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(A) All proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be subject to the following requirements for passage at any meeting of the Council:
(1) Copies of proposed ordinances and proposed resolutions shall be in the possession of the Mayor and Council at least 72 hours prior to the meeting;
(2) By request of the Mayor or any member of Council, a full reading of the ordinances or resolution heretofore mentioned shall be ordered, otherwise such ordinance or resolution heretofore mentioned shall be read by number and title only. The measure may be passed and adopted after the required reading(s); and
(3)
Copies of titles of proposed ordinances and resolutions heretofore mentioned shall be available to the public for examination at Town Hall 72 hours prior to when the Council convenes to act upon the ordinance or resolution.
(B) No ordinance, except those that are budgetary, otherwise statutorily required, or those declared to be an emergency, shall be put on an agenda for final passage on the same day on which it was introduced. All ordinances, except those that are budgetary, otherwise statutorily required, or those declared to be an emergency, shall have two separate readings, each on different days.
(Ord. 639-15, passed 9-21-2015; Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
An emergency measure must be passed by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of all members of the Council for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety of the town. An emergency measure shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Approval must be by a vote taken by ayes and noes, and approved by the Mayor. The emergency measure shall state in a separate section the reasons why it is necessary that it should become immediately operative.
(Ord. 639-15, passed 9-21-2015; Ord. 707-21, passed 12-6-2021)
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