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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 6/12/2007 Revision g—Chapter 5 Markup of Clear Text from Resolution 2007-01 b to -01 c Page 5 of 5 191 Section 5.08. Recall. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected official of 192 the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, a certificate 193 stating the name of the official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall constituting malfeasance 194 or misfeasance in office, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to 195 bring about the official's recall. The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to 196 circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures must 197 be filed. The Clerk-Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and 198 proceed as provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. If the C4t Council is able to declare the 199 petition sufficient, it shall immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided for 200 in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within 14 calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected 201 official named by the petition may provide an answer for their own course of action in not more than 202 500 words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the 203 statement of the grounds for the recall and the answer of the official concerned or a statement stating no 204 answer was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become 205 effective immediately upon certification of the election results. If the majority does not vote in favor, 206 the recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for 207 one year from the date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 208 4.05 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy. 209 210 Section 5.09. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in 211 any way affecting the right of the voters to propose amendments to this charter which can be proposed 212 in accordance with MN Statute 410.12,as amended. 213 214 Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which are 215 legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of law, 216 administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts are the 217 product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon evidentiary facts of 218 some sort.