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CHAPTER 3. PROCEDURE OF COUNCIL
SEC. 3.01 COUNCIL MEETINGS; WHEN NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS ASSUME DUTIES OF OFFICE.
   On the first Monday of January following a regular municipal election, the council shall meet at the usual place and time for the holding of council meetings. At this time the newly elected members of the council shall assume their duties. Thereafter the council shall meet at such time, each month as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution. The mayor or any three members of the council may call special meetings of the council upon notice to each member of the council as required by State law. All meetings of the council shall be public, and any citizen shall have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
SEC. 3.02 CITY CLERK.
   The city clerk shall be appointed by the council for an indefinite period and may be removed by the council at any time. The city clerk shall act as secretary of the council. The City Clerk shall keep a journal of council proceedings and such other records and perform such other duties as may be required by this Charter or by the council.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
SEC. 3.03 RULES OF PROCEDURE; QUORUM.
   The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. A majority of all members elected shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The council may by ordinance provide a means by which a minority may compel the attendance of absent members.
SEC. 3.04 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS.
   Except as in this Charter otherwise provided, all legislation shall be by ordinance. The yes and no vote on ordinances, resolutions, and motions shall be recorded. An affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the council shall be required for the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, except as otherwise provided in this Charter or as required by State law.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
SEC. 3.05 PROCEDURE ON ORDINANCES.
   The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be in the words, β€œThe City of Le Sueur does ordain.” Every ordinance shall be presented in writing and read publicly unless the reading of an ordinance is dispensed with by unanimous consent of those present. No ordinance except an emergency ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least three days shall elapse between its introduction and final passage which shall take place only at a regularly scheduled meeting.
SEC. 3.06 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.
   An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare in which the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto, and is adopted by a vote of at least three-fourths of the members of the council. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of any emergency ordinance until twenty-four (24) hours after the ordinance has been filed with the city clerk and posted in three conspicuous places or until the ordinance has been published, unless the person charged with violation had actual notice of the passage of the ordinance prior to the act or omission complained of.
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