The Council shall determine its own rules and keep a journal of its proceedings. This journal shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection. The action of the Council shall be by ordinance or resolution, introduced in written or printed form. On the passage of each ordinance or resolution, for which the affirmative vote of a majority of the total members of the Council shall be necessary, the voting shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered in the journal.