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CHAPTER 5 • INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL Section 5.01. ,• fs-Reserved--bv=tt#e-Peeple. The-people-of-Mounds-View 4eunds--View reseiwe$e he+nselves-the powers in accordance with the provisions of this Charter to initiate and adopt ordinances and resolutions,to require puhtie-efc-ials These power--s r l-lie-c-aited-the-initiattive,-the-refer dum-and-the--reea1trrespee-tivelyGeneral Voter Authority. The people of Mounds View, have the right, in accordance with this Charter. to propose ordinances [initiative] and to require that any ordinance be referred to the voters [referendum]. except those that appropriate money, levy taxes or deal with administrative issues. The voters also have the right to remove elected public officials [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended), eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and a referendum timeline are attached to the end of this chapter. Section 5.02. General pro` s-fer-Petitions. ATo circulate a petition provided for under this chapter-shall. it must be filed with the Clerk-Administrator with the grounds for the petition and sponsored by a committee of five register-e€15 to 15 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 circulated paper shall containpage 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. -. - . - name and give their street address 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 shailmust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;. The certificate shall affirm that each signature appended thereto was made in theifthe 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 signer was presented with the full •etition. Each si•ner of a setition must be a voter of the Cit and must si•n and •Tint their name and give their street address. Any personvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing filed-with the Clerk- Administrator before saidthe Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shattmust file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator.- h fequired-nmbe ofsiener-s s . . -. = en pest fo-ii iti-aai• nd-rz fe endu nd 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 signatures shall be a percentage of that number. • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent. • Petitions for recall Recall, at least twenty five 25 percent of the total number of electors who cast he ete-#at=president a t1 e—Iasi-p si €Ciel-electien-,-kr+med te-ly= upon__