§ 2-206 MINUTES.

   (A)   The Town Clerk shall keep full, and accurate, minutes of the Town Council proceedings, and said minutes shall be open to the inspection of the public.

   (B)   The results of each vote shall be recorded in the minutes and, upon the request of any member of the Council, the ayes and noes upon any question shall be taken.

   (C)   The minutes of closed session meetings shall not be open to the inspection of the public, as provided in G.S. § 143-318.10(e).

(Code 1976, § 2.6)

Statutory reference:

   Minutes to be kept, G.S. § 160A-72.

§ 2-207 MAYOR TO PRESIDE.

   The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Town Council, and in his and her absence, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall preside.

(Code 1976, § 2.7)

Statutory reference:

   Mayor to preside over Council, G.S. § 160A-69; Mayor Pro Tempore, G.S. § 160A-70.

§ 2-208 MAYOR NOT TO VOTE EXCEPT TO BREAK TIE.

   The Mayor shall not vote on any question before the Town Council, except in the case of a tie vote deadlocking a decision of the Council.

(Code 1976, § 2.8)

Statutory reference:

   Mayor’s vote in case of tie, G.S. § 160A-69.

§ 2-209 COMMITTEES.

   The Mayor and Town Council may create such committees of the Council for special purposes as it deems best.

(Code 1976, § 2.9)

Statutory reference:

   Voting, G.S. § 160A-75.

§ 2-210 VOTING.

   (A)   No member shall be excused from voting, except upon matters involving the consideration of his or her own financial interest, or official conduct. In all other cases, a failure to vote by a member who is physically present in the Council Chamber, or who has withdrawn without being excused by a majority vote of the remaining members present, shall be recorded as an affirmative vote. The question of the compensation and allowances of members of the Town Council is not a matter involving a member’s own financial interest or official conduct.

   (B)   (1)   An affirmative vote equal to a majority of all the members of the Town Council not excused from voting on the question in issue (including the Mayor’s vote in case of an equal division) shall be required to adopt an ordinance, take any action having the effect of an ordinance, authorize, or commit, the expenditure of public funds, or make, ratify, or authorize any contract on behalf of the town.

      (2)   In addition, no ordinance, or any action having the effect of any ordinance, may be finally adopted on the date on which it is introduced except by an affirmative vote equal to, or greater than, two-thirds of all members of the Council, not including the Mayor.

      (3)   For the purposes of this section, an ordinance shall have been deemed to have been introduced on the date the subject matter is first voted on by the Council.

(Code 1976, § 2.10)

Statutory reference:

   Voting, G.S. § 160A-75.

§ 2-211 FRANCHISES; TECHNICAL ORDINANCES.

   (A)   No ordinance making a grant, renewal, extension, or amendment of any franchise shall be finally adopted until it has been passed at two regular meetings of the Town Council, and no such grant, renewal, extension, or amendment shall be made otherwise than by ordinance.

   (B)   Any published technical code, or any standards or regulations promulgated by any public agency, may be adopted in an ordinance by reference, subject to G.S. § 143-138(e). A technical code, or set of standards or regulations, adopted by reference in an ordinance shall have the force of law within the town. Official copies of all technical codes, standards, and regulations adopted by reference shall be maintained for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.

(Code 1976, § 2.11)

Cross-reference:

   Building and Building Regulations, Ch. 5; Franchises, App. D.

Statutory reference:

   Similar provisions, G.S. § 160A-76.

§§ 2-212 TO 2-299 RESERVED.

ARTICLE III: ORDINANCES

Section

   2-301   Effective date

   2-302   One subject rule

   2-303   Official copy

   2-304   Ordinance book

   2-305 to 2-399   Reserved.

Statutory reference:

   Code of ordinances, G.S. § 160A-77; ordinance book, G.S. § 160A-78; pleading and proving city ordinances, G.S. § 160A-79.

§ 2-301 EFFECTIVE DATE.

   All ordinances shall be effective after the ratification thereof, except ordinances specifying some other effective date, or ordinances required by state law to be effective only after having met specific date requirements.

(Code 1976, § 2.12)