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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -144 BY: Council Members Barker, Dailey Jones, Kearney, Mahoney and Orlowski AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE DIRECTOR OF LAW OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED FOR THE TERM OF OFFICE COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2010 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2013, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of North Olmsted, at Article IV, Section 6, requires the Council to fix the compensation for all elected officials at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing date of nominating petitions for terms beginning on the next succeeding 1 S` day of January; and WHEREAS, it isthe desire of this Council to establish the compensation for all elected officials in compliance with the Charter's requirements; and WHEREAS, this Council recognizes that this City will be facing severe financial hardship over the next several years which will require economic sacrifice on the part of all City officials and employees; and WHEREAS, this Council believes that this financial hardship facing the City will be most effectively addressed if the City's elected officials-who are the leaders of the City government, lead the way in making such economic sacrifices first; and WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of North Olmsted does not require the Director of Law to be a full-time position; and WHEREAS, this Council, in adopting Ordinances 2002-05 on January 15, 2002, and 2006-53 on March 21, 2006, reorganized the City of North Olmsted Law Department to specifically include a full-time assistant law director position and a full-time secretary position so that there would at all times be at least two full-time personnel located in the Law Department at City Hall to provide for the day-to-day legal needs of the Administration and Council; and WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed the salaries for Directors of Law in the surrounding West Shore communities and finds that, if the Director of Law for North Olmsted in the next term performs the duties of the office on a part-time basis supported by an assistant law director and secretary located at City Hall, the salary of the Director of Law may be significantly reduced and it will then be more comparable to the salaries of the other part-time Directors of Law in the West Shore area who either have full-time support staffs at their City Halls or whose private law firms receive additional hourly compensation for non-routine legal services provided;