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FIRST READING- COUNCIL NO. SECOND READING- SPONSOR: THIRD READING- RESOLUTION NO._

EMERGENCY

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE __TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AS PROPOSED BY THE LEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY CLASS OF 2008 TO BE INCLUDED IN A JOINT APPLICATION FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES COLLABORATION GRANT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A FEASIBILITY STUDY CONDUCTED BY LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT ADDRESSES WHETHER AND IN WHAT MANNER MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNSHIPS AND/OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN LORAIN COUNTY MAY COMBINE THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVISION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND THE DECLARING OF AN EMERGENCY

//WHEREAS,// the Ohio Department of Development administers a Local Government Services Collaboration Grant Program; and,

//WHEREAS,// the Leadership Lorain County Class of 2008 has proposed that the Lorain County Community Alliance apply for the grant on behalf of the local governments who are interested in participating; and,

//WHEREAS,// the Lorain County Community Alliance has agreed to apply for and administer the grant on behalf of the interested local governments; and,

//WHEREAS,// the purpose of the grant is to fund a feasibility study to determine whether and in what manner municipal corporations including cities, villages, townships and or other political subdivisions may combine their respective provision of local government services; and,

//WHEREAS,// the terms of the grant encourage applicants to utilize a state funded college or university to perform the feasibility study; and,

//WHEREAS,// Lorain County Community College has agreed to conduct the feasibility study; and,

//WHEREAS,// it is in the best interest of__ to participate in the grant application and feasibility study as further delineated in the attached Agreement and to meet with the other participating communities after the study is concluded to discuss the possibility of implementing the recommendations of the study.

//NOW THEREFORE,// be it Resolved by the __(Council, etc.)__ of the __(City, Village, Township, etc.)__ of __, Ohio

Section 1. that the__ _ __is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement as proposed by the Leadership Lorain County Class of 2008 to be included in a joint application for a local government services collaboration grant through the Ohio Department of Development to be submitted by the Lorain County Community Alliance for the purpose of funding a feasibility study conducted by Lorain County Community College that addresses whether and in what manner municipal corporations, including cities, villages, townships and/or other political subdivisions within Lorain county may combine their respective provision of local government services

Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of the Council and any of its committees which resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Section 3. This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure made necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the__ _of _, Ohio, the emergency being the immediate necessity of submitting an application for a local government services collaboration grant through the Ohio Department of Development.

PASSED THIS __DAY OF__ __, 2008.