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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 05/03/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20060502 jjt Page 6 of 6 220 specified irre_ug larity according to Section 5.04. If the Final Finding is that the petition is 221 insufficient, the Ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of suspension. If 222 the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the City Council must pass a 223 resolution suspending the effective date of the Ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the 22 public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section. 225 _(Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) 226 227 Section 5.08. Recall. Consideration by the eleet,,rate f the reeall of any eleetea ffiee,. f 228 the City f ,I I i i*- * !d by petition--. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 229 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto,- 230 a eei4ifiea4e steAing the name of the e erofficial whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall3- 231 whieh shall be alfe-asanee,misfeasance or nonfeasanee in offiee, constituting malfeasance or 232 misfeasance, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring 233 about the official's recall. Sue The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior 234 to circulation. If the petition or amended petition is fi3und sufficient under the 235 provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Clerk-Administrator shall transmit submit it to the 236 Council without 'era as required. The Clerk-Administrator shall also officially notify the 237 perse�rofficial sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action_ 238 within five working days. , 23 , exeept if any other eleetion- 240 , the Couneil may in its diser-etion pr-evide 241 the holding of the r-eeall vote a4 that time. The Glefk Administr-atef: shall inelude with the published- 24 , 243 words, the answef of the offieer eeneerned in justifieation of their eoufse of offiee. Within five 244 working days of notification, the elected official named by the petition may provide an answer for 245 their course of action in not more than 500 words. If there is no regularly scheduled election within 246 120 calendar days of the determination of sufficiency or if the calendar date prohibits compliance 247 with provisions in Chapter 4 of this Charter,upon declaration of sufficiency, the Council shall 248 immediately call a special election to take place within 90 calendar days of said meeting 249 Clerk-Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the statement of the 250 grounds for the recall and the answer of the official concerned or a statement stating no answer was 251 received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become effective 252 immediately Lapon certification of the election results. If the majority do not vote in favor, the recall 253 has failed. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 4.05 herein shall apply to fill said 254 vacancy. 255 City of Mounds View