The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members. A majority of all members elected shall be a quorum to do business but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution except that a three-quarters (3/4) vote of the members of Council shall be necessary to sell, buy, trade or exchange recreational, service, transit or safety lands and all other present and future public lands, and on the passage thereof a vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal. The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. All meetings of Council and Council committees called for the purpose of transacting public business, where a majority of the members are present, shall be open to the public unless a private executive session is called pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code. Any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records of any public meeting at all reasonable times.
(Adopted November 8, 1988)