Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money, or for an annual tax levy, or for improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the foot frontage of the property to be benefited and specially assessed therefor, and any emergency ordinance or resolution necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety shall take effect, unless a later time be specified therein, upon its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be disapproved by the Mayor, or upon its passage after disapproval by the Mayor, as the case may be. No other ordinance or resolution shall go into effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage by the Council. Each emergency measure shall contain a statement of the necessity for such emergency action and shall require the affirmative vote of five (5) members elected to Council for the suspension of the regular rules and the affirmative vote of five (5) members elected to Council for its enactment. No action of the Council in authorizing any change in the boundaries of the Municipality or the surrender or joint exercise of any of its powers, or in granting any franchise, or in contracting for the supply to the Municipality of its inhabitants of the product or service of any utility, whether municipally owned or not, shall be designated an emergency measure.
(Ord. 2019-39. Passed 12-9-19.)