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 benefitted 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 signature by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time in which it may be disapproved by the Mayor, or upon its passage after disapproval by the Mayor, as the case may be. No other legislative matter, whether passed by ordinance or resolution shall go into effect earlier than 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 in addition shall state in precise terms exactly what the emergency is, and shall require the affirmative vote of five (5) members of Council for its enactment. No action of the Council authorizing any change in the boundaries of the Municipality or the surrender or joint exercise of any of its powers, or granting, renewing or extending any franchise or other special privilege, or contracting for the supply to the Municipality or its inhabitants of the products or service of any utility, whether municipality owned or not, or regulating the rate to be charged for its services, shall be enacted as an emergency measure.
(Amended 11-3-09)