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Bloomington City Code Chapter 3 page 1 Section 3.04. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS. All legislation must be by ordinance, unless otherwise stated in this charter. The votes on ordinances, resolutions, and motions must be recorded unless the vote is unanimous, in which case the vote must be recorded as being unanimous. An affirmative vote of a majority of all councilmembers is required for the passage of ordinances and resolutions, unless otherwise provided by this charter. (Section 3.04 amended by Ord. No. 2004-8, 4-5-2004) Section 3.05. PROCEDURE ON ORDINANCES. A statement of the purpose and effect of every ordinance, except an emergency ordinance, stating the time and place atwhich itwill be considered, must be published once in the official newspaper at least one week before its introduction and final passage. (Section 3.05 amended by Ord. No. 2004-8, 4-5-2004) Section 3.06. EMERGENCY ORDINANCES. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare of the city. The emergency must be defined and declared in its preamble and must be adopted by a vote of at least five members of the council. No prosecution can be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until 24 hours after the ordinance has been filed with the council secretary and posted in a conspicuous place at the city hall or until the ordinance has been published, unless the person charged with a violation had actual notice of the passage of the ordinance before the violation. (Section 3.06 amended by Ord. No. 2004-8, 4-5-2004) Section 3.07. PROCEDURE ON RESOLUTIONS, Every resolution must be presented in writing (Section 3.07 amended by Ord. No. 2003-6, 3-3-2003; Ord. No. 2D04-8, 4-5- 2004) Section 3.08. SIGNING AND PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. Every ordinance or resolution passed by the council must be signed by the mayor or by the acting mayor, attested by the secretary of the council and filed and preserved by the secretary. Every ordinance and any resolutions requested by the mayor or by two other members of the council must be published at least once in the official newspaper. The council, by a two-thirds Page 2 of 4 h I�p;r'�rw��►�. c i. hla�r:ii n�tan_rr,n.u�c�d��.t�ar�r.� ].html 2/16/2005