The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business in so far as they are not set forth in this Charter. Council shall keep a journal of its proceedings which shall be a public record.
Action by Council, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, may be taken by motion approved by at least a majority vote of the members present at the meeting when the action is taken.
On the passage of every ordinance or resolution, the vote shall be taken by a "yes" or "no" vote of each member which shall be entered into the journal. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed without the concurrence of a majority of the members of Council. Each ordinance or resolution shall be read by title only, unless a majority of the members of Council vote to require any reading to be in full. Each ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days unless five (5) members of Council vote to suspend this rule. No ordinance shall deal with more than one subject, and such subject shall be clearly expressed in the title.
Council may provide for the revision, rearrangement and codification of the ordinances of the Municipality or any portion thereof, at such time as Council may determine. All ordinances, resolutions, statements, orders, proclamations, notices and reports required by law, or by this Charter, or by ordinance of Council, to be published, may either be posted in five (5) of the most public places in the Municipality as determined by Council for a period of not less than fifteen (15) days next following action thereon, or be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality, as the Council may determine. All ordinances or resolutions upon their final passage shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and the Acting Clerk of Council, save and except that the failure of the presiding officer, Clerk or Acting Clerk to sign an ordinance or resolution for the purpose of authentication shall neither invalidate the ordinance nor impair its effectiveness. All ordinances and resolutions of a general or permanent nature, or involving the expenditure of money in which no emergency is declared, shall take effect thirty (30) days after their passage by Council, subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Charter. Emergency ordinances in which the emergency is declared in one section thereof shall take effect as provided by Section 10 of this Charter.
(Amended 11-8-77; 5-6-03; 5-6-03)