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 Strasburg
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER

  § 11. Rules for council procedure; council vote on levy of tax or contract of corporate debt; council committees; presiding officer; journal.  

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  • The council may adopt rules for the regulation of its proceedings but no tax shall be levied or corporate debt contracted except by a vote of two-thirds of the council, six votes being counted as two-thirds, the mayor having no vote except in case of a tie, which vote shall be taken by yeas and nays recorded on the journal in which the minutes of all meetings of the council are kept. It may appoint such committees as may be deemed proper for the transaction of business and may compel the attendance of absent members. The mayor shall preside over the council but shall not be entitled to vote on any question except in the case of a tie. A journal shall be kept of the proceedings of all meetings of the council and at the request of any member the yeas and nays shall be recorded on any question.

    State Law reference— Powers of mayor, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1423; authority to adopt ordinances, resolutions and motions in the performance of its duties, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1425.

State law reference

Powers of mayor, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1423; authority to adopt ordinances, resolutions and motions in the performance of its duties, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1425.