§ 41.2-212. Forms of Action by the Council.

 A. All actions of the Council shall be in the form of an ordinance, resolution, or motion. All ordinances and resolutions must be in written form. All final action in adopting ordinances or resolutions shall be by roll call vote, and the vote of each member of Council shall be entered into the record of the meeting. No action of Council shall be taken in the absence of a quorum which shall consist of four (4) councilmen.

 B. Resolutions and motions of the Council shall be passed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the councilmen present and entitled to vote. Ordinances shall be adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of the whole Council.

 C. All legislation, including but not limited to the adoption of all budgets and capital programs, the adoption of all tax levies, the adoption of an administrative code and amendments thereto, the grant, renewal or extension of all franchises, the borrowing of funds with the exception of revenue anticipation loans, the enactment of all zoning and subdivision regulations and technical codes, and the amendment or repeal of existing ordinances shall be by ordinance. All ordinances of the Council shall be introduced at any duly convened meeting of the Council, but no ordinance shall be adopted until a subsequent meeting of Council, duly convened and occurring at least twenty-five (25) days following the introduction of the ordinance.

 D. Upon adoption, an ordinance shall be signed by the President of Council and submitted to the Mayor within five (5) days. The Mayor shall approve or veto such ordinance within ten (10) days thereafter. However, such a veto may be overridden at the next succeeding regular meeting of Council by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the total number of the Council members. Should the Mayor fail to act within said ten (10) days the ordinance shall be deemed enacted.

Source

   The provisions of this §  41.2-212 amended May 16, 1995. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (104445) to (104446).

Cross References

   This section cited in 340 Pa. Code §  41.9-903 (relating to definitions and rules of construction).


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