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<br /> <br />Staff had some difficulty in reading names on the petitions. Staff had three employees <br />(Desaree Crane, Jodi Salmonson, and Tracy Juell) to look at these names to make <br />every effort that each resident who signed the petition was counted. Of the 1,193 <br />signatures, 12 could not be determined due to an illegible signature. <br /> <br />Staff also found that some of the residents either did not give an address on the <br />petition. These signatures are not valid because a determination of residency could not <br />be made to these residents. There were 17 signatures that were not valid. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The petition numbers are as follows: <br /> <br />Number of Signatures: 1,193 <br /> <br />Number of Non-Registered Voters: 214 <br /> <br />Number of Illegible Signatures <br />Duplicates and Invalid 34 <br /> <br />Number of Registered Voters: 945 <br /> <br /> <br />The petition needed 989 signatures in order for it to be a sufficient petition. According <br />to Section 5.03 of the City Charter it states: <br /> <br />Section 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition <br />in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least <br />fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty-five percent of <br />the total number of electors who cast their votes for president at the last presidential election. <br /> Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall examine the petition <br />as to its sufficiency and report to the Council within ten days. Upon receiving the report, the <br />Council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. <br /> <br />The last presidential election was in 2004, and 6,597 residents cast their votes. Fifteen <br />percent of 6,597 is 989.55. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />