The electors shall have the power to remove from office by a recall election any elected officer of the City. If an elected officer shall have served six (6) months of his term, a petition demanding his removal may be filed with the Clerk of the Council, who shall note thereon the name and address of the person filing the petition and the date of such filing.
Such petition shall be signed by registered electors of the City not less in number than twenty-five (25) percent of those voting in the last preceding general election. However, the petition for recall of a Councilman elected from a ward shall be signed by at least that number of electors of the Councilman's ward equal to twenty-five (25) percent in number of such electors voting in that ward in the last preceding general election.
Within ten (10) days after the filing of such petition, the Clerk shall determine whether or not it meets the requirements hereof. If the Clerk shall find the petition insufficient, he shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of his certificate to the person who filed the petition with him and make a record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of twenty (20) days after the day on which such delivery was made in which to make the petition sufficient.
If the Clerk shall find the petition sufficient, he shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the officer whose removal is sought, and shall make a record of such delivery. If such officer fails to resign within five (5) days after such delivery, the Council shall thereupon fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of such delivery.
At such recall election the question "Shall (naming the officer) be allowed to continue as (naming the office) ?" shall be placed on the ballot, with provision on the ballot for voting affirmatively or negatively on such question. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy thereby created, and such vacancy shall otherwise be filled as provided in this Charter.
(Amended November 5, 2013)