Section 34. Duties of Clerk.

   The Clerk shall attend the Council as its secretary, shall keep its records, and make an annual report giving a summary of its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as are given him or her by this Charter or which may be prescribed by ordinance.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 35. Rules.

   The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business, and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. It may punish or expel any member for disorderly conduct or violation of its rules No expulsion shall take place without the concurrence of two-thirds of all members elected, nor until the delinquent member shall have been notified of the charge against him or her, and shall have been given an opportunity to be heard.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 36. Qualifications-quorum.

   The Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

Section 37. Action by ordinance or resolution - yeas and nays.

   The action by the Council shall be by ordinance or resolution. On the passage of every ordinance or resolution, the vote shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays," and entered upon the journal, but this shall not apply to the ordering of an election, or the direction of the Council to any board or officer to furnish information.

Section 38. Proposed measures to be in writing or printed.

   Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in written or printed form, and shall not contain more than one subject which shall be clearly stated in the title, but general appropriation ordinances may contain the various subjects and accounts for which moneys are to be appropriated. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be, "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo," and the enacting clause of an ordinance adopted by the people upon the initiative petition shall be, "Be it ordained by the people of the City of Toledo."

Section 39. Reading and passage-suspension of requirement.

   Each ordinance or resolution of a general, or permanent nature, or one granting a franchise, or creating a right, or involving the expenditure of money or the levying of a tax, or for the purchase, lease, sale or transfer of property, shall be introduced and read one time only, which reading shall be by title only unless a member of the Council shall request that it be read in full, and such ordinance or resolution shall be passed, which passage may be without further reading, not earlier than the next succeeding regular or special meeting of the Council provided that such prohibition may be suspended by a three-fourths vote of the members of the Council taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered on the journal of the Council, in which event such passage may occur at the meeting at which the ordinance or resolution is introduced and read.

(Amended by electors 11-3-81)

Section 40. Votes necessary to pass legislation.

   No ordinance or resolution shall be passed unless a majority of all the members of the Council concur therein; provided, however, that any ordinance or resolution which is an emergency measure shall require a separate affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Council upon the inclusion in the ordinance or resolution of the emergency section.

(Amended by electors 11-3-81)

Section 41. When Measures Take Effect.

   Emergency measures shall take effect from and after their passage in accordance with Sections 43A and 43B of this Charter. All other ordinances and resolutions shall be in effect from and after thirty (30) days from either the approval of the Mayor pursuant to Section 43A or final action of Council pursuant to Section 43B in the event of a veto by the Mayor; provided, however, that if referendum on any measure is demanded, the same shall not take effect until after approval by the people.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)

Section 42. Amended ordinances.

   No ordinance or resolution or section thereof shall be revised or amended, unless the new ordinance or resolution contain the entire measure or section revised or amended, and the original ordinance, resolution, section or sections so amended shall be repealed.