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Mounds View Charter Commission Charter Updates: Chapter 5 Resolution 2007-01a Revision — DRAFT 20070105 Date: 1/5/2007 Page 5 of 6 183 into operation, and the subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the next election 184 occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the 185 Council shall call a special election to be held within such period, providing the petition has been 186 found to be sufficient. Council must adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the 187 ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the public, and the Council proposed ordinance shall be 188 placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the -voters favors 189 the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall remain in effect. it shall take effect immediately 190 unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against 191 the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the 192 election results. (Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) If the petition cannot meet the requirements of 193 sufficiency under the provisions in Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Council must adopt a resolution 194 suspending the effective date of the ordinance for 30 calendar days and the sponsoring committee 195 will have 21 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the 196 specified irregularity according to Section 5.04. If the Final Finding is that the petition is 197 insufficient, the ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of suspension. If 198 the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the Council must pass a 199 resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the 200 public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section. 201 202 Section 5.08. Recall. Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of 203 the City may be initiated by petition. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected 204 official of the City by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, 205 a certificate stating the name of the officer official whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,- 206 which shall be malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance, constituting malfeasance or misfeasance 207 in office, in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about 208 the official's recall. Such The petition shall be filed in the Clerk -Administrator's office prior to 209 circulation and shall be valid for 180 days during which time a completed petition with signatures 210 must be filed.. If the petition or amended petition is found sufficient under the provisions of 211 Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Clerk Administrator shall transmit it to the Council without delay, 212 and shall also officially notify the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of 213 the pending action. The Clerk -Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the 214 petition and proceed as provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. The Council shall at its 215 next meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of special recall election within ninety days 216 after such meeting, except if any other election is to occur within ninety day period after such 217 meeting, the Council may in its discretion provide for the holding of the recall vote at that time. 218 The Clerk Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election the statement of the 219 , 220 justification of their course of office. If the Council is able to declare the petition sufficient, it shall 221 prepare the measure for a ballot and as provided for in Section 5.05 of this charter. Within 14 222 calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected official named by the petition may 223 provide a response of not more than 500 words. With the published notice of the election, the 224 Clerk -Administrator shall include the statement of the grounds for the recall and the response of the 225 official concerned or a statement indicating no response was received. If a majority of those voting 226 on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become effective immediately upon certification of the 227 election results. If the majority do not vote in favor, the recall has failed and a petition for recall is 228 prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for one year from the date of certification of