2024-08 - Rader Tree Board Appointment

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 57F719EE-8FE4-42B9-8A7D-AD46878508C9 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Marx, RESOLUTION NO. 2024-08 BY: Rader, Shachner, Strebig 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 Tristan Rader as the ex-officio non -voting member of Council to the Tree Advisory & Education Board for an unexpired term beginning immediately and ending December 31, 2025. WHEREAS, Council is authorized to appoint an ex-officio non -voting member to the Board in accordance with Section 152.02 Membership of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances; and, WHEREAS, Councilmember Kepple has now resigned the position of ex-officio, non -voting councilmember to the Tree Advisory & Education Board, a position which she has held since January 1, 2023; and, WHEREAS, this resignation has caused a vacancy on the Tree Advisory & Education Board, necessitating that Council make an appointment to fill the unexpired 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 this position 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 Tristan Rader as the ex-officio, non -voting councilmember to the Tree Advisory & Education Board, an unexpired term beginning immediately 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.