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• 5. 05 and 5. 08 all deal with this topic. The subdivisions all have slightly different language with regard to the clerk/ administrator's report to the Council. Currently, Section 5 . 03 requires the clerk/administrator to report to the Council within 10 working days. Section 5 . 08 merely requires the clerk administrator to determine the sufficiency of the petition and submit it to the Council without delay. Subdivisions 3 , 5 and 8 are also not consistent with regard to the time limit the Council has to address a solution on the sufficiency of the petition. While Section 5. 05 requires the Council to act on the ordinance within 60 days of the "final determination" of the petition sufficiency, Section 5. 08 requires that the Council at its next meeting shall act on the petition. These provisions should be reviewed to ensure their consistency. Chapter 5 also discusses initiative to amend the Charter. Minn. Stat. § 410 . 12 , subd. 1, provides for the initiative procedure to be used to amend a Charter. The statutory procedures are not consistent with the provisions set forth in Chapter 5. In particular, the statute allows amendments to be placed on the ballot upon the signature of 5% of the voters casting votes in • the last state general election. It is my opinion that the Charter may not modify statutory initiative procedures. It would be preferable to indicate that an initiative process is allowed pursuant to Minnesota Statute, or Section 5 . 06 needs to outline the statutory initiative process. In the section dealing with referendum, Section 5. 07 , it is not uncommon for Charters to provide limitations on the City adopting ordinances on the same subject which has been defeated by referendum. f:\corp\gvh\memo-mds.vie 11t is unclear as to whether the report to the Council must be made within 10 days after the determination of sufficiency or 4111 if it is within 10 working days of the clerk administrator's receipt of the petition.