An ordinance or resolution for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, or providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, or for any other reason determined by Council, shall take effect immediately upon the passage of a motion so stating and passed by the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council. The reasons for declaring such ordinance or resolution to go into immediate effect shall be set forth in the preamble or in one section of the ordinance or resolution. No ordinance or resolution granting, renewing, or extending a franchise or other special privilege, regulating a rate to be charged for its services by any privately or municipally owned public utility, nor any ordinance or resolution changing the boundaries of the Municipality or the surrender or joint exercise of its powers, may go into immediate effect. Without formal amendment, the Clerk of Council shall delete reference to the immediate effect of any ordinance or resolution that does not receive the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council.
(Amended November 4, 2014; Amended March 19, 2024)