2023-56 - Audit Committee appointments

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DocuSign Envelope ID: D6BDA395-EEAA-4533-AAF3-8EA3D8F417C8 BY: Baker, Bullock, Kepple, RESOLUTION NO. 2023-56 Litten 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, re -appointing Michael Bentley and Will Costello to the Audit Committee for two-year terms beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2025. WHEREAS, Council's existing appointees with terms ending December 31, 2023 have demonstrated commitment to the work of the Audit Committee and have expressed a desire to continue that work for another term; and, WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution 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 these positions should be filled immediately so as to ensure the Audit Committee is at full capacity to perform its work; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council re -appoints Michael Bentley and Will Costello to the Audit Committee for two-year terms beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2025. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were passed in open meetings of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such actions were in meetings open to the public and in compliance with 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 and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: 11 / 6/ 2 0 2 3 Approved: I ?/ti 3 DocuSigned by: John Litten, President of Council DocuSigned by: E^A895B ... Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Meghan F. George, Mayor