[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 1, 10-21-1912]
The enacting clause of ordinances of the City shall be as follows: "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Lexington, as follows."
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 2, 10-21-1912]
No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the City Council shall vote therefor and the "ayes" and "nays" shall be entered on the journal.
[RSMo. § 77.080]
All bills proposing to become ordinances shall be presented in writing and enacted as follows:
1.
Bills shall be read in full two (2) times prior to passage, or bills shall be read by title two (2) times prior to passage, both of which may occur at a single meeting.
2.
Bills which are read by title only shall have been made available for public inspection prior to their presentation to the Council.
3.
Amendments may be offered at any time before the final reading.
4.
After the second reading in full or by title, the question shall be: "Shall the Bill pass?"
[Rev. Ord. No. 6, § 20, 10-21-1912]
The title of every bill proposing to become an ordinance shall indicate the purposes or objects sought to be accomplished thereby.
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 3, 10-21-1912]
No bill shall become an ordinance until it has been signed by the officer presiding at the meeting of the City Council at which the same was passed. When so signed it shall be delivered when returned to the Council with the approval of the Mayor endorsed thereon, such bill shall become an ordinance.
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, §§ 4,5, 10-21-1912]
A.
Whenever the Mayor shall refuse to sign any bill, and shall return the same to the City Council with his objections thereto, such bill, so returned, shall stand reconsidered, and the Council shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be entered at large upon the journal and shall proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" The votes on this question shall be taken by "ayes and nays," and the names of the Councilmen voting shall be entered upon the journal. If two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elected to the Council shall vote in the affirmative, the President of the Council shall certify that fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the City Clerk and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval of the Mayor.
B.
Should the Mayor neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his objections in writing, at the next regular meeting of the City Council the same shall become a law without his signature. Said ordinance shall be authenticated and having become a law, by having endorsed thereon or attached thereto a certificate form as follows:
This ordinance having been delivered to the Mayor for his approval on the __________ of __________ and not having been returned by him to the City Council at its next regular meeting after it was delivered to him for his approval, the same become a law on the __________ day of __________.
Mayor Pro Tempore |
[Rev. Ord. No. 16, § 13, 10-21-1912]
Every bill presented to the Mayor for his approval shall be returned by him to the City Council, with his approval endorsed thereon, or with his objections thereto, in writing, on or before the next regular meeting of the Council.
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 7, 10-21-1912]
A.
No ordinance shall be revived or reordained by mere reference to the title thereof, but the same shall be set forth at length as if it were an original ordinance.
B.
When an ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision is itself repealed, it shall not be construed to revive such former ordinance, clause or provision.
[Rev. Ord. No. 6, § 22, 10-21-1912]
When a bill is put upon its final passage, and failing to pass, a motion is made to reconsider the vote by which it was defeated, the vote upon such motion to reconsider shall be immediately taken, and the subject finally disposed of before the City Council proceeds to other business.
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 8, 10-21-1912]
Every ordinance passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor shall take effect and be in force immediately after such approval, unless it is otherwise expressly provided. Ordinances passed over the Mayor's veto, or otherwise becoming laws without his approval, shall take effect and be in force from and after the proper certificate of the Mayor Pro Tempore of the Council shall have been made and signed as provided in Section 2-20.
[Rev. Ord. No. 53, § 9, 10-21-1912]
The original rolls of ordinances and resolutions passed by the City Council shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk, and when the Council shall order the publication of an ordinance, due proof of such publication, by the affidavit of the printer or publisher, shall be procured by the City Clerk and attached thereto, or written and attested upon the face of the record of such ordinances.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 92-15, 6-8-1992]