigents

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ORDINANCE NO. 31-85 Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, ~cBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Mayor for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood to enter into an agreement with the Board of County Commissioners, County of Cuyahoga, Ohio, to enable payment of services for legal represen- tation of indigent persons charged with violation of a State statute in the Lakewood Municipal Court. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood recognizes its responsiblity under the laws of the State of Ohio and of the United States of America to provide legal counsel to indigent persons charged with serious offenses and loss of liberty offenses in its municipal court, and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood, in furtherance of the execution of its legal responsibilities, desires that the legal services be delivered to the City's indigent citizens and others so situated, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, County of Cuyahoga, Ohio, has advised the City that it will provide the aforementioned legal services in an amount not to exceed Four Thousand ($4,000) Dollars pursuant to a service contract, and it is in the best interest of the City that it enter into such agreement with the County, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCI OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be and he is hereby autho- rized and directed, for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood to enter into a service contract agreement with the Board of County Commissioners, County of Cuyahoga, Ohio, to enable payment of services for legal representation of indigent persons charged with a violation of a State statute in the Lakewood Municipal Court, said agreement to be substantially in the form as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 3. That 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-