[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 601]
The Borough Council shall organize at 8 p.m. on the first Monday of January of each year, by electing one of their number as Mayor and one their number as Deputy Mayor, who shall hold offices at the pleasure of the Council. If the first Monday is a legal holiday, the meeting and organization shall take place the first day following. The Council may transact any further business it deems necessary or appropriate at the organization meeting.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 602]
Council shall hold regular meetings at least once a month. Council may adjourn to a stated time for general business or for special business. If no quorum is present at a regular or adjourned meeting, a majority of the members of Council who are present may agree upon another date for a meeting and may continue to so agree until the meeting can be held with a quorum in attendance. Special meetings of Council may be called by the Mayor or upon written request of at least two members of Council. Members shall have at least 48 hours notice of such special meeting stating its purpose and the nature of business to be considered. Presence at a meeting constitutes waiver of notice.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 603]
A majority of the members of Council shall constitute a quorum. The Council shall conduct no business except in the presence of a quorum.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 604]
No action of Council shall be official unless approved by four or more members, unless otherwise stated in this Charter.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 605]
Official actions of the Borough Council may be taken by ordinance, resolution, or motion. All ordinances and resolutions must be in written form. All actions of a legislative character shall be taken by ordinance. All other actions of Council shall be by resolution or motion, unless otherwise required in this Charter, or in the rules of councilmanic procedure. However, no such administrative action shall be void or otherwise adversely affected if it shall have been taken by ordinance. 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 in the minutes of the meeting. Any Councilman may request a roll call vote on any action.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 606]
Meetings of the Borough Council shall be open to the public and shall be conducted according to the rules of procedure that shall be adopted from time to time by the Council. Such rules shall be designed to assure full and equal participation in the deliberations of Council by all of its members.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 607]
Council shall make and preserve minutes and records of its proceedings. These records shall be open for public inspection in the Borough offices during regular business hours.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 608]
The Council shall provide reasonable opportunity for interested citizens to address the Council on matter of general or special concern. This opportunity may be afforded the public either at the regular monthly Council meeting or at another regular monthly meeting specially set for this purpose.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 609]
In the conduct of inquiries and investigations, Council shall have authority to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence at any meeting of Council or of any committee thereof, and for that purpose may issue subpoenas, signed by the Mayor or the Chairman of the Committee, as the case may be and may cause the same to be served in any part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Mayor or Committee Chairman, as the case may be, shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 610]
Action on ordinances shall be at a lawful meeting of Council and shall be by a majority vote of the members present. All ordinances shall contain the following enacting clause: "The Borough of Edinboro hereby ordains:" Ordinances shall be numbered consecutively. After enactment, the Presiding Officer shall sign the ordinance and direct the Borough Manager or his designee to affix the Borough Seal and insert the date of enactment. However, failure to sign or affix the official seal shall in no way invalidate an otherwise valid ordinance.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 611]
Notices of ordinances adopted by Council shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Borough within 10 days of enactment. Such notice shall state where the full text of the ordinance may be examined and copies obtained. Provided: In case of any ordinance which imposes or establishes penalties, except for ordinances adopting codes complete in themselves, as referred to in § 612 of this Charter, the full text of the ordinance shall be published and the publication in the newspaper shall state where copies of the ordinance may be obtained. Provided further: In addition to the publication herein required after enactment of an ordinance, prior public notice of the intent to take action on a proposed may be made in any case at the discretion of the Council and shall be made: (a) where a provision of the laws of Pennsylvania shall require such advance publication, (b) in accordance with the procedure and requirements of § 614 of this Charter.
In addition to public notice, in the case of any ordinance that would affect any identifiable specific piece of private property, notice shall be given to the owner thereof by certified mail.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 612]
Within 7 days after the enactment of an ordinance, the Borough Manager will cause to be recorded in the Borough Ordinance Book, a verbatim copy of the ordinance, which shall contain a notation of the date of enactment and the date of publication and the name of the newspaper in which publication was made. Provided: It shall not be necessary to record in the Ordinance Book the full text of any ordinance where there is a specific provision in the laws of Pennsylvania permitting adoption and recording by reference, or in the case of any ordinance adopting, with or without amendment or modification, any building code, plumbing code or other code complete in itself, for the regulation of any trade, occupation or line of activity or undertaking, but the ordinance adopting the same shall be by reference indicating the Borough office where the complete code or ordinance shall be available. Provided, further: Whenever an ordinance shall be specifically amended or repealed, the Borough Secretary shall cause a notation to the effect to be made in the Ordinance Book at the location where the recording of such ordinance shall commence. Provided, further: Whenever any ordinance shall prescribe a condition to its becoming effective, in the nature of an acceptance by a party hereto, the meeting of such condition or the failure to meet the same shall likewise be noted at the appropriate place in the Ordinance Book.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 614]
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances and amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and at least 15 days public notice published in a newspaper circulation generally in the Borough:
A. 
Zoning ordinance.
B. 
Adoption of Zoning Map.
C. 
Land subdivision regulations.
D. 
Land development and land use regulations.
E. 
Housing, building, plumbing and electrical codes.
F. 
New taxes or increases in the rates of existing taxes. No prior notice shall be necessary for the re-enactment of taxes levied annually at the same rate.
G. 
Ordinance setting councilmanic salaries.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 615]
Within 3 years after adoption of this Charter and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Council shall provide for the preparation of general codification of all Borough ordinances and resolutions having the force and effect of law. The general codification shall be adopted by the Council by ordinance and shall be published promptly in bound or loose-leaf form, together with this Charter and any amendments thereto, pertinent provisions of the Constitution and other laws of Pennsylvania, and such codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations as the Council may specify. This compilation shall be known as "The Edinboro Borough Code." Copies of the code shall be furnished to Borough officers, placed in libraries and public offices for free public reference and made available for purchase by the public at reasonable prices to be fixed by the Council.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 616]
The penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall not exceed $500 for each violation, or 30 days imprisonment in default of payment of fine. However, any ordinance may provide for continuing violations, and each day that a violation exists may be regarded as a separate offense and punishable as such. The limit of fines may be increased by the Council to the extent of the maximum fine that may be levied by any noncharter municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as that limit is from time to time established by the General Assembly.
[Charter, 5/21/1974, § 617]
Publication shall occur within 30 days of the enactment of the ordinance. The effective date of the ordinance shall be the published date unless a later date is specified in the ordinance, or required by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.