8763-14 Authorize trade of obsolete fire equipment

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RESOLUTION NO. 8763 -14 BY: Anderson, 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 period allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Director of Finance to sell, through trade, 2,000 feet of fire hose and six obsolete air packs with Cuyahoga Community College in exchange for training classes for firefighters valued at approximately $4,000. WHEREAS, the Division of Fire is purchasing new fire hose and will have an excess of 2,000 feet of hose; and WHEREAS, the Division of Fire has six air packs that are obsolete and can no longer be used for their intended purpose but can be used for training at Cuyahoga County Community College Fire Academy; 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 peace, property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments it is in the best interest of the City to sell or trade obsolete equipment in a timely manner to replace it with new equipment; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to sell, through trade, 2,000 feet of fire hose and six obsolete air packs with Cuyahoga Community College in exchange for training classes for firefighters valued at approximately $4,000. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 3. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth