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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 3/14/2007 Revision—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Res 2007-01d Page 3 of Error! Bookmark not defined. 87 • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least fifteen (15) percent 88 of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 89 90 • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least twenty five (25) percent of the total 91 ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 92 93 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the City Council 94 within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. TheThereafter, the City shall 95 immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition. 96 97 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Clerk- 98 Administrator deteiiiiines that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy 99 of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the 100 Sponsoring committee and to the City Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the 101 completed petition. As specified in this Charter, the sponsoring committccSponsoring 102 Committee shall have thirty (30) calendar days to file additional signature papers and/or to 103 correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of receipt of the corrected 104 completed petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether the petition as corrected 105 meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the 106 petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to 107 file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within ten (10) calendar days that 108 no further action will be taken. The Fina F'indingfinal finding that the petition is insufficient or 109 irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise 110 specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the 111 Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or 112 special election. 113 114 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put 115 on a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly 116 scheduled meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it 117 is within 120 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election 118 requirements can be met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly 119 scheduled election. 120 121 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 122 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council 123 shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be 124 held within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held 125 between a regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a 126 regular general election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be 127 held within 60 calendar days prior to a regular general election. 128 129 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of 130 the proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached 131 thereto. Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency 310483v2 SJR MU210-4