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Mounds View Charter Commission Date 01/26/06 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items,Chapter 5 • Revision—Draft 4 Page 1 of 4 Charter Commission Objectives, not inclusive or all language changes: 1. ' - .•n eto r-• m,.- • the i • n • .re is- set ,rk-s u. , ors se -• v-r ion •fth- tex 2. Throughout the Chapter clarify Mounds View resident terminology usage so theat references are more •n i -ntr. -r h,nh.-vin• r-fer-n - • "•r••l- •fM• n• i-w" "r- i -r-. v• •r " " i iz-n of Mounds View", and"voters". 3. Section 5.01 define the term"voter". 4. Section 5.02 define committee as "Sponsoring Committee", its size and membership requirement,and petition signer requirement. 5. Section 5.03 clarify the process and requirements for sufficiency. 6. Section 5.04 clarify the process for insufficient petitions. 7. Section 5.05 clarify the process for Initiative and process time line. 8. Section 5.06 correct"electors" to"voters". 9. Section 5.07 correct"into operations"to"enactment",correct"electors"to"voters", assure Chapter 4 applies to setting of election ballot. 10. Section 5.08 clarify requirements for"Recall", time line for actions of Clerk-Administrator, council member, and Council. 11. Through-out the Chapter change Clerk/Administrator to"Clerk-Administrator" . 12. Im.r• - ,n• l.ri he -,.-r . •ili • ,n.-r .n. h- .r• - r-. ir-• -. .n• im- in- fir circulating and submitting a petition to the City. 13. Improve the Chapters time elapse definitions to calendar days. • Section 5.01. Powers Reserved by the Peoplc.General Voter Authority. The people of Mounds View reserve to themselves have the perwers-fightin accordance with -- :-: :- • • .a- • : - -:.' • --•:-. •- .. . . • -- :.- ; this Charter,to propose ordinances [initiative and to re•uire that an ordinance be referred to the - -- : ; • :. ::: : •: •- - •• , _ - •• vo ers referendum exce•t those that a••ro•riate mone or ley t.xes. The voters also have the ri.ht to r-move elected public officials. These powers shall be called the initiative, the efcrcndum,and the recall, respectively. r Th- -rm • r , u -a i h.• er hell r-f-r •nl • - -n • h- ii •fM•.n. View who first regi ter or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended), e igibili y to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eli'ible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and a referendum time line are attached to the end of this chapter. Section 5.02.General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered to fifteen members who are voters of the City and whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A petition may consistconsists of one or more papers,butpages with each separately circulatedpaper shall con`ainpage 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. . - -• - . :• . _ • - •: - - • • • _- -• - • •c • tively,to initiTh- •mmii-- m, •• ,in , .m.l- .- i ion from h- itt 1-r A.mini r, •r. All .- i ion circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition shattmust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;The certificate shall affirm that each signaturetiventleel4berete was made in theirthe circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the personvoter whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the City and registered to vote. be and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a •etition must be a voter of the Cit and must sign and print their name and give their street address. Any persenvo er whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing€rled with the Clerk-Administrator before saidthe Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. City of Mounds View