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1977-013 OrdinanceORDINANCE 1977 Offered by May~Hartlaub AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $706.~1 FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF A LAW SUIT, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE WARRANTS PURSUANT THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Fairlawn together with every other municipality and Village in Summit County was sued by The Akron Law Library Association on/about October 21, 1976 ~ and WHEREAS, said suit was similar to a suit filed in 1968 by the same relator and seeks to obtain funds allegedly due by the statute to said Library Association out of certain traffic fines, and WHEREAS, the Village of Fairlawn in 1969 was found to be indebted in the amount of ~555.58 for the period of August 1, 1967 through December 51, 1968, and did subsequently pay said sum pursuant to journal entries filed therein, and WHEREAS, it has been det'ermined that there was further indebtedness from January 1, 1969 through December 51, 1971, for the Village of Fairlawn for the period of time it was operating a Mayor's Court, and WHEREAS, the City of Fairlawn became a City by operation of law on January 1, 1972, and did eliminate said Mayor' s Court, amd WHEREAS, theCity of Fairlawn is the true and lawful successor of the Village of Fairlawn, having acquired the assets and liabilities of said Village of Fairlawn, and WHEREAS, The Akron Law Library Association has agreed to accept the sum of Seven H~ndred Six and ~1/100 Dollars (87o6.~) in fu~ settlement of all liability of said Village of Fairlawn to the association, and to dismiss the City of Fairlawn as a party defendant at plaintiff's cost, in return for payment of said sum: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRLAWN, OHIO: Section 1: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund Account 7A6 of the City of Fairlawn, the sum of Seven Hundred Six and ~l/1OO Dollars (8706.~1) to be applied as and for final settlement of Case No. 8288, pending in the Ninth District Court of Appeals. Section 2' The Finance Director is hereby authorized and directed to make appropriate entries and to draw the usual warrants/vouchers pursuant hereto. Section ~: That it is hereby found and determined that this legislation complies with Section 121.22, O.R.C. regarding notification of meetings and all deliberations of this Council pertaining hereto have been con- ducted in accordance therewith. Section ~: This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary to the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the City of Fairlawn for the reason that an immediate settlement of the 1977- 15 ORDINANCE ~977- ~5 (Cont,) pending law suit will eliminate further expenditures for legal and autidin~ services and it shall therefore be in full force and effect upon enactment and approval by the Mayor, or at the earliest time allowed by law. Enacted- February 7, :~i 1 li am ~'. Clerk of Council 1977 .' ................ ~i"~-h,.,--,., C, g×owry ~ President of Council Approved' February 7, ;/~os~pp_h A. Hartlaub 1977 Approved as to Form' Robert H. Maxson Director of Law I, William F. Reed, Clerk of Council of the City ol Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1977-1~ was duly and regularly passed by the Council at a Regular Meeting on February 7 , 1977. William F. Reed Clerk of Council This is lo cer'ify 'h~' '~. ........ '-~' ~'' '7? the · within Ordinance/;.'.:,'..~:.'-i''' :.'.,'~ v,,.~s i:.ublished by . ,]~ .':':o. in five public posting a true col)7 of "' places within the Cii'y ,ns prescribed in Ord. 1972-108;. William F. Reed Clerk of Council