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SECTION 5.10. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE.
   All legislative action of Council shall be by resolution or ordinance introduced in written or printed form, each of which shall contain no more than one subject, which subject shall be clearly expressed in its title.
   No resolution or ordinance shall be revised or amended unless the resolution or ordinance superseding it contains the entire resolution or ordinance so revised or amended; or the section or sections so revised or amended, and, having been revised or amended, the original resolution or ordinance, or section or sections, shall be considered to be repealed.
   An affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council shall be required for the enactment of every resolution or ordinance, unless a larger number be required by the provisions of this Charter.
   Every resolution or ordinance shall be read at three (3) different, regular Council meetings, unless Council votes to suspend the rule requiring separate readings, which reading or readings shall be by title only unless otherwise directed by a majority vote of Council. Such suspension of the rule shall require the affirmative vote of at least six (6) members of Council if all members are present, or the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members if one or more members are absent.
SECTION 5.11. PUBLIC NOTICE.
   Public notice, as required by law, or by this Charter, or by resolution or ordinance, shall be given resolutions, ordinances, statements, measures, orders, proclamations, and reports in the manner determined by Council; except that if public posting be selected as the medium, then not less than six (6) public places in the Municipality shall be established for such public posting.
   Council shall cause each resolution and ordinance to be given public notice commencing not later than seven (7) days after its first reading in the event that the rule requiring three (3) readings is not suspended; and within seven (7) days, like public notice shall also be given each resolution and ordinance after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.
   Each resolution or ordinance providing for the appropriation of money, or for an annual tax levy, or for improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the front footage of property to be benefitted and specially assessed therefor, and any emergency resolution or ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety, shall take effect, unless a later date be specified therein, upon its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be. Such legislative action is subject to the referendum provisions of Section 8.02 of this Charter.
   No other resolution or ordinance shall become effective until thirty (30) days after its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.13. EMERGENCY RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.
   Each emergency resolution or ordinance shall contain a statement of the necessity for such emergency action, and its enactment shall require the affirmative vote of at least six (6) members of Council if all members are present, or the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members if one or more members are absent.
   No action of Council authorizing the surrender of joint exercise of any of its powers or in granting any franchise, or in the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning or building resolution or ordinance, or in the changing of any ward boundaries, or in authorizing any change in the boundaries of the Municipality shall be enacted as an emergency measure.
SECTION 5.14. COMPENSATION AND BONDS.
   Council shall fix the compensation of the Mayor, and each officer and employee, or members of any board or commission of the Municipality, whether elected or appointed, except as specifically prohibited otherwise in this Charter. In no event shall an elected official be entitled to severance pay.
   Not less than one hundred twenty (120) days immediately preceding the date of the next Municipal election, the compensation of the Mayor and all other elected officials shall be fixed for the next term and shall not thereafter be changed with respect to such term.
   Council may authorize the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred by any officer or employee, or member of any board or commission of the Municipality, for traveling or other expenses incidental to the authorized furtherance of the interests of the Municipality.
   The Mayor, Director of Finance, Director of Public Service and such other officials or employees, or members of boards or commissions as Council may by resolution or ordinance require, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by Council. The premium on such bonds shall be paid by the Municipality. (Nov. 8, 1988; Nov. 7, 1995; Nov. 3, 2015)
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