Be it further enacted, that the City Council may remove the manager from office in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) The City Council shall adopt by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members a preliminary resolution which must state the reasons for removal and may suspend the manager from duty for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days. A copy of the resolution shall be delivered promptly to the manager.
(2) Within five (5) days after a copy of the resolution is delivered to the manager, the Mayor may file with the City Council a written request for a public hearing. This hearing shall be held at a council meeting not earlier than fifteen (15) days nor later than thirty (30) days after the request is filed. The manager may file with the City Council a written reply not later than five (5) days before the hearing.
(3) The City Council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately, by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members at any time after five (5) days from the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the manager, if he has not requested a public hearing, or at any time after the public hearing if he has requested one.
The manager shall continue to receive his salary until the effective day of a final resolution of removal or until the manager's entitlement to receive a salary pursuant to the contract is fulfilled. The action of the City Council in suspending or removing the manager shall not be subject to review by any court or agency. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 6, Priv. Acts 1995, ch. 55, sec. 2, and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)