Electors shall have the power to remove from office, by recall election, any elected official of the Municipality. After an elected official has served six (6) months of his or her term, a petition demanding his or her recall and removal may be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer. Such petition shall be signed by at least forty percent (40%) of the total number of electors voting at the last preceding regular Municipal election.
Within ten (10) days from the date of filing such petition, the Clerk-Treasurer shall determine the sufficiency thereof. If the Clerk-Treasurer finds the petition insufficient, he or she shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective and deliver a copy of his or her certificate to the person who filed the petition with him or her. Such person shall be allowed twenty (20) days from the delivery of such copy of certificate in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Clerk-Treasurer finds the petition sufficient, he or she shall promptly so certify to the Council and to the officer whose removal is sought; and if the officer does not resign within five (5) days thereafter, the Council shall thereupon order and fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty (40) days from the date of the Clerk-Treasurer's certificate of sufficiency. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted affirmatively, such officer shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such officer shall be considered as removed, his or her office shall be deemed vacant and such vacancy shall be filled as provided in this Charter. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy created thereby. (Amended 11-8-11)