The council shall act only by ordinance, resolution or order. All ordinances, resolutions, orders and motions shall be confined to one subject. Laws of a general, uniform and permanent nature shall be reduced to ordinance; laws of a more temporary or special character shall be reduced to resolution. When the council expresses anything by way of command, the form of expression shall be “ordered”; when it expresses opinions, principles, facts or propositions, the form shall be “resolved.” (Ord. 648 § 6, 2005)