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2.0b Subdivision 2. Enactment of Ordinances and Amendments. Every ordinance and am.�ndment of an ordinance shall b— e enacted by a majority vote of all of the members of the Council except where a larger number is required by law. it shall be signed by the Mayor or n his absence by the Acting Mayor, attested by the Clerk -Administrator and published once in the legal ❑ewbpaper. Proof of the publication shall be attached toand filed with the ordinance Hook within 30 days after its publication. All ordinances shall be suitably entitled to clearly express its subject. Subdivision 3. Emergency ordinances, An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peaC.., health, moi.tls, safety or welfare in wh,ch ordinance the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be appclare by a majority of available members of the City Council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but may be enacted without previous tiling or voting, and uiay be adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the Council. An emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until 24 hours after the ordinance has been adopted, filed with the Clerk -Administrator, and has either been posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the city, or published as provided for by the Home Rule Charter, or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act o: omission resulting in the prosecution. 2.07 2.07. RULES OF ORDER. Subdivision 1. Presidi:ig Officer. The May-r, or in h,s absence, the Acting Aayor, shall preside at Council meetings, preserve order and decorum, and decide questions of order. The Mayor's duties under this subdivision sliall be in addition to his duties, rights and privileges as a Councilmember. Subdivision 2. Special Rules. The following special rules shall he applied: (1) A member may be excused from voting (i.e. aye, nay or abstain) on a matter before the Council only with the unanimousconscnt of the other members present. (2) A motion before the Council shill be reduced to writing by the Clerk -Administrator at the request of any Council - member.