§ 160A-75. Voting. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑75.  Voting.

No member shall be excused from voting except upon matters involvingthe consideration of the member's own financial interest or official conduct oron matters on which the member is prohibited from voting under G.S. 14‑234,160A‑381(d), or 160A‑388(e1). In all other cases, a failure to voteby a member who is physically present in the council chamber, or who haswithdrawn without being excused by a majority vote of the remaining memberspresent, shall be recorded as an affirmative vote. The question of thecompensation and allowances of members of the council is not a matter involvinga member's own financial interest or official conduct.

An affirmative vote equal to a majority of all the members of thecouncil not excused from voting on the question in issue, including the mayor'svote in case of an equal division, shall be required to adopt an ordinance,take any action having the effect of an ordinance, authorize or commit theexpenditure of public funds, or make, ratify, or authorize any contract onbehalf of the city. In addition, no ordinance nor any action having the effectof any ordinance may be finally adopted on the date on which it is introducedexcept by an affirmative vote equal to or greater than two thirds of all theactual membership of the council, excluding vacant seats and not including themayor unless the mayor has the right to vote on all questions before thecouncil. For purposes of this section, an ordinance shall be deemed to havebeen introduced on the date the subject matter is first voted on by thecouncil. (1917, c. 136, subch. 13,s. 1; C.S., s. 2821; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 16; 1979, 2nd Sess.,c. 1247, s. 7; 1983, c. 696; 2001‑409, s. 9; 2005‑426, s. 5.1(a).)