SECTION 3.10 QUORUM.
   A simple majority of Council shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by resolution or ordinance.
   In the absence of a contrary statute, provision of this Charter, ordinance or rule of Council, the majority of a quorum has the power to act for the entire Council. However, the affirmative vote of a majority of all members elected to Council is required for the passage of an ordinance.