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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 10/09/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20061009 Page 4 of 7 131 sufficiency. 132 133 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. if the Getmeil detef ffli es 134 , 135 , to the sponsoring eon*nittee. The een*nittee sha4l have 136 137 , the eoffmiiAee may not ehange the stateme-B.A.- 138 ,the 139 Clefk Administr-mor-shall again r-epoft to the Gotineil. if the Gotineil finds that the petition is still 140 , 141 eoffmii4ee. The final finding that the pefition is ifisuffieien4 or-iffegulaf shali not pfejudiee the filing ef- 142 , 143 the petition to the voters at the next regular-^ o ^' eleet o . If the Clerk-Administrator determines 144 that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, together with a 145 written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and to the City 146 Council within 10 calendar days. As specified in this Charter, the committee shall have 30 calendar 147 days to file additional signature and/or to correct the specified irre_ug larity. Within 9 148 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether 149 the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in 150 Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk- 151 Administrator to file the petition as noted and notif t�ponsoring committee within 10 calendar 152 days that no further action will be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient or 153 irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise 154 specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the 155 Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special 156 election. 157 158 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot 159 and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 160 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 161 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be 162 met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly. scheduled election. 163 164 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 165 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council 166 shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and callingfpecial election to be held 167 within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a 168 regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general 169 election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 170 calendar days prior to a regular general election. 171 172 Section 5.0-56. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition.w,,ie ,ha �� 173 174 , and a majority Of the sp mnlittee do City of Mounds View