“About two weeks before the session I was called and they said, This is the first session. It’s just a reading, where it s given a number. It s a formality and no action can be taken, so you don t even need to be there, ” said Thompson, who did not attend the council meeting.
According to the code Under Sec. 117-38(b) when a resolution is first presented at council, it is numbered and then no action can be taken for 25 days. The code reads: “No member may propose any motion or amendment to the ordinance at the first reading.”
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