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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2007-01 a Final Markup format — Chapter 5 Date: 5/8/2007 Page 3 of 5 96 97 Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition If the Council determines that the petition 98 is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk Administrator shall deliver a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its 99 100 correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the 101 statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk 102 Administrator shall again report to the Council. If the Council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the 103 Clerk Administrator shall file the petition and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or 104 irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purposc, nor shall it prevent the Council from referring the 105 subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 106 If the Clerk -Administrator determines that the petition cannot meet the requirements for sufficiency, a 107 copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring 108 Committee and to the City Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. 109 As specified in this Charter, the Sponsoring Committee shall have thirty (30) calendar days to file 110 additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irregularity. Within nine (9) calendar days of 111 receipt of the corrected completed petition, the Clerk -Administrator shall determine whether the petition 112 as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the 113 petition is still insufficient or irregular, the City Council shall direct the Clerk -Administrator to file the 114 petition as noted and notify the Sponsoring Committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further 115 action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the 116 filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in 117 the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the 118 petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. 119 120 Section 5.05. Ballot Issue Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a 121 ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled 122 meeting, the City Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 123 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, 124 the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. 125 126 If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a 127 regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council shall 128 pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within 129 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular 130 primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If 131 there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior 132 to a regular general election. 133 134 135 Section 5.056. Initiative*. Any ordinance may be proposed by a -petition. which shall state at the 136 head of each page or attached thereto thc cxact tcxt of thc proposed ordinance The exact text of the 137 proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. If the 138 Council passes the proposed ordinance with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do 139 not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk Administrator within ten days of its 140 passage by the Council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the Council fails to enact the 141 ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final 142 , 143 ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of 144 the petition, the Council shall call a special election on the ordinance to be held within such period. If a 145 majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after 146 adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. (Amended, Ord. 650, 8 16 2000) Within 147 sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency under the provisions of