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., (b) Referendum. The electors of the city shall have the power to require reconsideration by the City council of any or- dinance and, if the city council fails to repeal an ordinance so reconsidered, to approve or reject it at a City election, in ac- cordance wi th the provi si ons of thi sarti cl e of thi s charter; provided that such power shall not extend to the budget, appro- griation, levy of ad valorem taxes and those taxes required to e voted on by the people pursuant to this charter, calling a special election, or author1zing the issuance of local improve- ment district bonds payable primarily from special assessments, 1 ev1i n6 speci a 1 assessments, or ordi nance to meet the contrac- tua 0 ligations of the City. Section 5.2 - Commencement of proceedings: petitioners' committee: Affidavit: (a) Any five (5) electors may commence initiative or ref- erendum proceedi ngs by fi 1 i ng wi th the ci ty cl erk an affi davi t stating they will constitute the petitioners'; committee and be responsible for circulating the petition and filin~ it in proper form, stati ng thei r names and addresses and speC1 fyi ng the ad- dress to which all notices to the committee are to be sent, and setting out in full the proposed initiative ordinance or citing the ordinance sought to be reconsidered. (b) promptly after the affidavit of the petitioners' com- mittee is filed, the city clerk shall issue the appropriate pe- tition blanks to the petitioners' committee. Section 5.3 - petitions: (a) Number of signatures. Initiative and Referendum peti- tions must be signed by qualified electors of the city in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of qualified electors voting at the last general municipal election. (b) Form and Content. All fages of a ~eti ti on shall be uniform in size and style and sha 1 be assemb ed as one instru- ment for filing. Each si~nature shall be executed in ink or in- delible pencil and shal be followed by the address of the person signing. petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance pro- posed or sought to be reconsidered. (c) Affidavit of circulator. Each page of a petition shall have attached to it when filed an affidavit executed by the cir- culator thereof stating that he personally circulated the peti- tion, the number of signatures thereon, that all signatures were affixed in his presence, that he believes them to be the genuine si gnatures of the persons whose names they purport to be and that each si gner had an opportuni ty before S1 gm ng to read the full text of the ordi nance proposed or sought to be reconsi d- ered.