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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 2/8/2007 Revision—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Res 2007-01 b Page 3 of 5 91 92 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Clerk-Administrator 93 determines that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, 94 together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and 95 to the City Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified 96 in this Charter, the sponsoring committee shall have thirty (30) calendar days to file additional 97 signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of 98 receipt of the corrected completed petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether the 99 petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 100 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk- 101 Administrator to file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within ten(10) 102 calendar days that no further action will be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient 103 or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise 104 specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the 105 Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special 106 election. 107 108 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on 109 a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 110 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 111 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be 112 met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 113 114 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 115 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council 116 shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held 117 within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a 118 regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general 119 election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 120 calendar days prior to a regular general election. 121 122 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of the 123 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. 124 Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the 125 provisions of Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance 126 agreed to by the Sponsoring Committee or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot. If the 127 Council elects to adopt the ordinance they should hold a first reading of the ordinance, as defined in 128 Section 3.05 of this charter. The Council can then proceed with the normal ordinance adoption 129 process, which does not exclude the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07, or may propose 130 an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the 131 Council, it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee. The Sponsoring Committee shall have 132 fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the 133 amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a 134 statement of disapproval, the Council must either adopt the proposed ordinance, as stated on the 135 original petition, or it must be placed on the ballot. If there is no proposed amendment, or should 136 the petition committee agree to the amendment, the ordinance shall be scheduled for a Second