Section 55. Maximum hours of work.

   Except in cases of extraordinary emergencies, and except as Council shall determine by ordinance for members of the Division of Fire, not to exceed eight hours shall constitute a day's work and not to exceed forty-eight hours a week's work, for any City employee of the City of Toledo in the classified service thereof, and for any workers engaged in any public work carried on or aided by the Municipality whether done by contract or otherwise. The Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 56. Presiding officer to sign.

   Any ordinance or resolution passed by the Council shall be signed by the presiding officer thereof, and shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.

Section 57. Filing and publication of ordinances.

   Every ordinance or resolution upon its final passage shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and Clerk of the Council. Within ten days after its final passage, every ordinance of a general nature shall be published at least once in full in the City Journal. Other ordinances and resolutions shall be published in the City Journal in full or in condensed form, as the Council may direct. There shall be no other publication at the expense of the City.

Section 58. Investigations by Council.

   The Council, or any committee thereof duly authorized by Council to do so, may investigate the financial transactions of any office or department of the City government, and the official acts and conduct of any City official, and by similar investigations may secure information upon any matter within its competence as a legislative body. In conducting such investigations the Council, or any committee thereof, may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas or attachments which shall be signed by the presiding officer of the Council or the chair of such committee, as the case may be, and may be served or executed by an officer authorized by law to serve subpoenas and other process.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)

Section 59. Power to compel witnesses to testify.

   If any witness shall refuse to testify to any facts within his or her knowledge, or to produce any papers or books in his or her possession, or under his or her control, relating to the matter under inquiry, before the Council, or any such committee, the Council shall have the power to cause the witness to be punished as for contempt. No witness shall be excused from testifying touching his or her knowledge of the matter under investigation in any such inquiry, but such testimony shall not be used against the witness in any criminal prosecution except for perjury committed upon such inquiry.

(Amended by electors 11-7-00)