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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 2 of 5 45 unless challenged by a petition for referendum. In the event of a petition for referendum, the City 46 Council must suspend the effective date of the Ordinance as specified in Section 5.07 of this 47 Charter. 48 49 CHAPTER 5 50 INITIATIVE,REFERENDUM AND RECALL 51 52 Section 5.01. General Voter Authority*. The people of Mounds View, have the right, in 53 accordance with this Charter, to propose ordinances jinitiative] and to require that any ordinance be 54 referred to the voters [referendum], except those that appropriate money, levy taxes or deal with 55 administrative issues (MN Statute 410.20, as amended). The voters also have the right to remove 56 elected public officials [recall]. The term voter(s), as used in Chapter 5, shall refer only to residents 57 of the City of Mounds View who first register, or who have registered and are qualified to vote. Per 58 Minnesota Statute 200.039, as amended, eligibility to sign the petition is not restricted to only those 59 who were eligible to or did cast ballots in the previous election. For clarity flow charts and 60 referendum and ballot issue time lines are attached to the end of this charter. 61 62 Section 5.02. Petitions. A petition provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a 63 committee of five (5)to ten(10)members who are voters of the City and whose names and 64 addresses must appear on the petition as the Sponsoring Committee. A completed petition consists 65 of one or more pages gathered together as a single document. Each separately circulated page shall 66 contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in sections 5.05, 5.07 or 5.08 67 which apply, respectively, to initiative, referendum and recall. The Sponsoring Committee may 68 obtain a sample petition from the City Clerk-Administrator. The Clerk-Administrator shall provide 69 the number of signatures for petition sufficiency which is based on the total number of ballots cast 70 for President in the most recent Presidential election. All petition circulators must be voters of the 71 City. Each separate page of the petition must have appended to it a certificate signed and dated by 72 the circulator. The certificate shall affirm that each signature was made in the circulator's presence 73 and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the voter whose name it purports 74 to be and that each signer was presented with the full petition. Each signer of a petition must be a 75 voter of the City and must sign and print their name and give their street address. The completed 76 petition shall be submitted to the Clerk-Administrator for review. Any voter whose name appears 77 on a petition may withdraw their name by filing a statement in writing with the Clerk-Administrator 78 before the Clerk-Administrator advises the Council of the information related to the sufficiency of 79 the petition. 80 81 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. For a petition to be sufficient, it must 82 meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: 83 -Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least fifteen (15)percent of total 84 ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 85 -Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least twenty five (25)percent of total ballots cast for 86 President in the most recent Presidential election. 87 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the City Council within 88 ten(10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. The City shall immediately declare the 89 sufficiency of the petition. 90