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-2- state. It shall have and may exercise all the powers granted to home rule cities by the constitution or laws of Texas, as they now exist or are hereafter amended. MEASURE NO. TWO SHALL SECTION 3.04 OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 3.04. Compensation. The mayor shall receive compensation in the amount of $100, and each council member $50, for each city council meeting attended by them, with a maximum of three meetings per month for which compensation is provided. The mayor and council members shall be afforded such health insurance benefits as are provided to city employees, and they shall be entitled to all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. There shall be provided in each annual city budget an amount for the salary, benefits and expenses of the mayor and of each council member. The mayor and the members of the city council shall be reimbursed for the amounts so provided for in the annual city budget for their actual official city business expenses. The ci ty council by resolution or ordinance shall provide for a means of determining what expenses are reimbursable and what requirements must be met for reimbursement. MEASURE NO. THREE SHALL SECTION 3.11 OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 3.11. Procedure for passage of ordinances. (a) The council shall legislate by ordinance, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall be: "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of San Marcos". (b) The city attorney shall approve the legality of all ordinances adopted by the council, or shall file with the city secretary written legal objections thereto. Evidence of approval by the city attorney may be by notation on the ordinance itself, or by separate instrument. (c) Every ordinance enacted by the council shall be signed by the mayor, the mayor pro tem, or two (2) council members and shall be filed with and recorded by the city secretary. (d) All proposed ordinances requiring a public hearing or hearings shall be finally acted upon by the city council within ninety (90) days of the most recent public hearing. If final action is not had within such ninety (90) day period following such public hearing, then another public hearing shall be held before final action on the ordinance. (e) All ordinances shall be presented to council and acted on in open meeting on three (3) several days, unless adopted as an emergency measure by the favorable vote of five (5) or more council members. (f) At the time of the first presentation each ordinance shall be read aloud unless it is publicly posted, available at a readily accessible location and filed with the city