When the Clerk determines the petition to be sufficient, the proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the Council at its next regular meeting and the Council shall at once refer the same to an appropriate committee, which may be the committee of the whole. Provision shall be made for public hearings upon the proposed ordinance before the committee to which it is referred. Thereafter the committee shall report the proposed ordinance to the Council, with its recommendations thereon, not later than sixty days after the date on which the proposed ordinance was submitted to the Council by the Clerk. (Amended 5-7-13)