(A) The manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term but may be removed by majority vote of the members of the governing body. At least 30 days before such removal may become effective, the manager shall be furnished with a formal statement in the form of a resolution passed by a majority vote of such governing body stating the intention of such governing body to remove him or her, and the reasons therefor. He or she may reply in writing to such resolution. If so requested by the manager, the governing body shall fix a time for a public hearing upon the question of his or her removal, and the final resolution removing him or her shall not be adopted until such public hearing has been held.
(B) Upon passage of a resolution stating the governing body's intention to remove the manager, such governing body may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal shall become effective as herein provided. The action of the governing body in removing the manager shall be final.
(SDCL § 9-10-11)