(a) The following procedures shall apply to the passage of ordinances and resolutions by Council:
(1) Each ordinance and resolution shall be read by title only, provided Council may require any reading to be in full by a majority vote of its members.
(2) Each ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days, provided Council may dispense with this rule by a vote of at least three- fourths of its members.
(3) The vote on the passage of each ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minute book.
(4) Each ordinance or resolution shall be passed, except as otherwise provided by law, by a vote of at least a majority of all the members of Council.
(b) Action by the Council, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, may be taken by motion approved by at least a majority vote of the members present at the meeting when the action is taken.
(c) Emergency ordinances and resolutions require a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, and must set forth the reason for the emergency in one section of the ordinance. If the emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive the required two-thirds affirmative vote, but receives the necessary majority for passage as a non-emergency ordinance or resolution, it shall be considered passed as such and shall become effective as provided in the case of a nonemergency ordinance or resolution.
(Ord. 17-00. Passed 3-6-00.)