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3,4;~. The ;Vo. 3.4,3,. redo[uti Section 3.5,. writing. ~o, expressed' ifil it~ Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. ~ on all ordinances shall be by a roll call vote. The general administrative business of the council shall be conducted by bn Or motion. ?rocedures on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in ,rdinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly title. The enacting clause shall be "The City of Ramsey Ordains". No ordinance, except an e~e~gency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least three ~ay~i shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Amended September 28, 1985 Section 3,6~ ~mergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the.immedi[te~reservation~ ~ of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, and ~n' such ordinance tl~.e ~Omergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be ap~ra~Ved by a majority of available members of the city council. An emergency ordinance ~usl be in writing but may be enacted without previous filing or voting, and may be adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the council. An emergency 9rd n~ance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based ~pon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until twenty-four hours after the ordinance h~s~ ~een adopted, filed with the clerk-administrator, and either has been posted in three consptCU0us places in the city or published as provided for in this charter, or the person charged w[t~ ~olation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act or omission resulting in [heliprosecution. Section 317i. ~igning and Publication of Ordinances. The final version of every ordinance shall be rea~ ~ full prior to passage by council unless such reading is waived by a majority vote of the council, ~rovided that a copy of the ordinance is posted or otherwise made available to the public at l~sti 'three working days prior to the meeting at which it is to be adopted. The ordinance. S~al~i ',lhen be signed by the mayor, attested to by the clerk-administrator, and filed and preserved b~, l!im. Each ordinance, or summary of such ordinance, shall be published at least once in the ~ff~ial newspaper. This summary of each ordinance shall include, in layman's terms, the intent cfi. t~,~ ordinance. To the extent and in the manner provided by state statutes, an ordinance may~[incorporate by reference, a state statute, a state administrative rule or a state regulation, ~i c~de, or an ordinance or part thereof, without publishing the material referred to in full. Section 3,8i. ~roeedure on Resolutions. Every resolution shall be presented in writing and shall be filed a/id preserved by the clerk-administrator. - Amended September 28, 1985 Section, 3.9."i ~ilen Ordinances and Resolutions Passed by City Council Take Effect. Every resolution a~,.~ d ~rnergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its ad°ption or at such later date asvlt ~pemfies. Every other ordinance shall take effect thirty days after ~ts pubhcatmn or at such l~er idate as it specifies. 5