§ 2-3-5. Resolutions.  


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  • Any temporary or enabling enactment, regulation or action expressing the policy, intent or sense of the council shall be in the form of and entitled a "resolution," and shall:

    (1)

    Be in writing, and have a heading stating its subject and a specific reference to the governing statute or county ordinance pursuant to which it is enacted, if any. It shall relate only to matters encompassed by the controlling statute or ordinance. It shall be divided into sections with appropriate subtitles;

    (2)

    Be enacted in public session by at least a majority of those members of the council present and voting. Such vote will be recorded;

    (3)

    Be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman presiding and attested and sealed by the county manager, or, in the event of a vacancy in the office of county manager, by the clerk; and

    (4)

    Become effective upon the date of enactment unless otherwise specified in the regulation.

(Code 1980, § 2-3-5; Ord. No. 5-81, § 2, 3-3-81)