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F. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: Interested parties, or their authorized <br />representatives, may address the Council by submitting written <br />communication concerning any matter on the Council agenda. Such a <br />written communication may be submitted by electronic mail or by <br />addressing the communication to the City Clerk who will distribute copies <br />to the Council. The communication will be entered into the record without <br />the necessity of reading. A copy of the communication shall be posted at <br />the meeting for the public to review. Anonymous written communications <br />will not be accepted into the record. <br />G. ACTION: The Council shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. <br />Each action shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The Council <br />may select the appropriate form for its action, except where a specific <br />form is required by the Charter or the Code. The Council may take any <br />of the following actions on an agenda item: approve, approve subject to <br />conditions, disapprove or deny, continue to a date certain, adopt a <br />motion to take no further action, remand a matter to a board or <br />commission having jurisdiction, or such other action as is permitted by <br />law. <br />H. VOTING: <br />1. Except where a greater number is required by the Charter (as <br />summarized below), resolutions and motions require the affirmative <br />vote of a majority of the members of the Council present. <br />2. Except where a greater number is required by the Charter (as <br />summarized below), the final adoption of any ordinance shall require <br />the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Council. <br />3. The following items require the affirmative vote of a majority of the <br />entire Council for approval: The appointment of a Councilmember as <br />Mayor pro tem; the appointment or removal of the City Manager, City <br />Attorney or City Prosecutor; the appointment or removal of a board, <br />commission, task force or committee member; and the adoption of a <br />resolution to revise the boundaries of any City ward. <br />4. The following items require the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of <br />the entire Council: The appointment or removal of the Presiding <br />Municipal Judge or any deputy municipal judge; the adoption of an <br />emergency ordinance; the holding of an executive session; the <br />adoption of an ordinance submitting a proposed amendment to the <br />City Charter to a vote of the registered electors of the City; and an <br />Louisville City Council Rules of Procedure page 9 <br />Adopted 4127120 <br />