Method of transacting business by council.
Section 11
SEC. 11. Method of transacting business by council.—The council shall fix the time and place for its regular meetings, which shall be held once a week, and shall hold special meetings not exceeding ten during any one year when called by the mayor. Any meeting, regular or special, may, in case the amount of business shall require, be adjourned day to day until the business is completed. Meetings shall be opened to the public, unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members. The council shall keep a record of its proceedings and determine its rules of procedure not herein set forth. A. majority of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The ayes and nays shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, upon all resolutions or motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, and, at the request of any member, upon any other motion or resolution. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the council shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, or any resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, but other measures shall be passed by the majority vote of the members present at any meeting duly called and held. Any ordinance enacted by the council and every resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating a liability shall be forwarded to the mayor for his approval. Within ten days after the receipt of the ordinance, resolution or motion, the mayor shall return it with his approval or veto. If he does not return it within that time, it shall be deemed to be approved. If he returns it with his veto, his reasons therefor in writing shall accompany it. Then it may again be enacted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the council. Each approved ordinance shall be sealed with the seal of the city, signed by the mayor and the secretary of the council, and recorded in a book kept for that purpose. Regarding any ordinance which has been vetoed by the mayor and reapproved by the council, the date of the veto and the date of the reapproval shall be recorded in the book. Every ordinance shall, on the day following its passage, be posted by the secretary at the main entrance of the city hall and other suitable public places in the city, and shall take effect and be in force on and after the tenth day following its passage unless otherwise stated in said ordinance or resolution or vetoed by the mayor before the expiration of said ten-day period. A vetoed ordinance, if repassed by the council, shall take effect ten days after the veto is overridden by a two-third vote of all the members of the council unless another date is fixed in such resolution or ordinance.