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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 3/9/2006 Charter Updates: Category 2 Items, Chapter 5 Revision-DRAFT 6 -BA Notes added Page 4 of 7 91 insufficient or irregular25 shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor 92 unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it26 shall 4- 93 not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next 94 regular or special election. 95 96 Section 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance may be proposed by a-petition Whieh shall state at`heh��a 97 of eaeh page of!at4aehed thereto the exaet text of the proposed ordinamee. if the Gotmeil passes th-&- 98 proposed ordinanee with amendments, 99 disappf ove the amended fron:n by a statement filed with the OW-FAK 14—d-F.�.flistTatof within ten days of- 100 its passage by the Gotmeil, the oirdinanee need not be st+mitted to the voters. ifthe Gotmeil f�il 101 102 days aftef the final detefmination of suffleieney of the petition, 103 shall be plaeed ott the ballot a4 the next eleetion oeettffing in the City. if no eleetion is to Oeetff 104 within 120 days after the filing of the petition, 105 ordinamee to be held within stieh pefiod. if a majoirity of those voting on the ordinanee vote in 106 favor, it shall beeome effeetive thirty days afteir adoption unless the ordiftanee speeifies a later 107 The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be 108 stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. The petition once filed with the 109 Clerk-Administrator shall be valid for 180 days during which time a com In eted petition with 110 signatures must be filed27. Within 60 calendar days after final determination of the petition's 111 sufficiency under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this charter; the Council may either hold a first 112 reading of the ordinance, as defined in Section 3.05 of this charter28 and proceed with the adoption 113 process, or propose an amendment to the petitioned ordinance. If an amendment is proposed by a 114 ma'ori 9 vote of the Council and resented to the petition30 committee, the:petition" committee 115 has 14 calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed ordinance to disapprove the 116 amendment by maiority vote32. and file a statement with the Clerk-Administrator. U on n filing a 117 statement of disapproval, the imposed ordinance; as stated on the original petition, must be In aced 118 on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If there is no proposed amendment, or should 119 the petition33 committee agree to the amendment. the ordinance shall be scheduled for a public 120 hearing pursuant to MN Statute 410.12. If the ordinance receives a maioritv34 vote of the Council 121 in its favor. it shall become effective 30 calendar days after adoption unless the ordinances ecn ifies 122 a later effective date. If the amendment is required to be put on a ballot and there is no re ug larly_ 25 Again we need to drop this language and replace it with the reason the petition was rejected. 26 Who inserted this? A new petition for recall can be done immediately if a sponsoring committee of a different group of voters or the same voters determine that they have new evidence or reason to recall. 27 This is a new limit in the charter. Just a note for us to realize new objectives to outline on page 1. 28 Needs to be capitalized. 29 This needs to be a 4/5ths vote to stay consistent with Council initiative for Charter changes. 30 This should be Sponsoring Committee and not petition committee. 31 This should be Sponsoring Committee. 32 This needs clarification.Is the majority of the Sponsoring Committee,or of the signer,what constitutes a majority?W e can not assume the committee operates by Roberts Rules or any other form of committee,so we need to indicate that by acknowledging signatures of 51%of petition stated Sponsoring Committee. 33 Needs to be Sponsoring Committee. 34 This needs to be a 4/5ths vote, like every change recommended by the Charter Commission. City of Mounds View