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The procedure for public hearings shall be determined by the Council Rules of Order. The public hearing of any legislation shall follow its publication by no less than seven days; may be held separately or in conjunction with a regular or special Council meeting; may be adjourned or recessed from time to time; and may be dispensed with for an emergency ordinance. The public hearing of a resolution shall be conducted at the time of its introduction. The public hearing of an ordinance shall be conducted at the next designated meeting subsequent to its introduction, unless otherwise specified by Council. Upon closing the public hearing and after discussion by Council, Council may adopt the legislation with or without amendment, reject it, or table it.

(c) VOTE RECORDATION AND PUBLICATION.

The vote on legislation shall be entered in the minutes or other record of Council proceedings. As soon as possible after adoption, the Clerk of Council shall have the legislation and a notice of its adoption published and available to the public at a reasonable price.

4.04. EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEGISLATION.

(a) EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

All resolutions and the following ordinances shall take effect upon adoption, unless a later time is specified by Council:

(1) appropriations of money;

(2) annual tax levies for current expenses;

(3) improvements petitioned for by owners of the requisite majority of the front footage or of the area of the property benefitted and to be assessed;

(4) submissions of any questions to the electorate or a determination to proceed with an election;

(5) approvals of a revision, codification, recodification, rearrangement or publication of ordinances; and

(6) emergency ordinances.

(b) EFFECTIVE AFTER THIRTY DAYS.

Unless otherwise provided in this Revised Charter, all other ordinances shall become effective thirty days after their adoption or at any later date specified by Council.

4.05. EMERGENCY ORDINANCES.

(a) SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for legislation generally, except that each emergency ordinance shall declare that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare, and shall clearly specify the nature of the emergency.

(b) SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT

Upon successful motion to treat an ordinance as an emergency, and to dispense with the public hearing when

appropriate, an ordinance may be adopted as an emergency ordinance by an affirmative vote of no less than five Council members. If an emergency ordinance fails to receive an affirmative vote of at least five Council members, but receives a vote of at least four Council members, the ordinance shall become effective as non-emergency legislation.

4.06. AUTHENTICATION OF LEGISLATION.

Legislation shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding Council member and the Clerk of Council. The failure or refusal to sign shall not invalidate otherwise properly enacted legislation.

4.07. RECORDING AND CERTIFICATION OF LEGISLATION.

Legislation shall be recorded in a book or other record prescribed by Council. The Clerk of Council or designee, upon request of any person and upon the payment of a fee if established by Council, shall certify true copies of any legislation, which certified copies shall be admissible as evidence in any court.