CITY CHARTER - 1988 Rev March 14

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filed with the Clerk-Administrator before said Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty-five percent of the total number of electors who cast their votes for 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 Council 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. The committee shall have thirty 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 fmal 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 or resolution 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 or resolution. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance or resolution 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 or resolution need not be submitted to the voters. If the Council fails to enact the ordinance or resolution 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 or resolution 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 or resolution to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance or resolution vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after adoption unless the ordinance or resolution specifies a later effective date. Section 5.06. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting the right of the electors to propose amendments to this charter. Section 5.07. Referendum. Prior to the date when an ordinance or resolution takes effect, it may be subjected to referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the exact text of the measure to be considered by the electorate. If the petition is found to be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the said ordinance or resolution shall thereby be prevented from going into operation, and the subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is City of Mounds View