Chapter 4 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.
Section 4-4 READING AND PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES; AND EMERGENCY ORDINANCES
A.
The Clerk of Council shall, upon receipt of ordinances
requiring a public hearing, cause such publication as legally
prescribed.
The public hearing shall be scheduled for the first available
meeting
after the completion of the publication requirements.
B. Ordinances,
except routine or emergency
measures, shall be read at two (2) separate meetings of the Council and
may be
enacted at the second reading. Ordinances may be read by title
only and
not verbatim.
C. Ordinances
which receive an affirmative vote
following the first reading shall be read at a separate meeting of
Council.
The affirmative vote following the first reading shall be a
non-binding
vote.
D. Ordinances
which fail to pass during the first
reading of Council, shall fail at that time and shall not be placed on
a
subsequent meeting agenda for twelve months unless one of the following
occurs:
(1) there is a change in the membership of Council, (2) one
councilmember
who initially voted against the ordinance concurs with its placement on
the
agenda, (3) an ordinance that was defeated for the lack of a second is
again
placed on the agenda with the concurrence of any councilman who did not
make
the initial motion for approval.
E. Ordinances
which Council has deemed are of a
routine or emergency nature may be adopted at the first reading
provided upon
the concurrence of four (4) members of the Town Council, who vote to
waive the
second reading requirement and pass the item on its first and final
reading.
(Ord.
No. 22-99 Amended
11-22-99-Effective Upon Passage)
F. Emergency
ordinances shall take effect immediately
upon their passage. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance passed
by the
Council for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property,
health,
welfare, safety or morals. No ordinance granting, enlarging or
affecting
any franchise or amending or repealing any ordinance fixing any
property tax
rate or assessment shall be an emergency ordinance. Ordinances
pertaining
to the appropriating of money or levying taxes or licenses, or
reconsideration
of matters at special meetings shall be considered as provided in Town
Charter
Section 13.
(Ord.
No. 9-95 Amended Entire Section
6-26-95-Effective Upon Passage)
(Ord.
No. 22-99 Amended 11-22-99-Effective
Upon Passage)