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RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />6537-90 <br /> <br />BY: Boscia, Gallagher, <br />George, Graham, Roth, Smith <br /> <br /> AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing the Finance Director to <br />enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, Bureau of Workers' <br />Compensation for a Retrospective Rating plan for the City of Lakewood. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the overall cost of the payments for Workers' <br />Compensation by the City of Lakewo~d have been increasing at an <br />alarming rate, and <br /> <br />Bureau <br />overall <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Legislature has adopted, and the Ohio <br />of Workers' Compensation offers, a new program to reduce <br /> costs of Workers' Compensation called Retrospective Rating, <br /> <br />State <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Retrospective Rating plan as offered by the <br />of Ohio for Workers' Compensation is a form of self-insurance, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City's self-insurance plan for General <br />Liability and recreational activities has been successful in reducing <br />the overall costs of those coverages for those activities, and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency <br />providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, <br />and welfare; now, therefore, <br /> <br />measure <br /> safety <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br /> <br /> Section 1. That the Finance Director shall be and she is <br />hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, <br />Bureau of Workers' Compensation for a Retrospective Rating plan for <br />Workers' Compensation coverage for employees of the City of Lakewood <br />in accordance with applicable provisions of State law and the Codified <br />Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. <br /> <br /> Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal <br />actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this <br />resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that <br />all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees <br />that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the <br />public in compliance with all legal requirements. <br /> <br /> Section 3. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an <br />emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and <br />provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members <br /> <br />Approved :~ i~/~O <br /> <br /> <br />