2023-59 - Tree Board Appointment

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DocuSign Envelope ID: D6BDA395-EEAA-4533-AAF3-8EA3D8F417C8 please substitute for original BY: Baker, Bullock, Kepple, RESOLUTION NO. 2023-59 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, appointing Matt Bixenstine to the Tree Advisory & Education Board for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026. WHEREAS, the end of a term has caused a vacancy on the Tree Advisory and Education Board beginning January 1, 2024, in a seat occupied by a Council appointee, thus requiring an appointment to the board; 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 board is at full capacity to perform its work; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Council appoints Matt Bixenstine to the Tree Advisory & Education Board for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026. 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: 11/6/2023 DocuSigned by: John Litten, President of Council DocuSigned by: . MUUtA__A Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Approved: 1 t ry 3+-L- A.., q__4 2't"' Megh n F. George, Mayor Go