CHAPTER VIII: ORDINANCES

SECTION 33 ENACTING CLAUSE

The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be, “THE CITY OF JUNCTION CITY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:”.

SECTION 34 MODE OF ENACTMENT

(1) Except as subsection 2 of this section allows adopting at a single meeting, an ordinance shall be considered on two different days before being adopted by the council. The ordinance shall be fully and distinctly read at one open council meeting.

(2) The council may adopt an ordinance at a single meeting by the express unanimous vote of all council members present, provided the ordinance is distinctly read first in full and then by title.

(3) Upon the final vote on an ordinance, the ayes and nays of the councilors shall be taken and entered in the record of proceedings.

(4) Upon the enactment of an ordinance, the City Recorder shall sign and date it with the date of passage; within 10 days thereafter, the mayor either shall sign and date it, or shall veto it. The signatories shall designate the title of their office.

(5) If the mayor does not approve an ordinance within 10 days from its adoption by the council, the mayor shall return it to the recorder with reasons for it not being approved. If the mayor neither signs the ordinance nor returns it to the recorder within 10 days, the ordinance shall become a law as though the mayor had approved it.

(6) At the next meeting of the council after the return of any ordinance not approved by the mayor, the recorder shall present the same to the council with the mayor’s reasons for not approving it. The mayor’s reasons must be read to the council, and the ordinance shall again be put for a vote before the council. If the ordinance is passed by a majority vote of the council present, constituting a quorum, it shall become a law without the approval of the mayor.

(7) If an ordinance is put into effect without the mayor’s signature of approval, the authorization for such action shall be included on the ordinance.

SECTION 35 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE

An ordinance enacted by the council takes effect on the thirtieth day after its enactment or on a later date the ordinance prescribes. An ordinance adopted to meet an emergency may take effect as soon as adopted.