04-18-2006 Joint Charter Council

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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 4/18/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 • Revision—DRAFT 20060418 Page 2 of 5 45 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively,to initiative, referendum and recall. .Each signer shall 46 • . 47 of ..ttee a 'o tain a sam.le etition frog the Ci •Clerk-Administrator. All etition 48 circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petitionmust have appended 49 to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath:. The certificate shall affirm that each signature 50 appended thereto was made in the--the circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to 51 be the genuine signature of the personvoter whose name it purports to b-. 52 ee et e'-shall l _' ;.. . and that each signer was presented 53 with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the Cit a d mu,t sign and print 54 their name and give their street address., Any pct'senvoter whose name appears on a petition may 55 withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing del-with the Clerk-Administrator before 56 s-a4the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. 57 58 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee must file the 59 completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least 10 calendar days before the 60 ordinance takes effect. . . :' - 62 -. . The Clerk- 63 Administrator shall provide the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent 64 Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient,the required number of signatures shall be a 65 percentage of that number • 66 •Petitions for Initiative and Refe endum reauire at least 15 ercent. 67 •Petitions for Recall require at least 25 percent. 69 Within 10 calendar days of receipt of the petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall :: • 70 petitionas to determine if its sufficiency -: :.can he declared 71 by the City Council. Upon rc--ci'•ingfinal determination, the Clerk-Administrator shall report the 72 date of the determination and its sufficiency to the City Council. Upon receipt of the report, the 73 City Council shall .- - _ - '' _- immediately declare the 74 sufficiencAof the_p tition byiesolution,_i_mludin�tlae.ren_o ed date of determinate uT c•e cy. 75 76 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the CouocilClerk- 77 Administrator determines that the sufficiency of a petition-i-sca.nnot be declared. it shall be 78 determined to be insufficient or irregular. 7-the-The Clerk-Administrator shall deliver a copy of the 79 petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee and to the 80 City Council within 10 calendar days. The committee shall have t1y21 calendar days in which to 81 file additional signature papers and/or to correct the ., .• 82 -. • c - • ,, _ . . • <_ • 83 which the recall is sought.specified irregularity. Within five9 calendar days of receipt of the 84 corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall s_ ' c.- • • _ • << 85 that the petition dete • e • s _fic'-. • t e .et't'.s a . -ct-• .• .e .e are• .v th- 'tv 86 Council and proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the 87 't -sus ha .a e. . ut' in. c'e,c a,. t ' i.• e c.. ide e tl - ',a. . '.+di ._. 88 The Clerk-Administrator shall file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 89 10 calendar days that no further action will be taken. The+Final minding that the petition is • City of Mounds View