(A) Preparation for presentation. Ordinances shall be prepared for presentation to the Council by city staff, Council members or the Mayor, or as an initiated measure pursuant to state law.
(B) Prior review by administrative staff. All ordinances and contract documents, before presentation to the Council, shall be examined by the City Attorney, the Mayor and the head of the department under whose jurisdiction the administration of the subject matter lies.
(C) Introducing for passage or approval.
(1) Ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Council. The Mayor, the Finance Officer or his or her designee, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee or the City Attorney may present proposed ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects to the Council for consideration, and any Council member may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters or subjects be adopted; otherwise, they shall not be considered.
(2) All ordinances shall be read twice, with at least five days intervening between the first and second reading. The ordinance shall be signed by the Mayor or presiding officer, filed with the City Finance Office and published once, except that an ordinance incorporating and adopting comprehensive regulations or a code promulgated, approved and published by the recognized and established national organization prescribing building, electrical, plumbing, safety, fire, health or milk regulations need not be published in the newspaper in its entirety, but upon adoption of such ordinance, the Finance Officer or his or her designee shall publish a notice of the fact of adoption once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper, notifying the public that a copy of such comprehensive regulation may be inspected in the City Finance Office, and 20 days after the completed publication of such notice, unless the referendum shall be invoked, such ordinance shall become effective.
(3) No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance or section thereof shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed, and when practicable, all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof.
(4) The vote upon all ordinances upon the second reading, and to pass the same over any veto, shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the minutes.
(Prior Code, § B-4-19)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-8-5, 9-14-22, 9-19-3, 9-19-5, 9-19-7 and 9-19-9