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RESOLUTION NO. 6664-91 <br /> <br />BY: Boscia, Gallagher, Gazzana, <br /> George, Graham, Roth, Smith <br /> <br /> AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing the Acting Director of <br />Finance to enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, Bureau of <br />Workers' Compensation for a Retrospective Rating plan for the City of <br />Lakewood. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the overall cost of the <br />Compensation by the City of Lakewood have <br />alarming rate, and <br /> <br />pay~nents for Workers' <br />been increasing at an <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 measure <br />providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety <br />and welfare; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br /> <br /> Section 1. That the Acting Director of Finance shall be and <br />he is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the State of <br />Ohio, Bureau of Workers' Compensation for a Retrospective Rating plan <br />for Workers' Compensation coverage for employees of the City of <br />Lakewood in accordance with applicable provisions of State law and the <br />Codified 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 />elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in.~~----~m~ediately <br />upon its adoption and approval by the ~se, it'~h~ll take <br />effect and be in force after the earl/~e~ p~io~a~l~wed by~a~. <br /> <br /> ~---__ Clerk'~ <br /> Mayor ~ <br /> <br /> <br />