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within ten days of its passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the council fails to enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within 60 days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call a special election onthe ordinance to be held within such period. Sec. G.6.Initiative toamend the Charter. Nothing inthis Charter shall beconstrued inany way as affecting the right ofthe electors topropose amendments to this Charter. Sec. 5.7. Referendum. Prior tothe date anordinance takes efect itmay besubjected toreferendum byapetition which shall state atthe head ofeach page, or attached thereto, the exact text of the ordinance to be considered by the voters. If the petition is found to be sufficient under the provisions of section 5.3 of this chapter, the said ordinance shall thereby be prevented from going into operation, and the subject matter of the petition shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call a special election to be held within such period' providing the petition has been found to be sufficient. If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote for the ordinance contained in the petition' it shall take effect immediately upon certification of the election results by the council. Sec.5,8. Recall. Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of the city may be initiated by petition. The petition shall state at the head of each page, orattached thereto, a certificate stating the name of the officer whose removal is sought, the grounds for recall, which shall be malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, is not more than 250 words, and the intention of the sponsoring committee to bring about the officer's recall. Such petition shall be filed in the city clerk's office prior to circulation. If the petition or amended petition is found sufficient under the provisions of section 5.3 of this chapter, the city clerk shall transmit it to the council without delay, and shall also officially notify the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. The council shall, at its net meeting, by resolution, provide for the holding of a special recall election within ninety days after such meeting, the council may, inits discretion provide for the holding ofthe recall vote at that time. If the special nece|| election involves a councUmember elected from a separate ward, the special recall election shall be conducted only within the ward of such councHmember. If the special recall election involves the mayor ora councUmembervvho is elected at |aq§e' the election shall be a city-wide election. The city clerk shall include with the published notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and, also, in not more than 500 words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of his/her course of office. If vacancy occurs due to recall election, section 4.5 shall apply to fill such vacancy. Sec. 5~9.Majority Votertur~o~t. No ballot question considered at a general or special election pursuant to Charter sections 5.5 Initiative, 5.7 Referendum or 5.8 Recall shall be deemed approved by the voters unless at the election: Created: 2025e1'03 16.18.18 [EST] Page 10 of 25