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ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 FINAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS REV: 07-18-18 VR Page 7 of 45 shall have all the powers and duties of the Mayor. Section 14a. MAYOR'S CONTINGENT FUND: The Mayor's contingent fund, as established by Section 14 of this Charter, shall be augmented by the amount of Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($950) a year, to provide a total of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200) a year for which he or she they need produce no vouchers. (As amended April 9, 1968, approved by Legislature April 29, 1968, Stats. 1968 Chapter 76; as amended April 10, 1984, certified by Secretary of State June 21, 1984.) Section 15. LEGISLATION: The cCouncil shall act in legislative matters by ordinance or resolution only. Other action of the Council, unless herein otherwise provided, may be taken by resolution, motion or order. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions and entered upon the record of the proceedings of the Council. Upon the request of any members of the Council the ayes and noes shall be taken and recorded upon any vote. All members present at any meeting must vote unless disqualified, in which case the disqualification shall be publicly declared and a record thereof made. No ordinance, or resolution or motion shall be passed without receiving the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the members of the Council present. Each ordinance shall be headed by a brief title which shall be indicative of the purport thereof. It shall be numbered when adopted. The ordaining clause of all ordinances adopted by the Council shall be, "The Council of Redwood City does ordain as follows:" The ordaining clause of all ordinances passed by the vote of the electors of the cCity, through the exercise of the initiative shall be, "The People of Redwood City do ordain as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed by the Council on the day of its introduction, nor within five (5) days thereafter, nor at any time other than at a regular meeting, nor until its publication at least once in the official newspaper of the city at least three (3) days before its adoption; provided, however, that ordinances calling elections and ordinances carrying out the provisions of elections need not be published prior to adoption; provided further, however, that the Council may, to the extent authorized by the general laws of the state and subject to the procedure set forth by such law, enact any ordinance which adopts additional identified matter by reference. In case of an ordinance being amended before its final adoption and after its publication, it shall in like manner be republished in full as amended at least one day before its adoption as amended; provided, however, that where such amendment is made for the correction of clerical errors or omissions of form only, then such ordinances need not be given a first reading or a