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Section 5.01. -6`• - - . - . -: : . - - m-66 - General Voter Authority. The people of • Mounds View reserve to themselves have the powers right, in accordance with the provisions of - -; - I .--; - - -: :::: : 6. . : . . - .. Council to this Charter to •ro•ose ordinances initiative and to resuire that an ordinance be referred to the - - - a ; - : a :.- : :: : ,; , ; -: : - -; voters [referendum], except those that a••ro•riate mone or ley taxes. The voters also have the ri.ht to remove elected public officials. These powers shall be called the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, respectivery recall'. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5 shall refer onl to residents of the Cit of Mounds View who first resister or who have re•istered and are sualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 as amended), eligibility to sun the petition is not restricted to onl those who were elisible to or did cast ballots in the srevious election. Section 5.02. Petitions. ATo circulate a petition provided for under this chapter shall, it must be sponsored by a committee of five registered-or more voters of the City whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consists of one or more papers, butpages with each separately circulated paper shall contain page containing 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. : - -•, - - - - ..•• - - - - The committee may obtain a sample petition from the city Clerk-Administrator. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition shallmust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath,-. The certificate shall affirm that each signature was made in their-the circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the • person-voter whose name it purports to be. - _ :_ : and that each sinner was •resented with the full •etition. Each si•ner of a setition must be a voter of the City and must sun and •rint their name and sive their street address. Any person voter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing-filed with the Clerk-Administrator before said the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shall must file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient, the required number of signers signatures shall be - _ - : - - - -: • --, _ - : : - -; a percentage of that number. • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent. • Petitions for Recall, at least 25 percent. -•• - - •- ', - : - - - - : - - - . -- :- . - - - : - Within 10 working days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall as to determine its sufficienc . Uson final determination of sufficienc the Clerk-Administer shall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency : - . -:: Upanreceiving-to the Council at or before the next resularl scheduled meetin•. U•on recei•t of the report, the Council shall determine by resolution immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition b resolution includin• the resorted date of determination of sufficienc . Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the CouncilClerk- Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition is cannot be declared, it shall be determined to be 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 I City Council. The committee shall have thlrty-30 calender days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the 6- - .- ; . , 6 ; 6-