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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 4/18/2006 <br /> Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 <br /> Revision—DRAFT 20060418 Page 1 of 5 <br /> 1 Charter Commission Objectives: <br /> 2 1. Response to request made by the City Council to provide both marked up and proposed <br /> 3 version of the text <br /> 4 2. Throughout the Chapter clarify Mounds View resident terminology usa.e so that refere ces <br /> 5 are more consistent rather than having references to "people of Mounds View". "registered <br /> 6 voters", "citizens of Mounds View". and "voters". <br /> 7 3. Section 5.01 define the term "voter". <br /> 8 4. Section 5.02 define committee as "sponsoring Committee", its size and membership <br /> 9 requirement, and petition signer requirement. <br /> 10 5. Section 5.03 clarify the process and requirements for sufficiency. <br /> 11 6. Section 5.04 clarify the process for insufficient petitions. <br /> 12 7. Section 5.05 clarify the process for Initiative and process time line. <br /> 13 8. Section 5.06 correct "electors"to "voters". <br /> 14 9. Section 5.07 correct"into operations" to "enactment", correct"electors"to "voters",assure <br /> 15 Chapter 4 applies to setting of election ballot. <br /> 16 10. Section 5.08 clarify requirements for"Recall". time line for actions of Clerk-Administrator. <br /> 17 council member. and Council. <br /> 18 11. ouch-out the Chapter change Clerk/Administrator to "Clerk-Administrator" . <br /> 19 12. improve and clarify the readers ability to understand the process. required steps. and time <br /> 20 line for circulating and submitting a petition to the City. <br /> 21 13. Improve the Chapters time elapse definitions to calendar days. <br /> /pi 22 <br /> 23 CHAPTER 5 <br /> 24 INITIATIVE,REFERENDUM AND RECALL <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Section 5.01. Powers l..' c erved by the People. The people of Mounds View reserve to <br /> 27 47 a i- . t <br /> 28 ♦ i ; 't <br /> ti T •f- i ■ i F6. <br /> 30 -< . .General Voter Authority. The <br /> 31 people of Mounds View. have the right, in accordance with this Charter, to propose ordinances <br /> 32 jinitiativel and t. re.u're that an 7 ord.na ce Be referred t the voters re e endum . exce.t those <br /> 33 that anpropriate mone ' lev -taxes er deal with administrative issues MN Statute ). The voters <br /> 34 also have the right to remove elected public officials [recall. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter <br /> 35 S shall refer only to residents of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered <br /> 36 and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended). eligibility to sign the <br /> 37 petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous <br /> 38 election. For clarity flow charts and a referendum time line are attached to the end of this chapter. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Section 5.02. General Provisions for Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter <br /> 41 shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered 5 to 10 members who are voters of the City <br /> 42 and whose names and addresses-sha-l-l4must appear on the petition;as the Sponsoring Committee. A <br /> 43 petition consists of one or more papers, huta e wit 1 each separately circulated paper <br /> 44 shall conta4npaee containing at its head, or attached thereto,the information specified in sections <br /> 11111 <br /> City of Mounds View <br />