14-11 Agreement for Consulting on shared fire services

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ORDINANCE NO. r4-11 BI'' Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments and Emergency Services Consulting Interna- tional, Inc., an Oregon corporation, to provide consulting services in order to facilitate planning and implementation meetings for the consolidation of fire services. WHEREAS, Ord. 64-09, enacted on and effective September 14, 2009, authorized the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments ("WCOG") and Emergency Services Consulting International, Ina ("ESCI") to provide consulting services in order to develop a cooperative agreement for the consolidation of fire services; and WHEREAS, the Mayor entered into such an agreement with WCOG and ESCI, and ESCI has following its consultation produced a report to the WCOG regarding the development of a cooperative agreement for the consolidation of fire services; and WHEREAS, the WCOG communities, among them Lakewood, have now identi- fied aneed for ESCI to provide facilitation of the follow-up discussions related to imple- mentation of shared fire services; and WHEREAS, the WCOG maintains reserves that would permit the follow-up con- sultation to be conducted at no additional cost to the City of Lakewood; and WHEREAS, this Council by a cote of at least five (5) members thereof deter- mines that this ordinance is an emergency measure; that this ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the 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 departments, in that this agreement is necessary to move forward expeditiously with the consultancy services; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD. STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments ("WCOG") and Emergency Services Consulting In- ternational, Inc., an Oregon corporation ("ESCI"), located at 249 Normandy Road, Mooresville, North Carolina, to provide consulting services in order to facilitate planning and implementation meetings for the consolidation of fire services according to the scope of work identified in the document attached hereto as Exhibit A, said work not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).