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AGREEMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF StP 2 ~ WESTSHORE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between certain theretoal WerphaveiobecomeCparties touthis Agreement bounties adjacent Agreement or an identical copy of it to be signed by an officeg duly authorized by-the legislative authority of such municipal corporations. WITNESSETH The parties to this Agreement wishing to establish a regional council of governments pursuant to Chapter 167 of the Ohio Revised Code, consisting of the municipal corporations of Bay Village, Fairview Park, Lakewood, North Olmsted, Rocky River and Westlake, agree as follows: I. NAME. There is hereby established a regional council of governments which shall be known as the Westshore Council of Governments. II. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Council shall be to foster cooperation between municipalities in all areas of municipal service. This shall include but shall not be limited to the effective exchange of information, .pooling of manpower and resources for the efficient solutions of specific problems dealing with reciprocal service, mutual aid, and parallel action, and the exchange of ideas relating to areawide interest. III. REPRESENTATION. Each municipal member of the Council shall be represented by its Mayor or by an alternate designated by him. IV. OFFICERS. The Council shall elect from its membership a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer who shall serve for a term of one year without compensation. The Council shall appoint a fiscal officer who need not necessarily be a member of the Council and who may serve with or without compensation. V• MEETINGS. The Council shall meet at least once a year or at the call of its president or upon written notice signed by two or more of its members. A simple majority of the total membership shall constitute a quorum, and action may be taken by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the total membership. Each member of the Council shall be entitled to one vote on each item under consideration. Voting shall be done by members or alternates personally present and no proxy or absentee voting shall be permitted. VI. BYLAWS. The Council shall have the authority to adopt its own rules and bylaws to govern its proceedings. VII. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. Other municipalities may be admitted to membership in the council upon unanimous vote of approval by the existing members. Such new member municipality may be required to share in the costs of any cooperative program then in existence as a condition of membership. VIII. WITHDRAWAL FROM MEMBERSHIP. Any member municipality may withdraw from the Council sixty days after written notice of such withdrawal is mailed to all other members. Such withdrawal shall not affect the contractual rights set forth herein as to all other parties hereto. Where a member has made a financial commitment to provide matching funds for a federal grant or state grant over a specific period of time, or has made any other financial commitment to the Council, such financial liability shall extend for the full term of the commitment and shall not be affected by the member's withdrawal from the Council prior to the expiration thereof.