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Mounds View Charter Commission Date7/12/2007 Resolution 2007-01e Final Markup format Page 6 of 6 The Clerk-Administrator shall notify the official sought to be recalled of the petition and proceed as248 provided in Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter. If a petition for recall is determined to be frivolous, it is249 prohibited from being repeated within one year of the determination. If the Council declares the petition250 sufficient, it shall immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided for in Section251 5.05 of this charter. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the declaration of sufficiency, the elected252 official named by the petition may provide a response for their own course of action in not more than five253 hundred (500) words. The Clerk-Administrator shall include with the published notice of the election, the254 statement of the grounds for the recall and the response of the official concerned or a statement stating no255 response was received. If a majority of those voting on the recall vote in its favor, it shall become256 effective immediately upon certification of the election results. If the majority does not vote in favor, the257 recall has failed and a petition for recall is prohibited from being repeated for that elected official for one258 year from the date of certification of the election. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, Section 4.05259 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy. 260 261 Section 5.069. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in262 any way affecting the right of the electors voters to propose amendments to this charter which can be263 proposed in accordance with MN Statute 410.12, as amended. 264 265 Minnesota courts have limited the powers of initiative and referendum to ordinances which are266 legislative in character. General legislative acts lay down some permanent and uniform rule of law, 267 administrative acts relate to daily administration of municipal affairs, and quasi judicial acts are the268 product of investigation, consideration and deliberate human judgment based upon evidentiary facts of269 some sort. 270