Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in written or printed form and shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly stated in the title. General appropriation ordinances may, however, contain the various subjects and accounts for which moneys are to be appropriated. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be: “Be it ordained by the Council of the City of East Cleveland, Ohio”. The enacting clause of all ordinances submitted to popular election by the initiative shall be: “Be it ordained by the people of the City of East Cleveland, Ohio.”
No ordinance, unless it be an emergency measure, shall be passed until it has been read at two regular meetings not less than two weeks apart, or the requirement of such reading has been dispensed with by the vote of at least four members of the Council. No ordinance or resolution or section thereof shall be revised or amended, unless the new ordinance or resolution contain the entire ordinance or resolution or section so revised or amended.
No resolution declaring it necessary to proceed with any public improvement shall be adopted until complete drawings, specifications, profiles and estimates have been submitted to the Council and approved by it; and the same, or a copy thereof, shall thereafter remain on file in the office of the Mayor, subject to inspection by the public.
(Adopted 5-7-85)