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NORTH OLMSTED CHARTER 10 special meeting thereof, or may be called by the Clerk of Council upon the written request of the Mayor or President of Council; or any three (3) members of Couneil. A request for a special meeting shall state the time, place and date thereof and the subject or subjects to be considered, and no other subject or subjects shall be considered. Notice of a special meeting called at the request of the Mayor, President of Council or any three members thereof, shall be given in writing to each member of Council and the Mayor by serving on each of them personally or by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of residence, not less than twenty-four (24) hours preceding the date and hour of such meeting,. Service of this notice may be waived in writing. SEC. 8. QUORUM. A majority of the members of Council eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of Council, but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting from time to time to permit or to compel the attendance of absentee members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of Council by ordinance or resolution. SEC. 9. RULES AND JOURNAL OF COUNCIL. Council shall adopt its own rules, regulations or by-laws and shall keep a Journal of all its proceedings. The Journal shall be open for public inspection at all reasonable times. The voting upon any ordinance,resolution or motion shall be by roll call and the vote of each Councilman entered upon the Journal. SEC. 10. CLERK OF COUNCIL AND EMPLOYEES OF COUNCIL. A Clerk of Council shall be appointed by and may be removed by Council. Council may employ such other employees as it deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of Council. The Clerk of Council shall keep a complete and accurate Journal of the proceedings of Council authenticated by his signature. He shall have custody of and properly file and index all ordinances and resolutions of Council. He shall have custody of and preserve other official documents, reports, papers and communications received by Council and perform such other duties as Council shall require. SEC. 11. FORM OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION. All legislative action by Council shall be by ordinance or resolution introduced in written or printed form. An affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of Council eligible to vote shall be required for the passage or enactment of every ordinance or resolution. Unless otherwise provided herein, every ordinance and resolution shall be fully and distinctly read at three (3) different meetings of Council unless three-fourths of the members thereof vote to dispense therewith, in which event such ordinance or resolution enacted as an emergency measure shall be fully .and distinctly read at least once before passage. If a written or printed copy of any ordinance or resolution shall have been furnished to each member of Council prior to introduction thereof, then Council. may, by athree-fourths' vote of its members eligible to vote, dispense with the require- ment that such ordinance or resolution shall be fully and distinctly read before passage or adoption thereof, and by motion, Council may provide that only the title of such ordi- nance or resolution shall be read before passage thereof.