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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 11/13/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision—DRAFT 20061113 Page 6 of 6 229 the City may be initiated by pefition-. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 230 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, 231 a certificate stating the name of the^official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,- 232 whiehsha"tee ee, m sf asanee of „f constituting malfeasance or misfeasance 233 in office, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about 234 the official's recall. The petition shall be filed in the Clerk-Administrator's office prior to 235 circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures 236 must be filed.. 237 , 238 and shall also affieially notify the per-son seu&to be ftealled of the suffieieney E)f the petition and of 239 the pending do . The Clerk-Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the 240 petition and proceed as provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. The Getineil shall at its 241 next meefing, by feselution, 242 after stieh meeting, exeept if any other-eleetion is to eeeuf within ninety day peried after-stleh 243 . 244 The Clerk Adminis4a4er-shall inelude with the published notiee of the eleetion the statement of 245 , 246 ;ustifieat o f their-eetirse of offiee.ee If the City Council is able to declare the petition sufficient, it 247 shall prepare the measure for a ballot and as provided for in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within 14 248 calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected official named by the petition may 249 provide an answer for their course of action in not more than 500 words. The Clerk-Administrator 250 shall include with the published notice of the election, the statement of the grounds for the recall 251 and the answer of the official concerned or a statement stating no answer was received. If a 252 majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become effective immediately upon 253 certification of the election results. If the majority do not vote in favor, the recall has failed and a 254 petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for one year from the 255 date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 4.05 herein 256 shall apply to fill said vacancy. 257 258 Section 5.069. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed 259 as in any way affecting the right of the eleetersvoters to propose amendments to this charter. 260 261 262 Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which 263 are legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of 264 law, administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts 265 are the product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon 266 evidentiary facts of some sort.