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• <br /> tive vote of all council members present or by two-thirds of the entire membership shall <br /> be necessary for adoption of such ordinances.Emergency ordinances shall be published <br /> in the same manner prescribed for other adopted ordinances and shall become effective <br /> upon approval by the mayor or at such later time, preceding automatic repeal, as the <br /> same may specify. <br /> Amendments to any emergency ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner <br /> prescribed for adoption of emergency ordinances. <br /> Every emergency ordinance, including any amendments made after adoption,shall <br /> automatically stand repealed as of the sixty-first day following the date of adoption of <br /> the original ordinance. <br /> Section 3-13. Submission of Bills to the Mayor. Every bill adopted by the council <br /> shall be duly authenticated by the clerk and the presiding officer and thereupon <br /> presented to the mayor for approval. Such bill shall become effective as an ordinance <br /> upon its approval or such later date as specified therein.If the mayor disapproves a bill, <br /> he shall return the bill together with his objections in writing to the clerk within ten <br /> days(excluding Saturdays,Sundays,and legal holidays)after receipt.If the mayor does <br /> not act within such ten-day period,the bill shall become effective as an ordinance as if he <br /> had approved it.The objections of the mayor shall be entered in the journal of the council <br /> and the council may,after five and within thirty days after the bill has been so returned, <br /> reconsider the vote upon the bill.If the bill,upon such reconsideration,is again passed <br /> by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership the presiding officer <br /> shall verify that fact on the face of the bill and such bill shall become effective as an <br /> ordinance with like effect as if approved by the mayor.A bill failing to pass upon such <br /> reconsideration shall be deemed lost. <br /> If any appropriation bill is presented to the mayor, he may veto any item or portion <br /> thereof by striking out or reducing the same.The mayor shall append his objections and <br /> the reasons therefor to the bill at the time of signing,and the item or portion thereof so <br /> vetoed shall not take effect unless the council shall reconsider the vote on the bill and, <br /> upon such reconsideration,the bill is again passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds <br /> of the entire membership. <br /> Section 3-14.Adoption of Pay Plan.All persons employed by the county or any of its <br /> boards or commissions, whether as officers or otherwise, except those whose pay is <br /> otherwise provided for shall be paid in accordance with a pay plan enacted by <br /> ordinance.The pay plan for persons holding positions in the position-classification plan <br /> shall be in accordance with Section 7-1.5 of this charter. Interim amendments to the <br /> ordinance establishing the pay plan for the county may be by resolution of the council <br /> provided a revised salary ordinance is enacted at least once annually. <br /> Section 3-15. County Code. <br /> There shall be a county code containing all county ordinances, as may be amended <br /> from time to time,and copies thereof shall be available for inspection at the office of the <br /> county clerk. <br /> 1 Section 3-16. General Plan.Thecounty council shall adopt by ordinance a general <br /> plan which shall set forth the council's policy for long-range comprehensive physical <br /> development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, <br /> standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the <br /> county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other <br /> purposes which shall be consistent with proper conservation of natural resources and <br /> the preservation of our natural beauty and historical sites;the most desirable density of <br /> poRulation in the several parts of the county; a system of principal thoroughfares, <br /> highways, streets, public access to the shorelines, and other open spaces; the general <br /> locations, relocations and improvement of public buildings, the general location and <br /> extent of public utilities and terminals,whether publicly or privately owned,for water, <br /> sewers, light, power, transit, and other purposes; the extent and location of public <br /> 5 <br />