All legislative action shall be by ordinance or resolution except when otherwise required by the Constitution or laws of the State of Ohio, but departmental procedure and administrative matters may be transacted by motion and recorded in the journal. Council shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be a public record.
The vote on every ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays, and each Councilman’s vote shall be entered in the journal. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed without the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Councilmen provided for by this Charter.
Every ordinance or resolution, except as hereinafter provided, shall be read on three (3) different days unless two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of Councilmen provided for by this Charter dispense with this rule. Ordinances and/or resolutions shall be deemed to have been read if the title is fully read. However, at the request of two or more members of Council, the full text of an ordinance or resolution shall be read. Ordinances and resolutions for the following actions shall be excepted from the requirement of three (3) readings:
(1) Payment of bills;
(2) Rulings on the decisions of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one (1) subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.
Council shall adopt a codification ordinance and shall amend such ordinance to keep it current.
Any ordinance or resolution shall be posted in at least two (2) public places within twenty- four (24) hours after formal introduction to Council, and shall remain posted until at least fifteen (15) days after its effective date.
For purposes of this section an ordinance or resolution shall be deemed to be formally introduced to Council at the time that said legislation is read for the first time in a regular or special meeting of Council as provided for in this Charter.
(Amended 11-6-84; 11-8-16.)