§ 5.04. Mayor's veto power; veto of items in appropriations and budget.

The mayor is authorized to approve or to disapprove ordinances and resolutions adopted by the council and no ordinance or resolution shall become effective without his or her approval except as herein provided. Every ordinance or resolution adopted by the council shall be presented to the mayor for his or her consideration. If he or she approves, he or she shall sign the same, and it shall become effective according to the terms thereof. If he or she disapproves, he or she shall return the same to the council without his or her signature, which return may be accompanied by a message indicating the reasons for his or her disapproval. Any resolution or ordinance so disapproved shall become effective when subsequent to its return it shall be adopted by two-thirds (2/3rds) of all the members to which the council is entitled, with the ayes and noes and the names of the councilmembers voting for and against the same entered on the minutes. Every resolution or ordinance shall become effective unless the same be approved or disapproved by the mayor and returned to the council at or prior to the next regular meeting of the council occurring ten (10) days or more subsequent to the date when the same was delivered to his or her office for consideration.

The mayor, while approving other portions of an ordinance, may reduce or disapprove the sum of money appropriated by any one or more items, or parts of items, in any ordinance appropriating money, except for debt service, employee benefits or independent audits, such power to be exercised with return of the ordinance to the council within the time prescribed for disapproval of ordinances generally, accompanied by written explanation of the reasons for disapproval or reduction. The one or more items or parts of items disapproved or reduced shall be void to the extent that they have been disapproved or reduced unless any such item or parts of items so disapproved or reduced shall be restored to the ordinance in the original amount and become effective by adoption by the council according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the passage of other ordinances over the mayor's veto.

(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)