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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 10/09/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20061009 Page 6 of 7 219 placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the-voters favors 220 the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall remain in off et. it shall take effect immediately 221 unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority votes against 222 the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the 223 election results. (Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) If the petition cannot meet the requirements of 224 sufficiency under the provisions in Section 5.03 of this chapter, the City Council must adopt a 225 resolution suspending the effective date of the Ordinance for 30 calendar days and the sponsoring 226 committee will have 21 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct 227 the specified irre u�ty according to Section 5.04. If the Final Finding is that the petition is 228 insufficient, the Ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of suspension. If 229 the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the City Council must pass a 230 resolution suspending the effective date of the Ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the 231 public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section. 232 233 Section 5.08. Recall. Consideration by the eleetefate of the feeall of my eleeted affieer-of 234 the City fn 1 1- 1 �*— * ! by„etitie„. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 235 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, 236 a certificate stating the name of the e erofficial whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,- 237 whiehsha"z�a€easanee, misf asanee ef nonfeas Hwe, constituting malfeasance or misfeasance 238 in office, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about 239 the official's recall. -Sueh The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to 240 circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures 241 must be filed.. the Within five working days of receiving the completed petition, the Clerk- 242 Administrator faun d su ffi.ieney of the petition amendedpetition r be declaredunder-the 243 , the QeFk Administrator-shall transmit a r-epeA to the 244 Getmeil an shall determine if all requirements for sufficiency have been met pursuant to the 245 provisions of Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this charter and report to the City County at or before the 246 next regularly scheduled meeting_ The Clerk-Administrator shall also notify the official sought to 247 be recalled of the petition and of the pending action . The r „nei shallat its next meeting, by 248 , 249 , 250 in its diseretion provide fef!the holding of the r-eeall vote at that time. The Clerk Administrator- 251 252 , 253 e of e� �o Upon receipt of the report, the City Council shall immediately declare the 254 sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition by resolution, includingtported date of 255 determination of sufficiency or insufficiency and if required, prepare the measure for a ballot and as 256 provided for in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within 14 calendar days of notification, the elected 257 official named by the petition may provide an answer for their course of action in not more than 500 258 words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the 259 statement of the grounds for the recall and the answer of the official concerned or a statement 260 stating no answer was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall 261 become effective immediately Lipon certification of the election results. If the majority do not vote 262 in favor, the recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that City of Mounds View