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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0.2011 - 96 BY: Mayor Kennedy AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH AN RFP PROCESS AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH JOHNSON, MILLER & SCHMITZ LLP PROVIDING FOR THE LATTER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S LABOR NEGOTIATOR, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Section 4117.10 of the Ohio Revised Code designates the mayor of a municipal corporation as the official "responsible for negotiations in the collective bargaining process;" and WHEREAS, the law firm of Johnson, Miller & Schmitz, or one of its predecessor law firms [hereinafter "the Johnson law firm"], has since 2002 provided labor negotiator services to the City; and WHEREAS, the Johnson law firm was most recently selected in 2006 through an RFP process authorized by this Council to serve as the City's labor negotiator for the City's labor contracts with terms ending in 2006, 2007 and, through additional legislation, 2008; and WHEREAS, the Mayor is satisfied with the services provided by the Johnson law firm and, in the interest of maintaining consistency in management positions by retaining the same labor negotiator, desires to continue to employ the Johnson law firm to serve as the City's labor negotiator for the City's labor contracts that have terms ending in 2011 and 2012; and WHEREAS, this Council, acting upon the recommendation of the Mayor, desires to dispense with the RFP process otherwise required by Chapter 112 of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances and authorize the Mayor to enter into a new contract with the Johnson law firm providing for the latter to serve as the City's labor negotiator for City labor contracts with terms ending in 2011 and 2012; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That the formal RFP process required by Chapter 112 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted is hereby dispensed with by reason of