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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 08/20/2006 Resolution 2006-07 Chapter 5 Amendments Page 6 of 8 this chapter, the said ordinance shall thereby be prevented from eratton, eleetion to be held within stteh Period, pfoviding the petition has been Found to be suffieient. enactment and the City Council must adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the Ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the public and complete the following courses of action within 150 days of determination of sufficiency. The subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If there is no regularly scheduled election within 120 calendar days of the determination of sufficiency or if the calendar date prohibits compliance with provisions in Chapter 4 of this Charter; upon declaration of sufficiency. the Council shall immediately call a special election to take place within 90 calendar days of said meeting If a majority of the -voters voting thereon favors the ordinance contained in the petition, :t shall remain i e ff et. it shall take effect immediately unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority of the eleetors voting- thefeon-votes against the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election results. If the petition cannot meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in Section 5.03 of this chapter, the City Council must adopt a resolution suspendingthe effective date of the Ordinance for 30 calendar days and the sponsoring committee will have 21 calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified irre l�a�rity according to Section 5.04. If the Final Finding is that the petition is insufficient. the Ordinance shall take effect on the date declared -by -the resolution of suspension. If the corrected petition is declared sufficient according to Section 5.03, the City Council must pass a resolution suspending the effective date of the Ordinance until it can be decided by a vote of the public and proceed as previously mentioned in this section. =(Amended, Ord. 651, 8-16-2000) Section 5.08. Recall. the City may be initiated by petition. The voters of the City may request a recall vote of any elected official of the City bypetition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the name of the o freefofficial whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,, whieh shall be malfeasanee,-M s f asmee or of asme . in Ffiee, constituting malfeasance or misfeasance. in not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about the official's recall.—StehEh"etition shall be filed in the Clerk -Administrator's office prior to circulation. If the petition or amended petition is found determined sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Clerk -Administrator shall transmitsubmit it to the Council without dew as required. The Clerk -Administrator shall also officially notify the persorrofficial sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action within five working days. 4-1 within ninety days aftef stteh meeting, exeept if any othef eleetion is to oeettf within ninety day peri after stteft meeting, the Gotmeil may in its diseretion provide for the holding of the f eeall vote at th titne. The Glerk Administra*f shall ine�dde with the published notiee of the eleetion the statement of the grounds for the reeall and, also in not tnofe than 500 wofds, the answer of the offieer eoneemed in Within five working days of notification, the elected official named by the petition may provide an answer for their course of action in not more than 500 words. If there is no regularly scheduled election within 120 calendar days of the determination of sufficiency or if the calendar date prohibits compliance with provisions in Chapter 4 of this Charter. City of Mounds View