A. Presentment: All ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be written or printed and presented to the council by a member, at a regular or special meeting. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-401; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
B. Reading, Discussion, Passage: Every ordinance shall be read in meetings of the council on three (3) different days. At each reading of an ordinance it shall be open for discussion and amendment and may be referred to a committee, and shall be passed to the next reading, unless by a vote of the meeting some other disposition is made. All ordinances that have been amended shall be engrossed, as amended by the clerk after the second reading. On final passage the ayes and nays shall be called and recorded and a concurrence of the majority of all the members elected to the council shall be required for passage. Provided, that three- fourths (3/4) of the members of the council may, by yea and nay vote, recorded in the minutes, dispense with the three (3) readings of the ordinance, and pass the same at one meeting. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-402; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
C. Signing And Approval: When any such ordinance is passed it shall be signed by the clerk and the date of its passage by the council shall be added thereto; and it shall, within three (3) days thereafter, be presented to the mayor or, in case of his absence from the city, to the president of the council for his approval. If he approves the same, he shall attach his signature thereto. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-403; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
D. Duty Of Mayor And Clerk When Disapproved: Should the mayor not approve the ordinance, he shall, before the next regular meeting after such ordinance is presented to him for his approval, return the same to the council with his objections to the same in writing. When any ordinance is so returned by the mayor, it shall be reconsidered by the council at the first regular meeting thereafter. If on such reconsideration, one-half (1/2) plus one of the members elected to the council shall vote in the affirmative, the ordinance shall become a law, notwithstanding the mayor's veto. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-404; amd. 1977 Code; Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
The clerk, in such a case, shall annex a certificate to the ordinance stating that the same was vetoed by the mayor, and that, on its reconsideration, it received the required majority of votes. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-404; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
E. Certificate To Be Attached When Not Signed By Mayor: Should the mayor refuse or neglect to sign such ordinance and return the same with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting after the same has been presented to him, it shall become a law without his signature.
The clerk shall annex to such ordinance a certificate to the effect that the mayor has failed to sign or veto the same, and it has therefore become a law without his signature. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-405; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
F. When Ordinance Passed: An ordinance shall be considered passed on the date of its first approval by the mayor, and in case of his vetoing an ordinance, on the date of the passage of such ordinance over such veto, and in case of the failure of the mayor to sign or veto an ordinance, on the date of the next regular meeting after such ordinance shall be presented to him. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-406; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
G. When Ordinance Effective: All ordinances shall take effect and be in force from and after their passage, approval and publication. Publication shall be made by inserting in one issue of some newspaper published in the city, or if no paper is published within the city, then in some paper having general circulation therein. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-407; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
H. Clerk To Preserve Ordinances: The clerk shall safely keep the originals and engrossed copies of all ordinances and shall record the same in a book provided for that purpose, and attach to each a certificate over the seal of the city, that the same is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance as passed. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-408; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
I. Special Ordinances:
1. Presentation: All ordinances of a special nature and resolutions in the nature of ordinances, and orders to enter into contracts, shall be presented in writing or printing to the council by one of its number. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-414; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
2. Disposition: Such orders, resolutions or ordinances may be disposed of on one reading, or otherwise as the council may determine. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-415; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
3. Passage: On the final passage of any such ordinances, resolutions or orders, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded, and the concurrence of a majority of the whole number elected to the council shall be necessary to pass the same. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-416; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
J. Presentation To Mayor For Signature: Such ordinances, resolutions or orders, if amended, shall be engrossed by the clerk and signed by him when finally passed by the council and he shall then present the same to the mayor or president of the council for his consideration, in the same manner and within the same time as in the case of ordinances of a general nature. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-417; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)
K. Course Of Procedure: Thereafter such ordinances, resolutions or orders shall take the same course as ordinances of a general or permanent nature, except that the clerk shall not be required to publish resolutions or orders unless their publication is required by law. (1960 Code, Sec. 1-418; amd. Ord. 747, 9-3-1996)