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publication of the title and summary, the Council shall approve the text of the summary and determine that it clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, and shall further state that the complete text of the ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The publishing of the title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the entire ordinance had been published. A copy of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the ordinance for reference. To the extent and in the manner prohibited provided by law an ordinance may incorporate by reference a statute of Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or part thereof without publishing the material referred to in full, so long as the complete reference to the item is included. (Amended, Ord. 700, 8- 26-2002) Section 3.09. When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect. Every resolution and emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such later date as it specifies. Every other ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication or at such later date as it specifies unless challenged by a petition for referendum. In the event of a petition for referendum, the Council must suspend the effective date of the ordinance as specified in Section 5.07 of this Charter. CHAPTER 5 INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL Section 5.01. Powers Reserved by the People. General Voter Authority*. The people of Mounds View, reserve to themselves the powers have the right, in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, to initiate and adopt ordinances and resolutions, to require measures passed by the Council to be referred to the electorate for approval or disapproval, and to recall elected public officials. These powers shall be called the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, respectively to propose ordinances [initiative] and to require that any ordinance be referred to the voters [referendum], except those that appropriate money, levy taxes or deal with administrative issues (MN Statute 410.20, as amended). The voters also have the right to remove elected public officials [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039, as amended, eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and time lines are attached as appendices at the end of this charter. In all cases, the Charter text shall take priority over the appendices should there appear to be a discrepancy. Section 5.02. General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered(5) to ten (10) members who are voters of the City and whose names and addresses shallmust appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A completed petition may consistconsists of one or more papers, but each pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated paper page shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the City and shall sign their name and give their street address.The Sponsoring Committee may obtain a sample petition from the Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast for President in