Article IV
LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE; ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

SECTION 4.01 ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.

   Action of Council shall be by ordinance, resolution, or motion. Every action of a general and permanent nature, or granting a franchise; or levying a tax; or appropriating money; or contracting an indebtedness, to be evidenced by the issuance of bonds or notes; or for the purchase, lease or transfer of public property; or establishing an offense and fixing the penalty therefor shall be taken by ordinance, in the manner hereinafter provided. All other action may be resolution or motion.

SECTION 4.02 INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

   Any member of Council may, at a regular or special meeting, introduce any ordinance or resolution. Such ordinance or resolution shall be in written or printed form and shall contain a concise title.

SECTION 4.03 STYLE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

   Each ordinance shall contain an enacting clause as follows: "Be It Ordained By The Council Of The Municipality of Canfield, State of Ohio," and each resolution shall contain an enacting clause as follows: "Be It Resolved By The Council of the Municipality of Canfield, State of Ohio."