The Mayor, Recorder or any member of Council may be removed from office by the following procedure: a petition signed by at least ten percent of the qualified voters of the City shall be filed with the Recorder, which petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought. The petition shall be accompanied by a bond in an amount determined by the Recorder to equal the cost of the recall election with sufficient surety condition to pay the cost of the recall election if majority of the legal votes cast are against the recall. Such petition and bond shall be submitted to, examined and certified by the Recorder, and if such petition be deemed sufficient by the Recorder, the Recorder shall certify the same to the City Council without delay. Upon receipt of such petition the Council shall order and fix a date for holding a special recall election, not less than thirty days nor more than fifty days from the date of the Recorder's certificate. The Council shall publish notice of the election once a week for three successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation in the City. The ballot for such recall election shall be substantially of the following form and effect:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
day of , 19_____ Special recall election for the removal of .
For the recall of ______________
Against the recall of ___________
Should a majority of the votes cast be in favor of recall the person recalled shall forthwith forfeit his office and the Council shall, at its next meeting following the recall election, appoint a successor to such office for the unexpired term of same.
The method of removal shall be cumulative and in addition to any other methods of removal provided by law. No recall petition shall be filed within ninety days succeeding or preceding any regular Council meeting.