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Resolution 2009-03b Page 6 of 10 calendar days and the Sponsoring Committee will have twenty-one (21) calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified insufficiency according to Section 5.04. If the final finding is that the petition is insufficient, the ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section. (Amended by Ordinance 790, Adopted July 23, 2007; Filed: August 29, 2007.) Section 5.08. Recall. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, a certificate stating the name of the official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall, which shall be malfeasance or misfeasance in office, in not more than two hundred fifty (250) words, and the intention of the Sponsoring Committee to bring about the official's recall. The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-AdministratorCity Administrator's office prior to circulation and shall be valid for one hundred eighty (180) calendar days during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. The Clerk-Administrator City Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and proceed as provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. If a petition for recall is determined to be frivolous, it is prohibited from being repeated within one year of the determination. If the Council declares the petition sufficient, it shall immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided for in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected official named by the petition may provide a response for their own course of action in not more than five hundred (500) words. The Clerk-Administrator City Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the statement of the grounds for the recall and the response of the official concerned or a statement stating no response was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become effective immediately upon certification of the election results. If the majority does not vote in favor, the recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for one year from the date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 4.05 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy. Section 6.01. Administrative Responsibility. The Council as a body, shall be responsible for the administration of the City. The Council shall appoint an administrative officer to assist in the administration of City affairs. For purposes of reference in this Charter, this administrative officer shall be referred to as the Clerk-AdministratorCity Administrator. Section 6.03. Duties of the Clerk-AdministratorCity Administrator. The duties of the City Administrator shall be specified in Chapter 106 of City Code, as amended, and shall include those in MN State Statute for City Clerk unless otherwise assigned in City Code. The Council shall provide for the designation, delegation and/or assignment of some or all the duties to other city staff as needed. Subdivision 1. The duties of the Clerk-Administrator of the municipality shall include the duties of the Clerk in a statutory city. The Clerk-Administrator shall give the required notice of each regular and special election, record the proceedings thereof, notify officials of their elections or appointments to office, certify to the county auditor all appointments and the results of all municipal elections. The Clerk-Administrator shall also have the duties set forth in the following subdivisions: Subdivision 2. The Clerk-Administrator shall keep a minute book noting therein all proceedings of the Council.