The power of recall of elected officials of the City is reserved to the people of the City. The procedure to be followed shall be as provided by state statute except that a petition for recall shall require the signature of registered electors of the City equal in number to twenty percent (20%) of the number of registered electors that voted in the last election for the office of recall (20% of applicable number of Ward electors for a Ward person recall or 20% of the number of City electors for President or Council At Large office).
A recall may be started by filing with the Clerk of a petition signed by at least the minimum number of qualified voters requesting that a Council member, named in the petition be removed from office. The Clerk, finding the petition sufficient, shall certify to the Board of Elections of Ashtabula County, to be placed on the ballot at the next succeeding Municipal or State election occurring not less than seventy-five (75) days thereafter, the question: “Shall John Doe (using the name of the Councilperson in the petition) be recalled from the office as Councilperson in the City of Conneaut” “Yes or No.” If at the election, a majority of the votes cast on the question shall be in favor of recall, the Council member shall forthwith retire from office and the Council shall fill the vacancy thus created in the manner provided in this Charter. No recall petition shall be filed against a Council member during his first six (6) months in office. If a Council member is not recalled by the election, no further recall petitions may be filed against him for a period of one (1) year.
No person removed by recall shall be eligible to be elected or appointed to any office of the City for a period of two (2) years after the date of such recall.
(Amended 11-2-04)