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CHAPTER 5 INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL Section 5.1 Powers Reserved by the People. The people of the City of Ramsey reserve to themselves the powers in accordance with the provisions of this charter to initiate and adopt ordinances, to require ordinances passed by the council to be referred to the electorate for approval or disapproval, and to recall elected public officials. These powers shall be called the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, respectively. Section 5.2 General Provisions for Petitions. 5.2.1 Petition for Initiative and Referendum. A petition for initiative and referendum provided for under this chapter shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered voters of the city whose names and addresses shall appear on the petition. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in Sections 5.5 or 5.7 which apply, respectively, to initiative and referendum. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the city and shall sign his /her name and give his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a resident of the city and registered i to vote. Any person who's name appears on a petition may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing filed with the city clerk before said city clerk advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition. 5.2.2 Petition for Recall of a Ward Councilmember. A petition for recall of a Councilmember elected from a separate ward shall be sponsored by a committee of five registered voters whose name and addresses shall appear on the petition and who reside within the ward represented by the Councilmember. A petition may consist of one or more papers, but each separately circulated paper shall contain at its head, or attached thereto, the information specified in section 5.8 which applies to recall. Each signer shall be a registered voter of the ward represented by the Councilmember subject to the recall and each signer shall sign his/her name and giver his/her street address. Each separate page of the petition shall have appended to it a certificate by the circulator, verified by oath, that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. The person making the certificate shall be a registered voter of the ward represented by the Councilmember subject to the recall. Any person who's name appears on a petition may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing filed with'the city clerk before said city clerk advises the council of the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.3 Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the city clerk. The required number of signatures for initiative and referendum shall 11