Certified copies of such resolution shall be transmitted by the applicable Department to the offices of the Mayor and of the City Clerk, and the City Clerk shall forthwith present the said resolution to the Council. If the Council, by majority vote of its members, and the Mayor shall approve the resolution within the Time Period specified below, said resolution shall forthwith take effect upon such approval. If the Council shall disapprove the resolution within said Time Period, the resolution shall be disapproved. If the Mayor shall disapprove said resolution within said Time Period, he or she shall forthwith advise the Council and the Board, in writing, of such disapproval. The Council shall thereupon consider such disapproval in the same manner as upon the reconsideration of an ordinance notwithstanding the veto of the Mayor, and if upon such consideration the Council shall, by the vote of two-thirds of the whole Council, determine that the Mayor’s disapproval should be overruled, such disapproval by the Mayor shall be of no effect, and said resolution of the Board shall forthwith take effect. If neither the Mayor nor the Council shall act on said resolution within the Time Period specified below, the resolution of the Board shall be considered approved for purposes of Section 609 of the Charter and shall take effect upon the expiration of said Time Period. For purposes of this Article 6.5 of the Administrative Code, “Time Period” shall mean the calendar period consisting of the longer of thirty (30) calendar days or five (5) consecutive Council meetings (convened in regular session) following the receipt by the Council from the City Clerk of certified copies of such resolution.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 172,353, Eff. 1-30-99.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,234, Eff. 6-19-00, Oper. 7-1-00.