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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 11/13/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 • Revision—DRAFT 20061113 Page 3 of 6 91 Section 5.02. General Provision^ f r Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter 92 shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered 5 to 10 members who are voters of the City 93 and whose names and addresses shallmust appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A 94 petition consists of one or more paper-srbut pages with each separately circulated paper 95 shall-eentain page containing at its head, or attached thereto,the information specified in sections 96 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply,respectively,to initiative,referendum and recall. .Each signer shall 97 be a registered voter of the City and shall sign their name and give their street addressThe 98 Sponsoring Committee may obtain a sample petition from the City Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk- 99 Administrator shall provide the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the 100 total number of ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. All petition 101 circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition shallmust have appended 102 to it a certificate by the circulator,verified by oath,. The certificate shall affirm that each signature 103 appended4hefeto-was made in theifthe circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to 104 be the genuine signature of the perseevoter whose name it purports to be. The person making the 105 certificate shall be a resident of the City and registered to vote. and that each signer was presented 106 with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the City and must sign and print 107 their name and give their street address. Any persenvoter whose name appears on a petition may 108 withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing sled-with the Clerk-Administrator before 109 saidthe Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the information related to the sufficiency of the 110 petition. 111 • 112 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed 113 petition in the office of the Clerk Administrator. The required number of signers shall be at least 114 fifteen percent for initiative and referendum, and for recall, at least twenty five percent of the total 115 . - - - - - . - .- - _ . .. 116 _ - - - . - - - . . . • • • 117 . . .. :.--• • ••• •- .. . . .. - _ .- , .. ::. • -••••• 118 - . . .- . _ _ _ . _ ._ ' •.•. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the 119 requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: 120 • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least 15 percent of total ballots 121 cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 122 • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least 25 percent of total ballots cast for President in 123 the most recent Presidential election. 124 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the City Council within 125 10 calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. The City shall immediately declare the 126 sufficiency of the petition by resolution. 127 128 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Council determines that 129 , - •- - • . - - - • , . _ • • . - • . . - • --- - ._ -•, • • 130 •- - _ - •- -- , - - -- :-••: _:--.--•• --. . _. • _ • • • • 131 •••• .. - . - - _ ... . . . - :. :3 . - - - --- - • -• . . - -- 132 _• 132 -- - , --• . , - •- -- - - • - - - -• , - _ •_ , _ ... 133 of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition,the 134 - - • - = - . , _ _.. - .. • • . • 135 -: . ••- - - . _ - . . •- • - •- •• - - - - •. _ .. _•- 136 -- •_ -