SECTION 11. RECORDING AND PUBLISHING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.

   (a)    Recording. Each ordinance or resolution shall be recorded in a journal, or other record prescribed by the Council, established, maintained and indexed for that purpose. The Clerk of Council or a duly authorized deputy to said Clerk, shall, upon the request of any person and upon the payment of a fee, as established by the Council, certify true copies of any ordinance or resolution, which certified copies shall be admissible as evidence in any court. Copies of ordinances and resolutions shall be made available to the public promptly following their adoption.

   (b)    Publication. The Council shall determine by motion the manner in which ordinances and resolutions, and other notices, statements, orders, proclamations and reports required by law to be published, shall be published. Such manner may be by full text or summary publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City one time, or by posting a copy thereof in the Whitehall Municipal Building for a period of not less than fifteen days prior to the effective date thereof. Emergency ordinances and resolutions shall also be so published or posted, but said requirement for posting or publishing shall not postpone the effective date thereof. The Clerk of Council shall cause the publication of ordinances and resolutions to be made in the manner prescribed by the Council, and the Clerk shall enter on the record of ordinances and resolutions, under the recorded ordinance or resolution, a certificate stating how such publication was made. The Clerk of Council shall sign the certificate, and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence that publication of such ordinance or resolution was made. The failure of the Clerk of Council to affix or sign the certificate required hereinabove shall not affect the validity of an otherwise duly and properly enacted ordinance or resolution.

(Amended 11-6-18.)