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3.4.2. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. <br /> The vote on all ordinances shall be by a roll call vote. <br /> _ 3.4.3. The general administrative business of the council shall be conducted by <br /> resolution or motion. <br /> _ Section 3.5. Procedures on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in <br /> writing. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly <br /> expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be "The City of Ramsey Ordains". No ordinance, <br /> except an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at <br /> least three days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Amended September <br /> 28, 1985 <br /> Section 3.6. Emergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for <br /> the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, and in such <br /> — ordinance the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance <br /> must be approved by a majority of available members of the city council. An emergency <br /> ordinance must be in writing but may be enacted without previous filing or voting, and may be <br /> adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the council. An <br /> emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution <br /> shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until twenty-four hours after the <br /> ordinance has been adopted, filed with the clerk-administrator, and either has been posted in <br /> three conspicuous places in the city or published as provided for in this charter, or the person <br /> charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act or omission <br /> resulting in the prosecution. <br /> Section 3.7. Signing and Publication of Ordinances. The final version of every ordinance <br /> shall be read in full prior to passage by council unless such reading is waived by a majority vote <br /> of the council, provided that a copy of the ordinance is posted or otherwise made available to the <br /> public at least three working days prior to the meeting at which it is to be adopted. The <br /> ordinance shall then be signed by the mayor, attested to by the clerk-administrator,:and filed and <br /> preserved by him. Each ordinance, or summary of such ordinance, shall be published at least <br /> once in the official newspaper. This summary of each ordinance shall include, in layman's terms, <br /> the intent of the ordinance. To the extent and in the manner provided by state statutes, an <br /> ordinance may incorporate by reference, a state statute, a state administrative rule or a state <br /> regulation, a code, or an ordinance or part thereof, without publishing the material referred to in <br /> full. <br /> Section 3.8. Procedure on Resolutions. Every resolution shall be presented in writing and <br /> shall be filed and preserved by the clerk-administrator. - Amended September 28, 1985 <br /> Section 3.9. When Ordinances and Resolutions Passed by City Council Take Effect. Every <br /> resolution and emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such <br /> later date as it specifies. Every other ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its publication <br /> or at such later date as it specifies. <br /> 5 <br />