§ 3.15. Appointments and removals.

The council in making appointments and removals shall act only by the affirmative votes of at least four members.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this charter or any provision of law, the council in making appointments and removals shall vote openly and publicly and the vote of each council member by name for each person voted upon shall be recorded in the minutes and journal of the council proceedings. The failure of any councilman to vote in the above described manner shall result in his vote not being counted for the particular ballot, poll, vote or roll call under consideration but any such failure shall not prevent his vote from being counted in any subsequent ballot, poll, vote or roll call for the same or another appointment or removal if his vote is cast in the required manner. (Acts 1970, ch. 492)