All legislation shall be deemed to have a reading if furnished to every Council member and posted publicly by the Clerk at least 24 hours prior to any Council meeting. The Clerk may give a general description of the legislation at the meeting without reciting the title verbatim. Resolutions, being of a less permanent nature, which do not involve the expenditure of funds by the City may be adopted by a majority vote of the members of Council following a single reading. Resolutions or Ordinances which involve the expenditure of money shall require readings at two City Council meetings not less than none week apart unless any Council member requests the Clerk to read the Ordinance or Resolution in its entirety. Council may reserve a third reading for any legislation upon substantive changes to a draft Ordinance or draft Resolution after a first reading or second reading without treating such legislation as a first reading.
Any Ordinance to amend the Codified Ordinances of the City, or to take other actions not permitted as emergencies, being of a permanent nature, shall require three readings before passage. Emergency legislation need only be read once before passage, with no requirement for rule suspension. Otherwise, Council may suspend the reading rules upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present at the meeting.
(Amended 11-8-2016)