Legal Documents of Baxter

ORDINANCE ADOPTION PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY CHARTER
 

The Baxter city charter says the following about ordinances: 

Section 7. Power to pass ordinances. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Mayor and Councilmen shall exercise legislative power and authority to enact all ordinances necessary for the execution of the powers herein conferred on the Corporation.

Section 8. Mayor may veto ordinances; majority of Councilmen a quorum; time and place of board meetings. Be it further enacted, That a majority of Councilmen shall constitute a quorum. The Mayor shall not vote except in case of tie, but he shall have the right to veto in writing any ordinance or resolution passed by the Councilmen, and shall require a three-fourths vote of the Councilmen at a subsequent meeting to pass any ordinance or resolution over the Mayor's veto. The Board of Mayor and Councilmen shall meet regularly once a month at a time and place within the municipality determined by ordinance. Special meetings may be called. 

Section 9. Ordinances to be signed by Mayor; may be used in evidence. Be it further enacted, That all ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the Board of Mayor and Councilmen, and shall be filed and preserved among the records of the city. The ordinances shall be recorded in a book kept for the public, and a certified copy of all ordinances from the minutes of the book kept for the purpose shall be full evidence of the same in all trials in any of the Courts of the State, the certificates to be made by the Mayor under the seal of the Corporation, if the Corporation has a seal.

The Baxter city charter prescribes no ordinance adoption procedures. However, the Baxter Municipal Code, Section 1-104 prescribes certain ordinance and resolution adoption procedures.