1. Generally. The following procedures shall apply to the passage of ordinances and resolutions of the Village:
(i) In order to vote, any Member must be present. A Member shall be considered present if he or she attends in person or, in the event a meeting is held by electronic, teleconference, web, or video means as provided in this Charter, if the Member attends through such means. Each ordinance and resolution shall be read by title only, provided the Council may require any reading to be in full by a majority vote of its Members.
(ii) The vote on the passage of each ordinance or resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal.
(iii) Each ordinance or resolution shall be passed, except as otherwise provided by law, by vote of at least a majority of all the Members of Council.
2. Ordinances.
(i) Each ordinance shall be read on three different days, provided the Council may dispense with this rule by a vote of at least three-fourths of its Members.
(ii) Unless the ordinance specifies a later date, the effective date of any ordinance shall be thirty (30) days after its adoption, except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Ordinances providing for appropriations for the current expenses of the Village, or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of the majority of the front frontage of the property benefitted to be assessed for the improvement shall go into effect immediately.
(iii) Emergency ordinances may be passed by the affirmative votes of two-thirds of Council for enactment, and shall become effective upon adoption, or the time indicated therein. If any emergency ordinance or resolution shall fail to receive the required majority affirmative votes, but receives the necessary majority for passage as non-emergency legislation, it shall become effective as non-emergency legislation. The Council, before enacting an emergency ordinance or resolution, shall determine the ordinance or resolution is necessary for the immediate preservation for the public peace, health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the Village, and the ordinance or resolution shall contain a statement of the necessity of declaring the emergency.
3. Resolutions.
(i) Each resolution shall be read one time.
(ii) Each resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
4. Motions. Action by Council, not required by law to be by ordinance or resolution, may be taken by motion approved by at least a majority vote of the Members present at the meeting when the action is taken.