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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-08 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ISSUE 6, THE MAYFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSED 6.9-MILL OPERATING AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT LEVY. WHEREAS; the voters in the Mayfield City School District will be asked to approve Issue 6 on March 4, 2008, a 6.9-mill Operating and Permanent Improvement Levy to fund day-to-day expenses and to continue the safety and maintenance improvements at school buildings; and WHEREAS, through the recent efforts of the Board of Education, the last Operating Levy passed in 2004, to be used for three years, was stretched to 4 years, and $800,000.00 was cut from the District's budget; and WHEREAS, of the proposed 6.9-mill Operating and Permanent Improvement Levy, 5-mills will be used to support classroom instruction and student support, including teachers, textbooks, technology and transportation, and the additional 1.9- mills will be used to fund Phase 2 of the Mayfield City Schools District's building improvements and safety program that voters authorized in 2006; and WHEREAS, if Issue 6 fails, $1.5 million dollars must be cut from the budget, resulting in larger classes, layoffs, higher fees, and the end of the school building improvement and safety project; and WHEREAS, the Village wishes to express its support of the Mayfield City School District and Issue 6. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. Village Council hereby and herein supports Issue 6, the Mayfield City School District proposed 6.9-mill Operating and Permanent Improvement Levy. 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.