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ORDINANCE NO. 106-04 PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 12/20104. RErOR~. ED QiLT ON, PLACED ON 2ND READING & J,~J¡\¡)1!.mFOR ADOPTION 1/3/05. BY: Corrigan, Demro, Dever, Dunn, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE declaring the necessity of submitting to the electors of the City ofLalœwood the question of expanding the use of two mills currently utilized for only the sewage disposal plant to include financing the capital needs of street infrastructure, municipal buildings, parks and recreation facilities WHEREAS, the County Auditor for fiscal year 2005 has decreased the amount of propèrty tax millage allocated for capital improvement purposes and increased the amount of property tax millage allocated to the General Fund for operating purposes; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake wood's funding source, primarily property tax, has limitations on thè retirement of debt issued for capital improvements; and WHEREAS, the City ofLakewood's capital needs continue to increase in the form of street reconstruction, municipal buildings' renovations, and park improvements; and WHEREAS, the future capital needs of the sewage disposal plant have been estimated to require less than two mills of funding annually; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake wood desires to submit such question to the electors of the municipality at the next regular general or primary election; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto detemÜnes that this, ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance_shall take effect at the ear¡¡estdate possible as set forth in ARTICLE ill, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF 1HE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, 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 departinents in that the City could potentially lose tax money if this ordinance does not go into effect immediately upon passage. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO that Section 1. TIlls Council hereby authorizes and directs the subniission to the electors of the City of Lakewood atthe next regular general or primary election to be held at the usual places of voting of said municipality the question as to whether or not the City should expand the use of two roills currently utilized for only the sewage disposal plant to include financing the capital needs of street inftastructure, municipal buildings, parks and reçreation facilities Section 2. The foregoing issue, upon receiving an affitrnative vote to expand the Use of the property tax revenue by a majority of the electors voting thereon at the next regular general or primary election, shaJI become effective immediately upon its adoption. Section 3. The Clerk oftms Council is hereby authorized and directed promptly to forward a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County Section 4. The Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County shall cause an appropriate notice to be duly given of the election to be held on the next regular general or primary election on the foregoing issue relative to the City Charter of this municipality and otherwise to provide for such election in the manner provided by the general laws of the State of Ohio Section 5. The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to cause the full text of such issue to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality with the Írrst publication to be made at least fifteen (15) days prior to the general election to be held on the next regular general or primary election.