In addition to such acts of Council as are required by statute or by this Charter to be by ordinance, every act of the Council establishing a fine or other penalty or authorizing, the borrowing of money, or granting a franchise, or to sell or lease real estate, or to create, abolish or reorganize any departments, or offices, or to fix compensation, shall be by ordinance. Council must also authorize the expenditure of funds by ordinance unless the expenditure is authorized in a budget adopted by Council, or governed by Article VIII Section 3 of this Charter. The enacting clauses of all ordinances shall be, "The Council of the City of Newton Falls, State of Ohio, hereby ordains."
(Amended November 2, 1993; May 8, 2001)