The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be "The Council
of the City of Breckenridge, Minnesota, does ordain:." Every ordinance
except emergency ordinances shall be presented in writing and shall
be fully and distinctly read at two Council meetings, and at least
one week shall elapse between the first and final readings thereof.
Every ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper
of the City or, in the event that at any time there is no legal newspaper
in the City, shall be posted in three public places in the City. All
ordinances, except emergency ordinances, shall take effect immediately
after their publication or posting unless the ordinance contains a
provision stating that it shall take effect at a later time.
An emergency ordinance is an ordinance for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, in which the emergency is defined
or declared in the preamble thereto, and no emergency ordinance shall
be passed without the concurrence of a majority of all of the Aldermen.
An emergency ordinance may be read and adopted at one meeting of the
Council. An emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its passage. No grant of any franchise shall be construed to be an
emergency.
Every ordinance or resolution of the Council, except emergency
ordinances, shall before it takes effect be presented to the Mayor
for approval; if the Mayor shall approve it, he or she shall sign
the same, but if the Mayor disapproves it, he or she shall return
it to the City Clerk-Treasurer with his or her objections thereto
to be presented to the Council at its next regular or adjourned meeting
or at a special meeting called for that purpose. Upon the return of
any ordinance or resolution by the Mayor, the vote by which the same
was passed shall be deemed to have been reconsidered, and the question
shall again be put upon the passage of the same notwithstanding the
objections of the Mayor, and, if upon such reconsideration, the same
shall pass by a majority vote of all the Aldermen, it shall have the
same effect as if approved by the Mayor. If an ordinance or resolution
shall not be returned by the Mayor within three days, Sundays and
holidays excluded, after it shall have been presented to him or her,
the same shall have the same effect as if approved by him or her.