(A) Ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects requiring action by the City Council may be introduced and sponsored by any member of the Council and by no other person; provided that the Mayor or the City Attorney may present ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects to the Council, and any Commissioner may assume sponsorship thereof by introducing the same and moving for its adoption; otherwise, such matters shall not be considered by the City Council.
(B) Upon its introduction, each ordinance shall be put upon its first reading, whereupon the Mayor shall first open it up for discussion from the public, and thereafter for discussion by the City Council. After terminating the discussion as provided herein, the ordinance may be:
(1) Amended by appropriate motion, second, and majority vote of the City Council; and/or
(2) Advanced to a second reading by appropriate motion, second, and majority vote of the Council.
(C) Any ordinance which shall have had its first reading shall be taken up by the City Council at its next regular meeting, and shall be read the second time, whereupon the Mayor, after its introduction on second reading, shall open it up for discussion first from the public and then by the City Council. After terminating the discussion on second reading as provided herein, the ordinance may be:
(1) Amended by appropriate motion, second and majority vote of the City Council, and referred to the City Attorney for redrafting; or
(2) Passed on second reading, and upon appropriate motion, and second, and without further discussion or debate from the City Council, the City Council shall vote on the same.
(D) Pursuant to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 4-5-13, every ordinance or resolution appropriating any money, or ordering any street improvement or sewer, or making or authorizing the making of any contract, or granting the franchise, right, or license to occupy or use the streets, alleys, highways, bridges, viaducts, public property, or public places in the municipality for any purpose, shall remain on file with the municipal clerk for public inspection, in the form in which it is finally passed, at least one week before the final passage thereof.
(E) Any resolution may be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced.
(F) If an ordinance is not advanced to second reading, a motion to kill or to table the ordinance would be in order, and after an appropriate motion thereto, second, and majority vote of the City Council, the ordinance would be deemed to have died or have been tabled.
(G) All ordinances passed by the City Council requiring publication shall be effective from and after the due publication thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided. Ordinances not requiring publication shall take effect from their passage, unless otherwise expressly provided.
(Am. Ord. 896, passed 10-26-20)