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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 5496/12/2007 Revision of—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Resolution 2007-04-a01b Page 3 of 5 94 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk-Administrator shall report to the City Council within ten 95 (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the City shall immediately declare 96 the sufficiency of the petition. 97 98 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Clerk-Administrator 99 determines that the petition can does not meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, 100 together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring Committee and to 101 the City Council within ten(10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this 102 Charter, the Sponsoring Committee shall have thi 0 twenty-one (21) calendar days to file additional 103 signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of receipt of 104 the corrected completed petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether the petition as 105 corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the 106 petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to file the 107 petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within ten(10) calendar days that no further 108 action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the 109 filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in 110 the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the 111 petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 112 113 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Measure Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put 114 on a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 115 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 116 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, 117 the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 118 119 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 120 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council shall 121 pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within 122 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular 123 primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If 124 there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior 125 to a regular general election. 126 127 Section 5.06. Initiative*. An ordinance may be proposed by petition. The exact text of the 128 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. Within 129 sixty(60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of 130 Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance agreed to by the 131 Sponsoring Committee or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot. 132 133 Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the ordinance they should hold a firs*reading of thee 134 ordinance, as defined it as provided by the petition without amendment, the.. shall in 135 accordance with Section 3.05 of this ehat4e Charter. 136 or-dinanee During this adoption process, whie .,,.does net. o '„ao *he the ordinance cannot be amended 137 but could still be subject to the referendum process as defined in Section 5.07., or-may propose an 138 amendment to the petitioned r-di a o. If the ordinance is adopted, it shall become effective thiM 30) 139 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. If the vote for adoption 140 fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. 141 142 Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the ordinance is proposed by a majority vote of the Council,