A. Presentation: All proposed ordinances of the city shall be typewritten or printed, and presented to the city council by a member at any regular or special meeting.
B. Readings: Every proposed ordinance shall be read in meetings of the city council on three (3) different days. At each reading of an ordinance it shall be open to discussion and amendment and may be referred to a committee and shall be passed to the next reading unless by vote at the meeting some other disposition is made. On final passage, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and a concurrence of a majority of the city council members present and voting shall be required for passage; provided, however, that one-half (1/2) plus one of the full city council may dispense with the portions of this subsection requiring all ordinances to be read on three (3) different days, and on the vote upon the motion to dispense with the above provisions, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded. (Ord. 348, 1-9-1998; amd. 2004 Code)
C. Passage And Approval By Mayor: When any proposed ordinance is passed, it shall be signed by the city clerk, and the date of its passage by the city council shall be added thereto, and within three (3) days it shall be presented to the mayor, or, in the case of his absence from the city, to the president of the city council for his approval. If the proper officer approves the same, he shall attach his signature thereto. Should the mayor refuse or neglect to sign such ordinance and return the same with his objection in writing at the next regular meeting after the same has been presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature. The city clerk shall annex to such ordinance a certificate to the effect that the mayor has failed to sign or veto the same, and it has therefore become a law without his signature. (1983 Code § 2.04.090)
D. Veto By Mayor; Reconsideration: Should the mayor not approve the ordinance, he shall, before the next regular meeting after such ordinance is presented to him for his approval, return the same to the city council with his objections to the same in writing. When any ordinance is so returned by the mayor, it shall be reconsidered by the city council at the first regular meeting thereafter. If, on such reconsideration, one-half (1/2) plus one of the full members elected to the city council shall vote in the affirmative, the ordinance shall become a law notwithstanding the mayor's veto 1 . In such case, the city clerk shall annex a certificate to the ordinance stating that the same was vetoed by the mayor and that, on its reconsideration, it received the required majority of votes. (1983 Code § 2.04.100; amd. 2004 Code)
E. Recording Ordinances: It shall be the duty of the city clerk to safely keep the original ordinances, and after final passage he shall copy the same at length in a book to be known as the "Ordinance Book of the City of Harrison No. ", which book is to be provided by the city council for that purpose and shall be kept as a permanent record of the city. (1983 Code § 2.04.110)
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