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CHAPTER 5 INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL Section 5.01. Powers Resefved by the Deeple. The eopleo s�e��ese��te-tnem3 themselves eefdanee with 4te provisions of this Chaftef to initiate and adopt efdinanees and fesolutions,to feqttir-e publie effieials. These powers shall be ealled the initiative,the referendum,and the meall, General Voter Authority. The people of Mounds View, have the right, in accordance with this Charter, to propose ordinances [initiative] and to require that any ordinance be referred to the voters [referendum], except those that appropriate money, levy taxes or deal with administrative issues. The voters also have the right to remove elected public officials [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents of the Citv of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per Minnesota Statute 200.039 (as amended), eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and a referendum timeline are attached to the end of this chapter. Section 5.02. rono_a, Dr,.,.4ow f r Petitions. ATo circulate a petition provided for under this chapter, it must be filed with the Clerk-Administrator with the grounds for the petition and sponsored by a committee of f:..o..oa_stere 5 to 15 members who are voters of the City and whose names and addresses shah appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A petition may eos consists of one or more paper-s,btA as each separately circulated paper shall at its head,or a#ae oa then te, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter-of the City and shag, sign thei name and giN,e their-street The committee may obtain a sample petition from the city Clerk-Administrator. All petition circulators must be voters of the City. Each separate page of the petition smust have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath;. The certificate shall affirm that each signature appended thefe as made in t4the circulator's presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the voter whose name it purports to be. The per-se ..waing the ee--tifiea+e shall be a resident of the Gittx and registered toi,ate.. and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a voter of the City and must sign and print their name and give their street address. Any personvoter whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by filin a statement in writing €4ed-with the Clerk- Administrator before the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. The committee smust file the completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator. Signer-s- shall be at least fiftee.,per-cent F r initiative and ref ro..a.,m is The Clerk-Administrator shall provide the number of total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. For a petition to be sufficient, the required number of signatures shall be a percentaae of that number. • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require at least 15 percent. • Petitions for ]Recall, at least twenty five 25 percent ofthe total fitimber of