8733-14 Interchange of Public Safety and Marine Police Patrols

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REFERRED TO THE I?V&XCESAgE�YT %OTE. 4/7/14. RESOLUTIONNO, 8733714 BY: Andreson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest pe- riod allowed by law, to authorize the Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, to enter into an agree- ment between the Cities of Lakewood and Rocky River and the Board of Park Commissioners of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District for the interchange of public safety and marine police patrol services. WHEREAS, the Cities of Lakewood and Rocky River and the Board of Park Commis- sioners of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District wish to allow all park district police and law enforcement officers to perform any police function, exercise any police power, or render any police service within the jurisdiction of any of the contracting subdivisions; and WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code §737.04 provides authority for municipalities and polit- ical subdivisions to contract for the interchange of police services; and WHEREAS, in order to collaboratively provide police protection and reduce crime, it is the desire of the parties to this agreement to provide for and join in providing for mutual assis- tance and the interchange of their respective personnel and equipment; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution 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 immediately provide for mutual aid between the party subdivi- sions; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor, as Director of Public Safety, is authorized to execute an agree- ment between the Cities of Lakewood and Rocky River and the Board of Commissioners of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District for the interchange of public safety and marine patrol ser- vices in substantially the same form as the agreement attached as Exhibit A. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning