Introduced By: Administration

RESOLUTION NO. 82-2013

INTRODUCED BY: ADMINISTRATION

A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 2013 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH

WHEREAS, “National Preparedness Month” creates an important opportunity for every resident of the City of Olmsted Falls to prepare their homes, businesses, and communities for any type of emergency including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks; and

WHEREAS, investing in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, businesses, and communities can reduce fatalities and economic devastation in our communities and in our nations; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Ready Campaign, Citizen Corps, and other federal, state, local, territorial, private, and volunteer agencies, are working to increase public activities in preparing for emergencies and to educate individuals on how to take action; and

WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is the responsibility of every citizen of the City of Olmsted Falls, and all citizens are urged to make preparedness a priority and to work together, as a team, to ensure that individuals, families, and communities are prepared for disasters and emergencies of any type; and

WHEREAS, all citizens of the City of Olmsted Falls are encouraged to participate in citizen preparedness activities, and are asked to visit the website of the Ready Campaign at Ready.gov or Listo.gov (in Spanish) in order to become more prepared. Now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OLMSTED FALLS, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, STATE OF OHIO, THAT:

SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Olmsted Falls hereby proclaims September 2013 as National Preparedness Month, and encourages all citizens and businesses to develop their own emergency preparedness plan, and to work together toward creating a more prepared society.

SECTION 2. This Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and of any committees that resulted in those formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with the law. Res. 82-2013 Page -2-

SECTION 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after the earliest time allowed by law.

Garry Thompson, President of Council PASSED:

APPROVED: Mayor Robert Blomquist Date

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Paul T. Murphy, Director of Law

ATTEST: Angela Mancini, Clerk of Council

First Reading:______

Second Reading: ______

Third Reading: ______

Yea Nay Thompson ______Fenderbosch ______Donegan ______Sculac ______Stibich ______Garrity ______Pulice ______Res. 82-2013 Page -3-