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Sec. 3~4.Ordinances, resolutions and motions. 3.4.1ExceptesothenwiseprovidedinthisCha rtereo r state statutes, a n aff i rm ative vote of f o u r or m ore m em be rs of the council shall be required for the adoption of all ordinances, resolutions and motions. The votes of councilmembers on any action taken shall be recorded in accordance with state statutes. 3.4.2 Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. The vote on all ordinances shall be bye roll call vote. 3.4.3 The general administrative business of the council shall be conducted by resolution or motion. Sec. 3.5.Procedures o~ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall beclearly expressed inits title. The enacting clause shall be"The City ofRamsey Ordains.^No ordinance, except anemergency ordinance, shall beadopted atthe meeting atwhich itisintroduced and atleast three days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Sec. 3.6. Emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, and in such 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 atthe meeting atwhich it/sfirst introduced and voted upon bythe council. Anemergency ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until 24 hours after the ordinance has been adopted, filed with the city clerk, and either has been posted in three conspicuous places in the city or published as provided for in this Charter, or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act or omission resulting in the prosecution. Sec. 3.7. Signing and publication of ordinances. ordinance shall then besigned bythe mayor, attested tobythe city clerk, and filed and preserved bythe city clerk. Each ordinance, or summary of such ordinance, shall be published at least once in the official newspaper. This summary of each ordinance shall includel in layman's terms, the intent of the ordinance. To the extent and in the manner provided by state statutes, an ordinance may incorporate by reference, a state statute, estate administrative rule or e state regulation, e code' or an ordinance or part thereof, without publishing the material referred to in full. Created: 2025e1'03 16.18.18 [EST] Page 5 of 25