Every ordinance or resolution passed or adopted by Council shall be signed by the President of Council or other presiding officer and shall be attested by the Clerk of Council and promptly presented to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves such ordinance or resolution, he or she shall sign and return it within five (5) days after it has been presented to him or her following Council's passage or adoption, but if he or she does not approve it, he or she shall return it to the Council with his or her written objection within said five (5) days by delivery to said Clerk. His or her objection shall be entered in full on the journal of the Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item of an ordinance appropriating money, but, otherwise, his or her approval or disapproval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance. If the Mayor does not sign or veto an ordinance or resolution after its passage or adoption within the said five-day period, it shall take effect in the same manner as if he or she had signed it. When the Mayor has disapproved an ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof as herein provided, the Council shall, no later than the next regular meeting, proceed to reconsider it, and if, upon reconsideration, the ordinance or resolution or part or item thereof disapproved by the Mayor is approved by two-thirds of the members of Council eligible to vote, it shall then take effect as if it had received the signature of the Mayor. In all cases, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal.
(Amended November 7, 1978)
(Amended November 7, 1978)