2023-07 - Establish municipal pool rates

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Please Substitute for Original Referred to Public Works & Sustainability 2/6/23 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, RESOLUTION NO.2023-07 BY: Marx, Rader, Shachner A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, establishing rates of admission to the Lakewood municipal swim- ming pools located at Lakewood Park and Madison Park, and superseding Ordinance 10-19 and all other ordinances inconsistent herewith. WHEREAS, the cost of the operation of the municipal pools continues to increase, and an increase in the admission charges is necessary to maintain the programs of the pool, and WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood contributes to the economic viability of the pools by providing all supplies, maintenance and maintenance personnel and will continue to do so; and WHEREAS, pool rates have not increased since 2019; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lake- wood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, 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 revising pool rates will enable the recreation staff and City to prepare adequately for the 2023 swimming pool season; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The rates for admission to the Lakewood municipal swimming pools situated at Lakewood Park and Madison Park are hereby established as shown in Exhibit A. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of the 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 ordinance 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 and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of