(a) The people reserve onto themselves the right to recall and remove the Mayor from office. The procedure to affect such recall or removal shall be as follows:
A petition demanding that the question of removal of the Mayor be submitted to the electors shall contain a concise statement setting forth the basis for the recall and shall be signed by at least twenty-five percent of the electors of the City that voted in the most recent mayoral election.
When such a petition signed by the aforesaid required number of electors has been filed, the Clerk shall certify the same to the Council at the next regular meeting and shall furnish a copy thereof to the Mayor. The Council shall call an election upon the question of the removal of the Mayor unless within five days after the Mayor has been furnished a copy of such certification the Mayor tenders a written resignation to the Clerk.
(b) If a majority of the votes cast at such election on the question of removal of the Mayor are affirmative, the Mayor shall thereupon be deemed removed from office upon the certification of the official canvass of that election to the Council, and the vacancy of the office shall be filed according to the provisions of this Article.
This section shall become effective January 1, 2022.
(Amended 11-5-19.)