Ludington Lifeguards Lawfulmob. - The Ludington Torch2024-03-28T19:46:51Zhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/ludington-lifeguards-lawfulmob?groupUrl=lawfulmob&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLet's Get-R-Done, by all mean…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2010-04-07:4689834:Comment:50742010-04-07T19:13:02.000ZAQUAMANhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/AQUAMAN
Let's Get-R-Done, by all means. Thanks.
Let's Get-R-Done, by all means. Thanks. For anyone who is interested…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2010-04-07:4689834:Comment:50702010-04-07T19:02:54.000ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
For anyone who is interested here is the city's initiative (and referendum) procedures:<br />
(a). General Authority. <b>The registered voters of the city have the power to enact city ordinances</b>, called the "initiative", and the power to nullify ordinances enacted by the city, called the "referendum". However, these powers do not extend to the budget or capital program or any ordinance relating to appropriation of money, levy of taxes or salaries of city officers or employees or to the adoption…
For anyone who is interested here is the city's initiative (and referendum) procedures:<br />
(a). General Authority. <b>The registered voters of the city have the power to enact city ordinances</b>, called the "initiative", and the power to nullify ordinances enacted by the city, called the "referendum". However, these powers do not extend to the budget or capital program or any ordinance relating to appropriation of money, levy of taxes or salaries of city officers or employees or to the adoption or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ludington.<br />
(b). Petitioner's Committee. <b>Any five (5) qualified voters</b> <b>may commence initiative</b> or referendum proceedings by filing with the City Clerk an affidavit stating they will constitute the Petitioner's Committee and <b>be responsible for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form</b>, stating their names and addresses, and specifying the address to which all notices of the committee are to be sent, and <b>setting out in full the proposed initiative ordinance</b> or citing the ordinance sought to be reconsidered.<br />
Promptly <b>after the affidavit of the Petitioner's Committee is filed, the City Clerk shall issue the appropriate petition blanks to the Petitioner's Committee</b><br />
Petitions.<br />
[1] Number of Signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by registered voters of the city equal in number to <b>at least ten (10) percent</b> of the total number of registered voters registered to vote at the last General City Election.<br />
[2] Form and Content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in permanent ink or indelible pencil and shall be followed by the address of the person signing and the date of signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.<br />
[3] Affidavit of Circulator. Each paper of a petition shall have attached to it when filed, an affidavit executed by the person circulating it stating that he or she personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in his or her presence, that he or she believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be, and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.<br />
[(d). Certification. Within twenty (20) days after the petition is filed, the City Clerk shall complete a certificate as to its sufficiency. If it is insufficient, the particulars in which it is insufficient shall be specified, and a copy of the certificate sent by certified registered mail to the Petitioner's Committee within three (3) days. A petition certified insufficient for lack of required number of valid signatures may be amended once (1) if the Petitioner's Committee files a notice of intention to amend it with the Clerk within three (3) days, excluding weekends and holidays, after receiving the copy of the City Clerk's certificate. A supplementary petition shall be filed upon additional papers within ten (10) days after receiving the copy of such certificate. The amended petition shall comply with the requirements of subsections [2] and [3] of Section 7.5(c) within five (5) days after it is filed, excluding weekends and holidays, and the City Clerk shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the amended petition and promptly send a copy to the Petitioner's Committee by certified [or] registered mail. If a petition or amended petition is certified insufficient and the Petitioner's Committee does not elect to amend or request Council review under subsection (e) of Section 7.5 within the time required, the Clerk shall promptly present the certificate to the Council and it shall be then a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.<br />
(e). Council Review. If a petition has been certified insufficient and the Petitioner's Committee does not file notice of intention to amend it or if an amended petition has been certified insufficient, the Committee may, within three (3) business days after receiving the copy of such certificate, file a request that it be reviewed by the Council. The Council shall review the certificate at its next meeting following the filing of such request and approve or disapprove it, and the Council's determination shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.<br />
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When it states "any five qualified voters" can form the petitioner's committee, that could be interpretted as non-Ludington voters. I found no similar wording in the state laws to disqualify individuals who may not live in the municipality from circulating a petition. Anyone interested? I'm with you Aquaman!