8861-16 Create Volunteer Peace Officer Dependent Fund Board

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Referred to Rules and Ordinances 3/21/16. Recommended for adoption as amended 5/2/2016. RESOLUTIONNO. 8861 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, O'Leary, O'Malley. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, creat- ing the Volunteer Peace Officer Dependent Fund Board for the purpose of assisting in the re- view and determination of validity of claims made under the Volunteer Peace Officer Depend- ent Fund established by ORC Chapter 143 for death or disability of a volunteer peace officer; and naming two appointees to the board. WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 143 will become effective on March 23, 2016; and WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 143 requires that any local government which employs volunteer peace officers participate in a newly established Volunteer Peace Officer Dependent Fund (the "Fund ") in order to establish a process of submitting and paying claims for injuries of volunteer officers resulting in death or disability; and WHEREAS, Chapter 143 of the Ohio Revised Code also requires that participating gov- ernments establish a Board to accept and determine eligibility of claims made under the Fund; and WHEREAS, the Revised Code established a five member Board serving one -year terms with two members appointed by the legislative authority, two members elected by the volunteer peace officers of the police or sheriffs department and one member elected by the four mem- bers above; and WHEREAS, each board member must be an elector of the city, but cannot be a public employee, member of the legislative authority, or peace officer of the city; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it 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 Lake- wood 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 the City is required to establish a Board no later than April 22, 2016; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council hereby establishes the Volunteer Peace Officer Dependent Fund Board for the purpose of assisting in the review and determination of validity of claims made