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Mounds View Charter Commission Charter Updates: Chapter 5 Resolution 2007-01a Revision — DRAFT 20070105 Date: 1/5/2007 Page 3 of 6 91 requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following: 92 • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least 15 percent of total ballots 93 cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 94 • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least 25 percent of total ballots cast for President in 95 the most recent Presidential election. 96 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk -Administrator shall report to the Council within 10 97 calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. The Council shall immediately declare the 98 sufficiency of the petition by resolution. 99 100 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the Council determines that 101 the petition is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, 102 together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have 103 thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other 104 , 105 of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the 106 Clerk Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still 107 insufficient or irregular, the Clerk Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring 108 committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of 109 a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of no the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. If the Clerk -Administrator determines 111 that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a copy of the petition, together with a 112 written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the sponsoring committee and to the Council 113 within 10 calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. The committee shall have 30 calendar 114 days to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within 9 115 calendar days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk -Administrator shall determine whether 116 the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in 117 Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Council shall direct the Clerk- 118 Administrator to file the petition as noted and notify the sponsoring committee within 10 calendar 119 days that no further action will be taken. The Final Finding that the petition is insufficient or 120 irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise 121 specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the 122 Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special 123 election. 124 125 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot 126 and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 127 meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 128 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be 129 met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 130 131 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 132 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall 133 pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held 134 within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a 135 regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general 136 election. In a year with no regular primary election, a special election shall not be held within the