Any regular member of the Board may be removed from office for cause, inefficiency, neglect of duty, misfeasance, nonfeasance or malfeasance in office. Charges for removal of any member may be preferred by the Mayor, any member of the Board of Commissioners or by any citizen of the City. When charges are preferred against any member, notice shall be served upon the member of the time and place of the hearing on such charges and the hearing shall be held by the Board of Commissioners not less than three (3) days nor more than ten (10) days after the service of such notice upon the member. All rules of evidence recognized by courts of the State shall be observed in the hearing on such charges. A verdict shall be rendered by a majority of the members of the Board of Commissioners voting thereon. There shall be no appeal from the decision of the Board of Commissioners on such hearing. The members appointed pursuant to this Chapter shall accept the provisions of same and the rules set forth herein shall govern.
(Ord. BG80-63, S27-23, 7/15/80; Ord. BG2001-5, 2/20/2001; Ord. BG2014-11, 6/3/2014)