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. e Ordinance No. 1435, Page 6. (C) In~roducing for Passage or Approval. (1) Ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must be intro~uced and sponsored by a member. of the Council, except that the City Manager or City Attorney may present ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects to the Council, and any Councilperson may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters or subjects be adopted; otherwise, they shall not be considered. (2) An ordinance may have final passage on the same day on which it was introduced. (3) No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance, or section thereof, shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance con- tains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed, and when practicable all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof: (4) Any resolution providing for the appropriation of money shall designate the particular fund from which the appropriation is to be made. Section 1-222. Reports and Resolut.ions to be Filed with the City Secretary. All reports and resolutions shall be filed with the City Secretary and entered on the minutes. Section 1-223. Adjournment. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order and decided without debate. Section 1-224. Executive Sessions. Every regular, special or called meeting or session of City Council shall be open to the public. No closed or executive meeting or session of City Council for any of the purposes for which closed or executive meetings or sessions are authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Article 6252-17, V.A.T.S., shall be held unless City Council has first been covened in open meeting or session for which lawful notice has been given and during which meeting or session the Presiding Officer has publicly announced that a closed or executive meeting or session will be held and identified the section or sections of said Act authorizing the holding of such closed or executive session. No final action, decision, .or vote with regard to any matter considered in the closed meeting shall be made except in a meeting which is open to the public and in compliance with the notice provisions of the Act. Section 1-225. Open Meetings Law Notice. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a suf- ficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of . this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding t~is meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof.