Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/20/1983

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I I I I I I I I I I Section 3.04. Ordinances, Resolutions and Motions. 3.04.01. Except as otherwise provided in this charter or state law, an affirmative vote of three or more members of the council shall be required for the adoption of all ordinances, resolutions and motions. The votes of council- m~ubers on any action taken sln~ll be recorded in accordance with state law. 3.04.02. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. The vote on all ordinances shall be by a roll call vote. 3.04.03 The general administrative business of the council shall be conducted by resolution or motion. Section 3.05. Procedures on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the council. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be 'The City of Ramsey Ordains". No ordinance, except an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and Iat least three days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Section 3.06. Emergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, in which ordinance the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be approved by a majority of available members of the city council. An emergency ordinance must 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 ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until pg.3-2/2