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head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the council
<br />passes the proposed ordinance with amendments, and a majority of the sPonsoring committee do
<br />not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the clerk-administrator within ten
<br />days of its passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the
<br />council fails to enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring
<br />committee within sixty days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the
<br />ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the
<br />city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call
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<br />Section 5.6. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this charter shall be construed in any
<br />way as affecting the right of the electors to .propose amendments to this charter.
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<br />Section 5.7. Referendum. Prior to the date an ordinance takes effect, it may be subjected to
<br />referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the exact
<br />text of the ordinance to be considered by the voters. If the petition is found to be sufficient under
<br />the provisions of section 5.3. of this chapter, the said ordinance shall thereby be prevented fi-om
<br />going into operation, and the subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the
<br />next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the.filing of the
<br />petition, the council shall call a special election to be held within such period, providing the
<br />petition has been found to be sufficient.
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<br />Section 5.8. Recall. Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of the city
<br />may be initiated by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto,
<br />a certificate stating the name of the officer whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall,
<br />which shall be malfeasance, misfeasance 0r.nonfeasance in office, in not more than 250 words,
<br />and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about the officer's recall. Such petition
<br />shall be filed in the clerk-administrator's office prior to circulation. If the petition or amended
<br />petition is found sufficient under the provisions of section 5.3. of this chapter, the
<br />clerk/administrator shall transmit it to the council without delay, and shall also officially notify
<br />the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. The
<br />council shall, at its next meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of a special recall
<br />election within ninety days after such meeting, except if any other election is to occur within
<br />such ninety day period after such meeting, the council may, in its discretion, provide for the
<br />holding of the recall vote at that time. The clerk-administrator shall include with the published
<br />notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and, also, in not more than 500..
<br />words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of his/her course of office. If a
<br />vacancy occurs due to recall election, section 4.5. herein shall apply to fitl such vacancy.
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