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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />I. Passage <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, <br />Ordinances in statutory cities must receive a majority vote of all the <br />subd. 4. <br />members of the council to pass, except where a larger number is required <br />by law. This means, in effect, if the council has five members, at least three <br />council members must vote in favor of an ordinance. <br />Both the clerk and the mayor in Standard Plan cities have the power to vote <br />on ordinances. The mayor has no veto power. <br />m. Attestation <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, <br />After the council passes an ordinance, the mayor and the clerk must sign it. <br />subd. 4. Minn. Stat. § <br />599.13. City ofAkeley v. <br />The clerk should also affix the city seal to it. If either the mayor or clerk <br />Nelson, No. C4-02-915 <br />refuses to sign the ordinance, a court order can require them to do so if the <br />(Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 25, <br />2003) (unpublished <br />court finds that the ordinance is legal. <br />decision). Union Public <br />Service Co. v. Village of <br />Minneota, 212 Minn. 92, 2 <br />N.W.2d 555 (1942). <br />n. Effective date <br />Unless otherwise specified within the ordinance, an ordinance becomes <br />Union Public Service Co. v. <br />Village ofMinneota, 212 <br />effective after its publication in the official newspaper. Before an ordinance <br />Minn. 92, 2 N.W.2d 555 <br />takes effect, it may be revoked or repealed by the city council by motion, <br />(1942). <br />resolution, or ordinance. <br />2. Ordinance book <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.151, <br />Each statutory city must maintain an ordinance book containing copies of <br />subd. 1. Minn. Stat. § <br />412.191, subd. 4. <br />all ordinances passed by the council. Every ordinance must be recorded in <br />the ordinance book within 20 days of its publication. <br />The ordinance book is a public record and is evidence in court. If the clerk <br />uses printed copies of the ordinance clipped from the newspaper, a printer's <br />affidavit should be attached to each ordinance in the book. <br />The city should have a numbering system adequate for indexing its <br />ordinances. In most small cities where there are few ordinances, <br />chronological order is satisfactory. When the number of ordinances is large <br />or when the city is recodifying its ordinances, a more complicated system <br />of decimal numbers might be advisable. <br />3. Publication of ordinances <br />The following publication requirements apply to statutory cities. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 46 <br />