35-16 Amend 121.07 Official Reports

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First Reading 9/6/16. Second Reading 9/19/16. ORDINANCE NO. 35 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 121.07, Official Reports, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to reflect current technology and practices. WHEREAS, Section 121.07 stands to be amended to omit references to technology that was commonplace at the time the ordinance was written in 1966 but that is now obsolete; and WHEREAS, references to specific technologies in the Lakewood Codified Ordinances ought to be reduced or eliminated due to the frequency with which technology changes; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits municipalities to exercise all powers of local self - government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 121.07, Official Reports, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 121.07 OFFICIAL REPORTS. (a) Whenever any officer or employee of the City makes any report or communication to Council, such report or communication shall be typed or prepared on mimeograph stencil, suitable for reproduction on document reproducing equipment in use by the City. (b) The Clerk shall refuse to transmit to Council or to receive on its behalf any such report or communication which is not so submitted. (c) The original report or communication shall be retained by the Clerk and placed on the permanent records of Council. shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 121.07 OFFICIAL REPORTS. (a) Whenever any officer or employee of the City makes any report or communication to Council, such report or communication shall be typed or prepared on ei:, in a format or on a medium suitable for reproduction on a ^ °•°��ing equipment in use by the City. (b) The Clerk shall refuse to transmit to Council or to receive on its behalf any such report or communication which is not so submitted.