Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in written or printed form and shall be read by title only, provided Council may require any reading to be in full by a majority vote of its members then in office. Each ordinance or resolution shall be passed, except as otherwise required by law, by a vote of at least a majority of the members of Council then in office, excluding abstentions. The vote on the passage of each ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered in the minutes. An ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days, provided that Council may dispense with the requirement by a vote of at least three-fourths of its members then in office, excluding abstentions. At the meeting at which a vote of Council shall be taken on any ordinance or resolution, Council shall provide an opportunity for public comment thereon before the vote is called. The Mayor shall have the veto power over ordinances and resolutions subject to limitations and provisions of the statutes of the State of Ohio relating to such powers. Actions by Council, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, including, without limitation, procedural matters and elections among and appointments made or confirmed by Council, may be taken by motion on a voice vote approved by at least a majority of the members of Council present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present. Council shall by ordinance provide for the publication of the subject matter of all introduced and enacted legislation, provided that the failure to publish such information shall not invalidate any action of Council.
(Amended Nov. 6, 2007)