SECTION IV-10 . General Ordinances.

   The Council shall by ordinance make provision for:

      (a)   The time and place of regular meetings of Council;

      (b)   The method of calling special meetings of the Council;

      (c)   The form and method of enactment of its ordinances and adoption of its resolutions except that each ordinance or resolution shall, before its passage, be read by title only on three (3) separate days, unless Council requires the reading to be in full or unless the requirement for such reading be dispensed by the concurrence of at least four (4) council members. However, an ordinance for the payment of bills, commonly known as “the pay ordinance”, may be passed after one reading;

      (d)   The method of giving public notice of the enactment of its ordinances and adoption of its resolutions, and of any other of its acts or proceedings which it deems proper to publish;

      (e)   The procedure for making public improvements and levying assessments, including the procedure for combining two or more public improvements, and the levying of assessments therefore, in one proceeding if the Council finds that it will be economical and practical to undertake such improvements jointly;

      (f)   The advertising and awarding of contracts;

      (g)   Such other general regulations as the Council may deem necessary, including regulations as to the custody and use by the Clerk of Council of an official seal.
(Amended November 6, 2007.)