THE LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OCTOBER 18 2010 ...

RESOLUTION N0
BY
A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the
affirmative vote of at least five 5 members elected to Council otherwise it shall
take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law authorizing
the Mayor or his designee to enter into an Agreement with the Cuyahoga
County Board of County Commissioners and their successors to accept and
expend funds in an amouht estimated at40 251 to expand services provided
under the City s Juvenile Diversion Program
WHEREAS the Department of Human Services Division of Youth
has an established Juvenile Diversion Program targeting juvenile offenders
referred by Juvenile Court with the intent of keeping the youth from entering the
formal Juvenile Court System and
WHEREAS the funding will support expanded service delivery by
increasing the number of youth served along with the requisite monitoring of
each participant increase the number of available community service sites
require involvement of a Certified Alcohol and Drug Prevention Intervention
provider for all youth with a drug or alcohol offense and theirparents guardians
and strengthen the existing partnership with Lakewood City Schools through the
development and implementation of a truancy mediation intervention program
primarily for middle school youth and
WHEREAS this Council by a vote of at least five 5 members
elected thereto determines that this Resolution is an emergency measure and
that this Resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in
ARTICLE III SECTONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF LAKEWOOD and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public property health and safety and to provide for the usual daily
operation of municipal departments in that completed contracts must be
submitted no later than December 1 2010 Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD STATE OF OHIO
Section 1 That the Mayor or his designee for and on behalf of
the City of Lakewood be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into
an Agreement with the Cuyahoga County Board of County Commissioners
40 251 00 for a period ending December 31 2011
Section 2 It is found and determined that all formal actions of this
Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Resolution were adopted
in an open meeting of this Council and that all such deliberations of this Council
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