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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-21 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ISSUE 7 PROPOSING A 3.9-MILL CONTINUING REPLACEMENT LEVY FOR THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHEREAS, the voters of Cuyahoga County in 2000 approved a 3.9-mill levy to fund services and programs for children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities; and WHEREAS, that tax levy expired at the end of 2004; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has submitted for the November 8, 2005 ballot a 3.9-mill replacement levy for a continuing period of time in order to continue funding of these services and to allow more individuals to be served; and WHEREAS, the funds derived from this levy have been and will continue to be used to provide education, training, job placement, speech language, occupational and physical therapies, and residential care for citizens in this county with mental retardation and developmental disabilities to enable them to become contributing citizens; and WHEREAS, the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities has demonstrated its continued ability to manage effectively the trust placed in its hands by the electorate; and WHEREAS, without passage of this levy, there will be no more local funding for services to individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities, and most of the state and federal funding, which is matching funds, will be lost; and WHEREAS, research shows that there are an additional 1,200 individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities who will seek services in the next five (5) years and up to 500 individuals needing residential facilities and services for whom these services are not now available; and WHEREAS, the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities serves these residents of our community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. The Mayor and Council hereby and herein endorse the proposed 3.9-mill continuing replacement levy for the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, which will appear as Issue 7 on the November 8, 2005 ballot. SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of the Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public in compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the. Ohio Revised Code.