(A) The passage of all ordinances for whatever purpose, and of any resolution or motion to create any liability against the city, or for expenditure or appropriation of its money, shall require the concurrence of a majority of all Aldermen then holding office in the City Council, including the Mayor, unless otherwise expressly provided in this code, or any other act governing the passage of any ordinance, resolution, or motion.
(B) The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the question of the passage of the designated ordinances, resolutions, or motions, and recorded in the journal of the City Council. In addition, the corporate authorities at any meeting may, by unanimous consent, take a single vote by yeas and nays on the several questions of the passage of any 2 or more of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions, or motions placed together for voting purposes in a single group. The single vote shall be entered separately in the journal under the designation “omnibus vote,” and in the event the Clerk may enter the words “omnibus vote” or “consent agenda” in the journal in each case instead of entering the names of the Aldermen voting “yea” and those voting “nay” on the passage of each of the designated ordinances, orders, resolutions, and motions included in the omnibus vote or consent agenda. The taking of a single or omnibus vote and the entry of the words “omnibus vote” or “consent agenda” in the journal shall be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of this division (B) to all intents and purposes and with like effect as if the vote in each case had been taken separately by yeas and nays on the question of the passage of each ordinance, order, resolution, and motion included in the omnibus group and separately recorded in the journal. Likewise, the yeas and nays shall be taken upon the question of the passage of any other resolution or motion at the request of any Alderman and shall be recorded in the journal.
(1983 Code, § 2-54) (Ord. 2937, passed 7-5-2001)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-40-40