§ 3-22. Passage of ordinances over veto.

The Council will consider any ordinance returned by the Mayor without his/her approval. Such reconsideration of the ordinance, or any item or part thereof from which the Mayor constrained to withhold his/her approval, shall be at the next meeting of Council which occurs not less than three nor more than 30 days following the return of the ordinance by the Mayor. Whenever any ordinance has been reconsidered by the Council following the veto of the Mayor, the Clerk shall append to such ordinance a certification of the action of the Council upon such reconsideration in substantially the following form:

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above ordinance, adopted by the Council on the _____ day of _____, _____, was delivered to the Mayor on the _____ day of _____, _____, together with the Mayor's statement of the reasons for which he/she was constrained to withhold his/her approval of such ordinance, item, or part thereof. On reconsideration thereof on the _____ day of __________, _____, (the Council duly resolved by the affirmative vote of five of its members to enact such ordinance, item, or part thereof, notwithstanding the Mayor's veto) or (the Mayor's veto was sustained).

Dated:

Clerk