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Section 5,06. Action on sufficient petition, <br />if the city manager determines the petition is sufficient and the city council passes <br />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 manager within 10 <br />days of its passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If <br />the council fails to enact the ordinance in an acceptable form within 60 days after the <br />final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance shall be placed on the <br />ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days <br />after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the council shall call a special <br />election on the ordinance to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on <br />the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective 30 days after adoption unless the <br />ordinance specifies a later effective date. <br />Section 5,07, Repeal or amendment of ordinances. <br />An ordinance adopted by initiative and referendum may not be repealed or <br />amended by the city council, except upon a vote of 4/5 of the members of the city <br />council, for a period of one year following its effective date. <br />Section 5,0& Mandatory referendums. <br />Any proposed total expenditure of funds in excess of three million dollars <br />($3,000,000}, not including interest, of local property tax dollars, which involves <br />community facilities, all as determined by the city manager, shall be brought to the <br />community in the farm of a referendum. The $3,000,000 figure shall be adjusted <br />annually for inflation by reference to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as of January 1. <br />This section shall not apply to projects financed by partial or full assessments against real <br />property or to redevelopment projects financed by tax increments. <br />CHAPTER 6. <br />ADMINISTRATION OF CITY AFFAIRS <br />Section 6.01. The city manager. <br />The city manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. He or she <br />shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his or her training, experience, <br />executive and administrative qualifications. The city manager shall be appointed for an <br />indefinite term and may be removed at any time by an affirmative vote of a majority of <br />the council; but after he or she has served as manager for one year, he or she may demand <br />written charges and a public hearing on the charges before the council prior to the date <br />when his or her final removal takes effect. After the hearing, if one is demanded, the <br />council shall have unlimited discretion either to reinstate the manager or make his or her <br />removal final. Pending the hearing and removal, the council may suspend the manager, <br />with or without pay, at the discretion of the council, from office. With the approval of <br />Proposed Charter for City of Roseville, MN 9 <br />Adopted 8/21!02 <br />