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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 5/08/2007 Revision e—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Resolution 2007-01 a Page 3 of 4 94 insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to file the petition as 95 noted and notify the sponsoring committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further action will be 96 taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a 97 new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a 98 petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the 99 voters at the next regular or special election. 100 101 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a 102 ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 103 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 104 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, 105 the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 106 107 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 108 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council shall 109 pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within 110 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular 111 primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If 112 there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior 113 to a regular general election. 114 115 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of the 116 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. Within 117 sixty(60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of 118 Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance agreed to by the 119 Sponsoring Committee or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot. If the Council elects to 120 adopt the ordinance they should hold a first reading of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this 121 charter. The Council can then proceed with the normal ordinance adoption process, which does not 122 exclude the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07, or may propose an amendment to the 123 petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a majority vote of the Council, it must be 124 presented to the Sponsoring Committee. The Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen(14) calendar 125 days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority 126 vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. Upon filing a statement of disapproval, the 127 Council must either adopt the proposed ordinance, as stated on the original petition, or it must be placed 128 on the ballot. If there is no proposed amendment, or should the petition committee agree to the 129 amendment, the ordinance shall be scheduled for a second reading and public hearing. If the ordinance 130 receives a majority vote of the Council in its favor, it shall become effective thirty(30) calendar days 131 after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. If the amendment is required to be put 132 on a ballot, the City Council shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority 133 of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty (30) days after 134 certification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. If the majority 135 does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted and the measure is prohibited from being 136 brought forward again as an initiative within six months of the election certification. If the petition 137 committee does not file a disapproval statement to a proposed amendment, the Council shall hold a first 138 reading of the amended proposed ordinance and proceed with the normal adoption process, which does 139 not exclude the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07. If the Council does not approve the 140 ordinance, it must follow the aforementioned balloting process. (Amended,Ord.650,8-16-2000) 141 142