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• Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 09/18/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20060815 Page 6 of 7 214 occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition,the 215 -• . . •. - - •- . ..' • • . • .: . -- . :- 216 . 216 .• : • - . enactment and the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the 217 effective date of the Ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the public and the Council proposed 218 ordinance shall be placed on the ballot at a regularly scheduled election within 120 calendar days 219 or as provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter_If a majority of the-voters favors the ordinance 220 contained in the petition, it shall remain in effect. it shall take effect immediately unless the 221 ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against the 222 ordinance contained in the petition,it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election 223 results. If the petition cannot meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in Section 224 5.03 of this chapter, the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the 225 Ordinance for 30 calendar days and the sponsoring committee will have 21 calendar days in which 226 to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity according to Section 227 5.04. If the Final Finding is that the petition is insufficient, the Ordinance shall take effect on the 228 date declared by the resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is declared sufficient 229 according to Section 5.03,the City Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective date of 230 the Ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned in 231 this section. 232 _(Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) 233 • 234 Section 5.08. Recall.• . : '.- : .• • • • • • • --: ' ' - -- -= = - 235 • • • • •-•• The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 236 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto,- 237 certificate stating the name of the officer official whose removal is sought,the grounds for recall,- 238 . • - ••• . • .. . • • • -, constituting malfeasance or 239 misfeasance,in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring 240 about the official's recall. Such The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior 241 to circulation. The petition once filed with the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days 242 during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. If the Clerk-Administrator 243 determines that sufficiency of the petition or amended petition can be declared under the 244 provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter,the Clerk-Administrator shall tfafisiiiit submit a report to 245 the Council and notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and of the pending action_ 246 within five working days. -- .• -• • • -- • .. •.:, • - - • •• -, • -- • 247 - - -- .. . • - ' 248 . ... . . - -- . .. . • - : • 249 -- , . - . - . -- .. . , •. -- . . • • -- .. . • 250 . -- . •- • - •. . - --• • .. . :, '•'• 251 . , -- . .. . •- . - - - . --• -. Upon receipt of 252 the report,the City Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution, 253 including the reported date of determination of sufficiency and prepare the measure for a ballot at a 254 regularly scheduled election within 120 days or as provided in Section 5.05. Within five working 255 days of notification, the elected official named by the petition may provide an answer for their 256 course of action in not more than 500 words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the 257 published notice of the election, the statement of the grounds for the recall and the answer of the • City of Mounds View