Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Chapter 2.04 COMMON COUNCIL
2.04.300 Ordinances and resolutions-- Readings required.
(a) Every ordinance shall be given two readings before a vote may be taken
on its passage and no ordinance shall be passed on the same day or at the same
meeting as it is introduced except by unanimous consent of the members present,
at least two-thirds of the members being present and voting. An ordinance may
not be debated or amended at its first reading or introduction unless state or
federal requirements provide otherwise.
(b) At each reading of an ordinance
the synopsis shall be read and the clerk shall read the ordinance by title only,
provided there is unanimous consent.
(c) Each resolution submitted to the
council shall be read by title only provided there is unanimous consent. (Ord.
79-97 § 2 (part), 1979).
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