The city council shall have the power to pass, publish, amend,
repeal and enforce all ordinances, rules and police regulations, not
contrary to the constitution of this state, for the good government,
peace, and order of the city and the trade and commerce thereof, that
may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the powers vested
to local governments.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.01)
The style of all ordinances shall be “BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JOURDANTON, TEXAS” and the style
of all resolutions shall be “BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF JOURDANTON, TEXAS.”
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.02)
All ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall
be introduced by some member of the city council at an open meeting
of the city council when it shall be read and acted upon. It shall
only be necessary to provide a brief explanation and read the caption
of the ordinance or resolution unless a motion is made by any councilmembers
to read the entire ordinance or resolution.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.03)
All ordinances and resolutions upon passage shall be approved
by the mayor, numbered, and attested by the city secretary, and shall
be recorded by the city secretary in a book of ordinances or in the
minutes for resolutions. Such book of ordinances shall by authority
touch all questions arising under the laws and ordinances of the city.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.04)
Every ordinance imposing any penalty, fine, or forfeiture shall,
after passage thereof, be published in every issue of the official
newspaper for a ten-day period, and such ordinances shall take effect
and be in force from and after the publication thereof, unless otherwise
expressly provided. Ordinances not required to be published shall
take effect from their passage, unless otherwise provided. In lieu
of the publication of the entire ordinance, the city council may in
its discretion provide for the publication of a descriptive caption
or title, stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance and the
penalty for violation thereof.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.05)
Every ordinance or resolution passed by the city council must
be filed with the city secretary. Thereupon, the mayor may either
sign or refuse to sign the ordinance or resolution. If the mayor refuses
to sign the ordinance or resolution, his or her objections must be
set forth in writing and submitted to the city secretary within three
days of the time the ordinance or resolution was filed. (If the mayor’s
statement of objections is not filed within three days, the ordinance
or resolution automatically goes into effect without his or her signature.)
If the mayor timely files a statement of objections to the ordinance
or resolution, it is killed unless a majority of the whole number
of councilmembers (not just a majority of those present and voting)
votes to override the mayor’s veto by adopting the ordinance
or resolution as originally proposed, with the vote of each councilmember
entered in the minutes of the meeting at which the vote was taken.
(1988 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9.06)