(a) Action on any ordinance bill shall be at a lawful meeting of Council and shall be by majority vote of the members present. If such ordinance bill receives such affirmative majority vote, it shall then be signed by the Mayor, or, in his or her absence or refusal to sign, any other Councilmember and attested by the City Clerk who shall affix the Municipal Seal and insert the dates of Council actions.
(b) Except in emergency situations the nature of which must be stated in a preamble to the ordinance bill, an ordinance shall not be finally enacted at the same meeting in which it was introduced.
(c) Ordinances shall be numbered consecutively and shall contain a clear statement that the document is an ordinance.