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REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE <br />9/5/17. Substituted October 2, 2017. <br />RESOLUTION NO. 8945 -17 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Lit <br />Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. <br />A Resolution to formally identify agreed -upon priorities that Council would like to see reflected <br />in the 2018 budget. <br />WHEREAS, in recent years the Administration has taken charge of compiling the annual <br />budget book and related appropriations ordinances; and <br />WHEREAS, with the support and encouragement of the Administration and all of <br />Council, the Finance Committee initiated a series of meetings this September with the expressed <br />goal of engaging Councilmembers early and actively in the budget process; and <br />WHEREAS, Councilmembers considered a number of proposed ideas for projects and <br />policies to benefit the community, evaluated them by criteria such as alignment with City goals, <br />achievability, and the number of residents benefitted, among many others; and <br />WHEREAS, at the culmination of this series of meetings, Council expressed support for <br />the priorities included in the accompanying attachment(s); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised <br />Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government, and the power to enact laws that <br />are for health, safety, and welfare; now, therefore <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br />Sectionl. That this Council hereby establishes as among its preliminary priorities for the <br />2018 Fiscal Year and those policies, projects, and initiatives included in the attachment and <br />requests the Administration consider these priorities in preparing its the budget book and <br />accompanying budget and appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2018. <br />Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning <br />and relating to this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all <br />deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions <br />were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section <br />121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. <br />��- Section 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified <br />copy of this resolution to the Mayor and a copy of this Resolution shall be spread upon the <br />minutes of this meeting. 1,--; <br />Adopted: c'/7l � r ZIP <br />Approved: zcv <br />Mayor <br />