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dance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The affirmative vote of a majority of the acting mem- bers of Council shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution and on the passage thereof a vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the journal. The Council shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. All meetings of the Council or commit- tees thereof shall be open to the public, except that Executive Sessions may be held in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code. Any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times. Section 8. Upon approval of the electors, Article III, Section 8 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, Enactment of Ordinances and Resolutions, shall be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE III. THE COUNCIL Section 8. Enactment of Ordinances and Resolutions. Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in written or printed form and shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly stated in the title; but general appropriation ordinances may contain the various subjects and accounts for which moneys are appropriated. On the passage of each ordinance or resolution the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the Journal. No resolution of a permanent character or ordinance shall be passed until it has been read by title only, unless a majority shall request that it be read in its entirety, on three (3) separate days unless the requirement of read- ing on three (3) separate days has been dispensed with by atwo-thirds (2/3) vote of all e€the members °'°~'-a-ta-of Council taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the Journal, but no ordinance or resolution shall under any circumstances be adopted or passed unless it has been read on three (3) separate days, (a) which changes the amount of salary or compensation for any elected officer of the City, (b) which amends any zoning ordinance, (c) which grants, renews or extends a franchise or other special privilege, (d) which regulates the rate to be charged by a public utility for its services. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be "Be it ordained by the City of Lakewood." The enacting clause of all ordinances submitted by the initiative shall be "Be it ordained by the people of the City of Lakewood." No ordinance or resolution or section the- reof shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance or resolution contains the entire ordinance or resolution or section to be revised or amended, and the ordinance, resolution, section or sections so amended shall be repealed. Section 9. Upon approval of the electors, Article III, Section 12 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, Publication, shall be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE III. THE COUNCIL Section 12. Publication. The Council may prescribe the manner of giving public notice of the enactment of any and all ordinances, resolutions or other acts, procedures, state- ments, including financial statements, or reports required by law to be published or given; provided, however, that such manner prescribed by Council shall in_ c:".a.° °°°'~°° °°°'°° "-°-°°Prenuve that notice be given for a period of not less