(A) Filing with Clerk-Treasurer. All ordinances, orders or resolutions shall be introduced by a member of the Town Council, or by any committee of the Council. All ordinances, upon introduction, shall be consecutively numbered by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) Ordinances passing by unanimous consent. No ordinance shall be passed on the same day or at the same meeting that it is introduced, except by unanimous consent and a motion to suspend the rules, and then only in case there are present and voting at least 2/3 of all the members-elect of the Council.
(C) Reading of ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall receive 3 separate readings by the Town Council previous to passage.
(D) First reading of ordinances. The first reading of a proposed ordinance shall be for information, but may be read by title only, and the title shall clearly set forth the nature of the contents. The proposed ordinance shall be immediately referred to the proper committee, or may be taken up by the entire Council.
(E) Second reading of ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be read through by sections at its second reading, and at the reading it shall be in order to commit, to amend, to lay upon the table to postpone or to pass to its third reading by a majority vote of all the members-elect. Any proposed ordinance failing to receive a majority vote of all the members-elect at its second reading shall be considered lost. A proposed ordinance may be stricken from the files by a vote of 2/3 of all the members-elect before or after it has passed its second reading.
(F) Third reading of ordinances. On the third reading of any proposed ordinance, no amendment shall be in order, except by a vote of 2/3 of the members of the Town Council. In no case shall the reading of any proposed ordinance by sections be dispensed with on third reading. At any time before the final passage, a proposed ordinance may be recommitted. Failing to receive a majority of the votes of all members present on the third reading, an ordinance is lost and shall be stricken from the files.
(G) Signing of ordinances. Every ordinance, order, or resolution of the Town Council shall, upon its passage, enrollment, attestation, and signature by the Clerk-Treasurer, and presiding officer, be signed by all members of the Council present.
(H) Clerk-Treasurer to vote in case of tie. The Clerk-Treasurer shall cast a vote in instances where the vote by the members of the Council has resulted in a tie.
(1992 Code, § 3-14)