HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Chapter 2 "Administration" Sec 2-9ORDINANCE No. 5449 -72
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
OCTOBER 23 Ig 72
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
OCTOBER 24 i9 72
Clerk
Of Common Council
Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me OCTOBER 25 1 9 72
ORDINANCE NO. 5449 -72
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TWO "ADMINISTRATION"
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA:
SECTION I. Article 1 of Chapter Two of the Municipal Code of
the City of South Bend is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2 -9
(v) Every ordinance shall be read two (2) times
before its passage, but no ordinance shall be
read the second time at the same meeting it is
introduced unless by unanimous roll call vote of
all members present, and there being present at
least two - thirds (2/3) of the members- elect.
(w) No ordinance or resolution shall appear on the
Agenda of a regular meeting of the Common Council
unless said ordinance or resolution has been filed
in the office of the City Clerk on or before the
Wednesday immediately prior to said regular meeting.
This Subsection is not applicable to special meetings.
(x) When an ordinance is introduced, it shall be read
by title, after which the chair shall state that
"This is the first reading of the ordinance; if
there be no objection, it shall be set for second
reading ". If there is no objection, the ordinance
shall be set for second reading. If there is
objection, it shall be in order for any member to
make a proper motion for disposition of the ordinance.
(y) The second reading of the ordinance shall be by title,
after which the chair shall state that "This is the
second reading of the ordinance; the question is,
shall the ordinance pass ?"
(z) Any ordinance may be stricken from the files at any
time before passage by a two- thirds (2/3) vote of all
members elected.
(aa) Any ordinance failing to receive a sufficient number
of votes on final passage will be considered as lost
and stricken from the files, provided the vote is
not reconsidered, as authorized by Subsection (r) of
this Section.
(bb) All votes upon the passage of ordinances and reso-
lutions, and upon motions to suspend the rules or
motions to reconsider shall be by roll call.
(cc) When a resolution is introduced, it shall be read by
title only, after which, if there is no objection,
it shall stand ready for adoption. If there is
objection, it shall be in order for any member to
make a proper motion for disposition of the resolution.
(dd) No proposition to rescind or change any standing
rule or order of the Common Council shall be passed
at the same meeting it is submitted; nor shall any
proposition having the force and effect of a bylaw
or a standing rule or other relating to the government
of the Council or the duties of any of the City
Officers be passed except in the form of an ordinance
and according to the forms prescribed for the passage
of ordinances.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval
by the Mayor.
/s/ Peter J. Nemeth
Member of the Common Council
Passed 10 -23 -72 - As Amended