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Section 5.5. Initiative. Any ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the <br />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 city clerk within ten days of its <br />passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the council fails to <br />enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty <br />days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally <br />proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is <br />to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call a special election on <br />the ordinance to be held within such period. TC <br /> <br />!~tsr effect, i;'e <br /> <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. <br /> <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 from <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 <br />the petition, the council shall call a special election to be held within such period, providing the <br />petition has been found to be sufficient. If a majority of the voters ~'oting t~.ereen vote for the <br /> <br />el ....... ' ...... ;~ <br /> <br />Section 5.8. Recall. Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of the <br />city may be initiated by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, or attached <br />thereto, a certificate stating the name of the officer whose removal is sought, the grounds for <br />recall, which shall be malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, in not more than 250 <br />words, and the intention' of the sponsoring committee to bring about the officer's recall. Such <br />petition shall be filed in the city clerk'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 city clerk shall <br />transmit it to the council without delay, and shall also officially notify the person sought to be <br />recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. The council shall, at its next <br />meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of a special recall election within ninety days <br />after such meeting, except if any other election is to occur within such ninety day period after <br />such meeting, the council may, in its discretion, provide for the holding of the recall vote at that <br />time. The city clerk shall include with the published notice of the election the statement of the <br />grounds for the recall and, also, in not more than ~00 words, the answer of the officer concerned <br />in justification of his/her course of office. If a vacancy occurs due to recall election, section 4.5. <br />herein shall apply to fill such vacancy. <br /> <br />i ~RA_FS I I VOL1 htsersUThieling[~JOICOUNC1L& [CHA RTER CI~O I Iproposed language090601, doc <br /> <br /> <br />