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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 09/18/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20060815 Page 6 of 7 214 , the 215 Gotineil shall eall a speeial eleetion to be held within stieh period, pr-eviding the petition has been 216 f„ra to be sti ffi ient. enactment and the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the 217 effective date of the Ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the public and the Council proposed 218 ordinance shall be placed on the ballot at a regularly scheduled election within 120 calendar days 219 or as provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the-voters favors the ordinance 220 contained in the petition, it shall fema n ift e ff et. it shall take effect immediately unless the 221 ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority e'e-*^rss voting theree votes against the 222 ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election 223 results. If the petition cannot meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in Section 224 5.03 of this chapter, the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the 225 Ordinance for 30 calendar days and the sponsoring committee will have 21 calendar days in which 226 to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irre u�ty according to Section 227 5.04. If the Final Findiniz is that the petition is insufficient, the Ordinance shall take effect on the 228 date declared by the resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is declared sufficient 229 according to Section 5.03, the City Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective date of 230 the Ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned in 231 this section. 232 -(Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) 233 234 Section 5.08. Recall. Consideration by the eleeter-ate of the r al of of�, eleete e ffi e f of 235 . The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 236 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto,- 237 a ee ft fie ate stating the name of the e rofficial whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,- 238 whiEhsha"��a e- c feasanee or-ne as Aa nc �n constituting malfeasance or 239 misfeasance, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring 240 about the official's recall. Sueh The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior 241 to circulation. The petition once filed with the Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days 242 during which time a completed petition with signatures must be filed. If the Clerk-Administrator 243 fetmd determines that sufficiency of the petition or amended petition can be declared under the 244 provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Clerk-Administrator shall tfansmi submit a report to 245 the Council and notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and of the pending action- 246 within five working days. The r^,,neil slh,," .,* its next meeting, by ro olu4io„ ide for-the 247 , exeept if any other-eleetion- 248 , the Cotmeil may in its disefetion provide 249 the holding of the reeall vote a4 that time. The Clerk Administr-ator-shall inelude with the published- 250 , also in not mor-e than 500 251 . Upon receipt of 252 the report, the Ci1y Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution, 253 including the he reported date of determination of sufficiency and prepare the measure for a ballot at a 254 regularly scheduled election within 120 days or as provided in Section 5.05. Within five working 255 days of notification, the elected official named bathe petition may provide an answer for their 256 course of action in not more than 500 words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the 257 published notice of the election, the statement of the grounds for the recall and the answer of the City of Mounds View