Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the Village of Mayfield and its citizens to ensure the efficient and continuous operation of the Village government during the COVID-19 crisis. To meet this objective, Council has determined that it shall:
(a) Dispense with Caucus meetings and hold regular meetings of Council at least one time per month, if and when a sufficient number of Council members are available to participate to constitute a quorum;
(b) Allow its members to appear at Council meetings via teleconference or telephone;
(c) Rather than invite the public to attend, Council will live-stream its meetings and, as required by the OMA and recommended in OAG Yost's opinion, notice will be provided to the public and minutes of meetings will be taken as usual and made available to the public as soon as reasonably possible; and
(d) Adopt this emergency section granting the Mayor extraordinary authority to expend funds in order to reduce the need for Council meetings, and to reduce the duration of any meetings, by authorizing the expenditure of money up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), without following required bidding procedures, in the case of urgent expenditure for the immediate protection of public property or preservation of public peace, health, safety and welfare.
(e) This section shall take effect immediately upon its enactment and approval by the Mayor and will cease to have force and effect upon Governor DeWine's cancellation of the declaration of emergency in the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 2020-08. Passed 3-16-20.)