(A) Preparation of ordinances.
(1) All ordinances shall be reviewed by the City Attorney. No ordinance shall be prepared for presentation to the City Council unless ordered by a majority vote of the Council, or requested in writing by the Mayor, City Manager, or his or her authorized representative, where there are substantive matters of administration involved.
(2) All such instruments shall have first been referred to the head of the department under whose jurisdiction the administration of the subject matter of the ordinance, resolution, or contract document would devolve and be approved by said department head; however, if approval is not given, then the same shall be returned to the City Manager with a written memorandum of the reasons why such approval is withheld. In the event the questioned instrument is not redrafted to meet a department head’s objection, or objection is not withdrawn and approval in writing given, then the City Manager shall so advise the Council and give the reasons advanced by the department head for withholding approval.
(B) Introduction for passage or approval.
(1) Ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Council, except that the City Manager or City Attorney may present ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects to the Council, and any Council member may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters, or subjects be adopted; otherwise, they shall not be considered.
(2) No ordinance shall be passed on the same day on which it was introduced unless at least four or more Council members are present.
(3) No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance, or section thereof, shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed, and when practicable all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof.
(Prior Code, § 32.28) (Ord. 60-1, passed 12-19-1960; Ord. 74-8, passed 5-6-1974; Ord. 00-6, passed 7-3-2000)