Section 2.21Quorum; voting

(a) Three members of council other than the mayor or the mayor and two councilmembers shall constitute a quorum and shall be authorized to transact business of the city council. Voting on the adoption of ordinances or resolutions shall be by voice vote, and the vote shall be recorded in the journal; but any member of the city council shall have the right to request a roll-call vote, and such vote shall be recorded in the journal. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the affirmative vote of three councilmembers shall be required for the adoption of any ordinance, resolution, or motion. The mayor shall vote only in the event of a tie or when an affirmative or negative vote by the mayor constitutes a majority of three votes. An abstention shall not be counted as either an affirmative or negative vote.

(b) Every ordinance, resolution, or motion passed by the city council may be subject to veto by the mayor in the following manner: The mayor, within three days, may write out his or her objection to such ordinance, resolution, or motion. The objection shall be presented to the city council at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Said objection shall be entered into the minutes, and the city council shall vote on the question as to whether said ordinance, resolution, or motion shall become adopted over said veto. Should as many as four members of the city council at the next regularly scheduled meeting following the mayor's veto vote in the affirmative, said ordinance, resolution, or motion shall stand affirmed and become effective without the approval of the mayor; otherwise the veto shall stand.