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• Mounds View Charter Commission Date 01/26/06 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items,Chapter 5 • Revision—Draft 4 Page 2 of 4 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shaa-tmust file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least ten days before the ordinance takes effect. 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 signcrssignatures 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 weeking calendar days of receipt of the petition,the Clerk-Administrator shall d-termine its suffi ienc can be decl.red b -the Cit Council. U.on final determination of ffi ienc the Clerk- Administoer shall report the date of the determination and its sufficiency to the Council {pkat or before the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. Upon receipt of the report,the Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition_by resolution including the reported date of determination of sufficiency. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the e--euneilClerk-Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition iscannot be declared, it shall be determined to be insufficient or irregular,;LtThe Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition,together with a written statement of its defects, to the sSponsoring eCommittee and theClty Council within 10 calendar days. The Sponsoring eCommittee shall have thirty30 calendar 21 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the a- ' •6- •'- : -- :: -•' • : -, • -- --. ,specified irregularity. in the case of a petition for recall, the _ _ ;. ;•. Within nine calendar-days of receipt of the corrected petition,the Clerk-Administrator shall :::'- •.: Council F-a3 th t determine the sufficiency of the petition as corrected can be declared by the City Council and proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall pass a resolution of insufficiency and-this shall be considered the Final Finding.-anti tThe Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition as noted and immediately notify the sSponsoring eCommittee within ten calendar days that no further action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, lief it shall it not 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 may be proposed by a petition. - • • - •• • - --. • . • at the - -- - ---- .• - • . . . - : --The exact text of the proposed ottliftaftee7ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. The petition once filed with the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. 4f-t The Council passes must act upon the proposed ordinance -.it,_ ,.._..cndaterit , and a within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficienc under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter. The Council may either hold a first readin' of the ordinance as defined in Section 3.05 of this Chart-r and roe-ed with the ado,tion .rocess or propose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the Council and .resent-d to the .etition S.onsorin' Committee the S.onsorin' Committee h.s 14 eaten .r da s from r- ei.t of the amended porposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by a majority : - •--- - -: •- -- --•--- -;a• - •- -- . -•-. • - --- - vote, and filen a statementffled with the Clerk- Administrator • ' -• - .. ' - •. _ • -- • , -• ; .' . -• . : .- .:- - -- •; - Ral‘i.:A EL;1:W'L;1:/t1117-f.17714i;J_WiA ;. .• ; • ; •• • • • ; --- • ..: : ; ;•; • ; • e�igtnat�amena ordinance. r ld4if the p s � Crd reeo the n --ndmen the ordinance shall be for a .u1 ichearn_ usuant to MNStatute City of Mounds View