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m Section 5.03. Determination of Sufficiency. The committee shall file the I completed pet'ition in the office of the clerk-administrator. The required number of signitures for initiative and referendum shall be at least ten precent of the I total number of registered voters at the time of the last city wide election. The required number of signitures for recall shall be at least twenty percent of the total number of registered voters at the time of the last city wide election. Immediately upon receipt of the petition, the clerk-administrator shall examine the petition as to its sufficency and report to the council in ten days. Upon receivinE the report, the council shall determine by resolution the sufficiency of the petition. Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, as defined in sections 5.03. and respectively, shall a copy of the 5.O2. the clerk-administrator deliver petition, together with a written statement of its defects, to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signi- ture papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the clerk-administrator shall again report to the council. If the council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the clerk- administrator shall file the petition in his/her office and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. pg.5-2/2