Subd. 1 Promulgation. Whenever necessary to meet a civil defense emergency for which adequate regulations have not been adopted by the Governor or the City Council, the Mayor or his or her successor may, by proclamation, promulgate regulations, consistent with applicable federal or state law or regulations, regarding the protection against air raids; the sounding of air raid alarms; the conduct of persons and the use of property during alarms, the repair, maintenance, and safe-guarding of essential public services, emergency health, fire, and safety regulations, trial drills, or practice periods required for preliminary training, and all other matters which are required to protect public safety, health, and welfare in civil defense emergencies. No regulation governing observation of enemy aircraft, air attack, alarms, or illumination during air attacks shall be adopted or take effect unless approved by the State Director of Civil Defense.
Subd. 2. Form. Every proclamation of emergency regulations shall be in writing and signed by the Mayor or the City Council, shall be dated, shall refer to the particular civil defense emergency to which it pertains, if so limited, and shall be filed in the office of the City Administrator, where a copy shall be kept posted and available for public inspection during business hours. Notice of the existence of such regulations and their availability for inspection at the City Administrator’s office shall be conspicuously posted at the front of the City Hall or other headquarters of the city and at such places in the affected area as the Mayor shall designate in the proclamation. Thereupon, the regulation shall take effect immediately or at such later time as may be specified in the proclamation. By like proclamation, the Mayor or the City Council may modify or rescind any such regulation. Such regulation affecting limits outside the city shall always require Council approval. The Director’s opinion should be weighed heavily in reaching a decision.
Subd. 3. Rescinding or Expiration. The City Council may rescind any such regulation by resolution at any time. If not sooner rescinded, every such regulation shall expire at the end of 30 days after its effective date or at the end of the civil defense emergency to which it relates, whichever occurs first. Any ordinance, rule, or regulation inconsistent with any emergency regulation promulgated by the Mayor and Council shall be suspended during the period of time and to the extent that such conflict exists.
Subd. 4. Council Powers. During a civil defense emergency, the City Council is, under the provisions of M.S. § 12.37, as it may be amended from time to time, notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, empowered to enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and property, and providing emergency assistance to the victims of the disaster. The city may exercise such powers in the light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities, prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, incurring of obligations, employment of temporary workers, rental of equipment, purchase of supplies and materials, limitations upon tax levies, and the appropriation and expenditures of public funds, for example, but not limited to, publication of ordinances and resolutions, publication of call for bids, provisions of civil service laws and rules, provisions relating to low bids, and requirements for budgets.