All legislative action shall be by ordinance or resolution, introduced in written or printed form, but departmental procedural matters may be transacted by motion appearing on the journal. An affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of Council eligible to vote shall be required for the passage of every ordinance, motion or resolution. Unless otherwise provided herein, every ordinance or resolution shall be fully and distinctly read at three (3) consecutive Council meetings unless a majority of the members of Council who are present dispense therewith, in which event such ordinance or resolution shall be read by title only.
No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject, which subject shall be clearly expressed on its title, and no ordinance or resolution shall be revised or amended unless the ordinance or resolution superseding it contains the entire ordinance or resolution so revised or amended, or the section or sections so revised or amended, and having been revised or amended, the original ordinance, resolution or section or sections shall be expressly repealed.
All ordinances, resolutions, statements, orders, proclamations and reports required by law or by this Charter or by ordinance to be published or posted, shall be published or posted at five (5) places, one of which shall be the Municipal Building, and the other four (4) of which shall be places designated by Council, for a period of not less than ten (10) days prior to the taking of effect thereof, and the Clerk-Treasurer shall keep a verified list of such postings, including places, dates, ordinance numbers and dates of posting. An emergency ordinance or resolution shall also be published or posted as aforesaid, but said requirement shall not postpone the immediate taking effect thereof, as provided in Section 13 of this Article.
All meetings of Council committees shall be held at the Village Hall and be open to the public, but not open to public participation.
(Amended 11-2-76, 11-7-78, 11-2-93)