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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2007-01 c Final Markup format — Chapter 5 Date: 6/12/2007 Page 3 of 5 94 For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least 95 the following: 96 • Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures of at least fifteen (15) percent of the total 97 ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. 98 • Petitions for Recall require signatures of at least twenty five (25) percent of the total ballots cast for 99 President in the most recent Presidential election. 100 If all requirements have been met, the Clerk -Administrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) 101 calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the Council shall immediately declare the 102 sufficiency of the petition. 103 104 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition_ I fthe Council determines tha♦ the petitie i 105 insufficient or irregular, the Clerk Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to 106 the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the 107 108 grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk Administrator shall again report 109 to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Clerk Administrator shall file the petition and 110 notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new 111 petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next 112 regular or special election. 113 If the Clerk -Administrator determines that the petition does not meet the requirements for sufficiency, a 114 copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring 115 Committee and to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As 116 specified in this Charter, the Sponsoring Committee shall have twenty one (21) calendar days to file 117 additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of 118 receipt of the corrected completed petition, the Clerk -Administrator shall determine whether the petition 119 as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the 120 petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Council shall direct the Clerk -Administrator to file the petition 121 as noted and notify the Sponsoring Committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further action will be 122 taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new 123 petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a 124 petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the 125 voters at the next regular or special election. 126 127 Section 5.05. Ballot Measure Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a 128 ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 129 meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 calendar 130 days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, the measure 131 shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 132 133 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a regularly 134 scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution 135 placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within 120 calendar days of 136 said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular primary election and a regular 137 general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If there is no regular primary election 138 then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior to a regular general election. 139 140 Section 5.05.06. Initiative*. Any An ordinance may be proposed by a -petition which shall state at the 141 head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance with 142 amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk 143 144 enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final determination of 145 sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City.