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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />02/04/2011 <br />Council Date: <br />City Clerk <br />Janice Ellis <br />13. <br />02/ 14/2011 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Not an action item <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Charter requirement <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On January 5, 2011, the City of Paris received an Initiative Petition proposing an Ordinance prohibiting <br />the privatization of the collection and disposition of residential trash. Under Charter requirement, the <br />petition needed to contain signatures of 370 qualified voters to bring the issue to a vote. That petition <br />was insufficient, because it contained 320 qualified voters to bring the issue to a vote. On January 24~h a <br />notice of insufficiency was sent to the Committee of Petitioners. <br />On January 28, 2011, a supplemental petition was received and it contained the signatures of an <br />additional 111 qualified voters. The supplemental petition corrected the insufficiency and a certificate <br />of sufficiency has been issued. <br />Section 103 of the City Charter requires that the City Clerk complete an examination of the petition and <br />certify the result to the Council. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Report <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'rD Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fite <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris 70 Revised 2/04/08 <br />