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A majority of the membership of the legislative authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Council, but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by this Charter and/or Rules of Council; however, Rules of Council shall not supersede procedures set down by this Charter, or any amendments thereto.
Council shall adopt its own rules, regulations or by-laws, insofar as they are not set forth in this Charter, and shall keep a journal of all of its proceedings. The journal shall be open for public inspection during the Clerk's office hours. The voting upon any ordinance, resolution or motion shall be by roll call, and the vote of each Council member shall be entered upon the journal.
(Amended 11-7-95)
The Council shall appoint, and may remove, a Clerk of Council and such other assistants for the efficient conduct of business of Council as it shall determine from time to time. The Clerk of Council shall keep the journal of Council and its records, and perform such other duties as Council may from time to time require.
In the event of the absence or disability of the Clerk of Council, an assistant to the Clerk shall perform the duties of the Clerk of Council, in all respects.
(Amended 11-7-95)
All legislative action shall be by ordinance or resolution in written or printed form, but the departmental procedural matters may be transacted by motion appearing on the journal. Unless otherwise provided herein, an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Legislative Authority shall be required for the passage of every ordinance, motion or resolution. Each ordinance and resolution shall be read by title only, provided the legislative authority may require any reading to be in full by a majority of its members.
No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject, which subject shall be clearly expressed on its title, and no ordinance or resolution shall be revised or amended unless the ordinance or resolution superseding it contains the entire ordinance or resolution so revised or amended, or the section or sections so revised or amended, and having been revised or amended, the original ordinance, resolution, or section or sections shall be expressly repealed.
All ordinances, resolutions, statements, orders, proclamations and reports required by law or by this Charter or by ordinance to be published or posted, shall be published or posted electronically and at City Hall for a period of not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the taking of effect thereof. An emergency ordinance or resolution shall also be published or posted as aforesaid, but said requirement shall not postpone the immediate taking effect thereof, as provided in Section 14 of this Article. Council may, by appropriate legislative action, designate additional methods or places for publication.
(Amended 11-4-86; 11-4-03; 11-8-22)
The Council may make provision by ordinance for:
(a) The procedure for making public improvements and levying assessments, including the procedure for combining two (2) or more public improvements, and the levying of assessments therefor in one proceeding if the Council finds that it will be economical and practical to undertake such improvements jointly;
(b) The advertising and awarding of contracts and alterations or modification of contracts;
(c) The sale or disposal of Municipal property; such other general regulations as the Council may deem necessary, if not in conflict with the Constitution of the State of Ohio and/or provisions of this Charter.
(Amended 11-3-81)
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