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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: April 5, 2006 Charter Updates; Category 3 Items; Chapter 5 Revision – Draft 20060404 Page2 of 3 president at the last presidential election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall examine the petition as to its sufficiency and report to the Council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the Council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the CouncilClerk- Administrator determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk -Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee and to the City Council within 10 calendar days. The committee shall have thirty21 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. Section 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk-Administrator within ten days of its passage by the Council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the Council fails to enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the Council shall call a special election on the ordinance to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. (Amended, Ord. 650, 8- 16-2000)The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. The petition once filed with the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. Within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition’s sufficiency under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this charter, the Council may either hold a first reading of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter and proceed with the adoption process, or propose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the Council and presented to the petition committee, the petition committee has 14 calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a statement of disapproval, the proposed ordinance, as stated on the original petition, must be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If there is no proposed amendment, or should the petition committee agree to the amendment, the ordinance shall be scheduled for a public hearing pursuant to MN Statute 410.12. If the ordinance receives a majority vote of the Council in its favor, it shall become effective 30 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later City of Mounds View 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71