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(A) The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and on all propositions to create any liability against the city, or for the expenditure or appropriation of its money, and in all other cases at the request of any member of Council. The vote shall be entered on the journal of the proceedings, as provided by statute.
(B) “Yea” and “yes” shall be used interchangeably in this chapter. “Nay” and “no” shall be used interchangeably in this chapter.
(2000 Code, § 2.02.290)
(A) An ordinance passed by Council, before it takes effect, shall be deposited with the City Clerk, and if the Mayor approves it, he or she shall sign the same, and if he or she does not approve it, he or she shall return it to Council, with his or her objections thereto, in writing, at the next regular meeting occurring not less than five days after the passage thereof. The veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto only extends to a part of the ordinance, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in force. If the Mayor fails to return any ordinance with his or her objections thereto by the time set forth in this section, he or she shall be deemed to have approved the ordinance and the same shall take effect accordingly.
(B) Upon the return of any ordinance by the Mayor, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by Council. If, after the reconsideration, two-thirds of all the members elected to Council agree, by yeas and nays, to pass the same, it shall go into effect notwithstanding that the Mayor may refuse to approve thereof.
(2000 Code, § 2.02.300)
(A) An ordinance imposing any penalty for a violation thereof or making any appropriation shall be published, as required by statute, either in a newspaper or in pamphlet form.
(B) If published in pamphlet form, the ordinance, in its pamphlet form, shall be displayed for a reasonable period in a public place in the City Hall.
(2000 Code, § 2.02.320)
(A) No ordinance which must be published as set forth in § 30.33 above shall go into effect until ten days after it is so published, unless a statement of the urgency of the ordinance is contained in it and it achieves passage by a two-thirds vote of the members of Council.
(B) In all other cases, the ordinance shall go into effect upon the passage thereof, as provided by statute, even though the operation of the ordinance may not take effect until a later date.
(2000 Code, § 2.02.330)
COMPOSITION OF CITY COUNCIL AND ELECTIONS
(A) The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and seven Aldermen. One Alderman shall be elected from each of the seven wards into which the city is divided. The Mayor shall be elected at-large from all voters in the city.
(B) The seven wards of the city shall be drawn and delineated as depicted in the most recent redistricting ordinance adopted by the City Council and revised as provided by law. Said redistricting ordinance, upon its approval, shall be filed with the City Clerk.
(C) The Mayor and City Council shall be the legislative department of the city government, and shall perform such duties and have such powers as may be authorized by statute and by exercise of the home rule authority of the city.
(Ord. 2024–2-1019O, passed 2-27-2024)
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