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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 3/14/2007 Revision—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Res 2007-01 d Page 3 of 5 91 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Clerk-Administrator 92 determines that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, 93 together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the - 94 Sponsoring Committee and to the City Council within ten(10) calendar days of receipt of the 95 completed petition. As specified in this Charter, the Sponsoring Committee 96 shall have thirty (30) calendar days to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified 97 irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of receipt of the corrected completed petition, the Clerk- 98 Administrator shall determine whether the petition as corrected meets the requirements for 99 sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or 100 irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to file the petition as noted and 101 notify the sponsoring committee within ten(10) calendar days that no further action will be taken. 102 The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the 103 filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except 104 in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter 105 of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 106 107 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on 108 a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 109 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 110 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be 111 met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 112 113 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 114 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council 115 shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held 116 within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a 117 regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general 118 election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 119 calendar days prior to a regular general election. 120 121 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of the 122 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. 123 Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the 124 provisions of Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance 125 agreed to by the Sponsoring Committee or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot. If the 126 Council elects to adopt the ordinance they should hold a first reading of the ordinance, as defined in 127 Section 3.05 of this charter. The Council can then proceed with the normal ordinance adoption 128 process, which does not exclude the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07, or may propose 129 an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the 130 Council, it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee. The Sponsoring Committee shall have 131 fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the 132 amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a 133 statement of disapproval, the Council must either adopt the proposed ordinance, as stated on the 134 original petition, or it must be placed on the ballot. If there is no proposed amendment, or should 135 the petition committee agree to the amendment, the ordinance shall be scheduled for a Seeefid 136 Reading- reading and public hearing. If the ordinance receives a majority vote of the