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charters and there seems to be a good policy argument for retaining it. The phrase "members present" is added to remove any argument that all five council members must act on waiving the reading. 'These two sentences are copied from the state constitution but serve no useful purpose in the municipal context, and actually can raise more questions than they answer. 5Language rearranged for purposes of clarity III. Procedure on Resolutions. Section 3.08. Procedure on Resolutions. Every A resolution shell must be presented in writing and read in full before adoption unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council members present.6 6See footnote 3 to Section 3.05. IV. Revision and Codification of Ordinances. Section 3.11. Review and Revision of Ordinances and Indexing of Recolutionc. Subdivision 1. The City Council chall may review, rcvice-and roarrango codify and recodifv itc ordinances code the ordinances of the city and i'tc rccolution index with every two ycarc pursuant to this section and law.' The ordinance code and tho rccolution index may be published prepared8 in book, pamphlet, or looseleaf form. and copies of the Code chall must be made available by the Ceuncl at the office of the clerk-administrator for general distribution to the public free or9 for a reasonable charge. Incorporation in Exch a code chall be Preparation of the code is sufficient publication of any an ordinance provision not previously published if a notice is placed published in the official newspaper for at least two succcc ivc weeko10 statim that copies of the codification code are available at the office of the clerk- administrator. lerk-administrator. 7The present charter section mandates indexing of resolutions and recodification of that index and the city ordinances at least once every two years. Record 113743658 2M1T125-16