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Mounds View Charter Commission Date7/12/2007 <br />Resolution 2007-01e Final Markup format Page 5 of 6 <br />Subdivision 3. If the ordinance is required to be put on a ballot, or if the Council chooses to submit the 197 <br />ordinance as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 of this 198 <br />Charter. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty 199 <br />(30) calendar days after adoptioncertification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later 200 <br />effective date. If the majority does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted. (Amended, Ord. 201 <br />650, 8-16-2000) 202 <br /> 203 <br /> Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be subjected 204 <br />to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the exact text 205 <br />of the measure to be considered by the electorate voters. The Sponsoring Committee must file the 206 <br />completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least ten (10) calendar days before the 207 <br />ordinance takes effect. If a petition is determined to be frivolous, no further action on the petition shall be 208 <br />taken and the adoption of the ordinance shall proceed according to Section 3.05. If the petition is found to 209 <br />be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the said ordinance shall thereby be 210 <br />prevented from going into operation, and the subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the 211 <br />next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, 212 <br />the Council shall call a special election to be held within such period, providing the petition has been found to 213 <br />be sufficient. If a majority of the voters voting thereon favors the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall 214 <br />remain in effect. If a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against the ordinance contained in the 215 <br />petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election results the Council must 216 <br />immediately adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it is decided by a vote 217 <br />of the public. The Council must also immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as 218 <br />provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the voters favors the ordinance contained in the 219 <br />petition, it shall take effect immediately unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority votes 220 <br />against the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the 221 <br />election results. If the petition does not meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in 222 <br />Section 5.03 of this chapter and is determined not to be frivolous, the Council must adopt a resolution 223 <br />suspending the effective date of the ordinance for thirty (30) calendar days and the Sponsoring Committee 224 <br />will have twenty-one (21) calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the 225 <br />specified insufficiency according to Section 5.04. If the final finding is that the petition is insufficient, the 226 <br />ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is 227 <br />declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective 228 <br />date of the ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned 229 <br />in this section. (Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) 230 <br /> 231 <br /> Section 5.08. Recall. Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of the City 232 <br />may be initiated by petition. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected official of the 233 <br />City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, a certificate stating 234 <br />the name of the official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall, constituting which shall be 235 <br />malfeasance, or misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, in not more than two hundred fifty (250) words, and 236 <br />the intention of the sponsoring committeeSponsoring Committee to bring about the official's recall. Such 237 <br />The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to circulation. and shall be valid for 238 <br />one hundred eighty (180) calendar days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be 239 <br />filed. If the petition or amended petition is found sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this 240 <br />chapter, the Clerk-Administrator shall transmit it to the Council without delay, and shall also officially notify 241 <br />the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. The Council shall 242 <br />at its next meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of special recall election within ninety days after 243 <br />such meeting, except if any other election is to occur within ninety day period after such meeting, the Council 244 <br />may in its discretion provide for the holding of the recall vote at that time. The Clerk-Administrator shall 245 <br />include with the published notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and, also in not 246 <br />more than 500 words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of their course of office. 247
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