Any elected official of the city may be removed from office for misconduct or malfeasance pursuant to state statute by the mayor and council in the following manner:
Upon the filing of written charges signed and verified, charging any such officer with misconduct, the council shall by resolution set a time for hearing not less than five days nor more than ten days subsequent to the passage of such resolution for a hearing on such charge. At such hearing, the officer whose conduct shall have been called into question shall have the right to be present to interrogate witnesses, to be represented by counsel, and either in person or by counsel make a statement or argument to the council. The city attorney shall act as prosecuting attorney and shall have the right to examine or cross examine each witness presented and to make any statement or argument to the council. If upon such hearing, the council shall by a three-fourths vote of all the council members, find or determine that the officer in question has been guilty of misconduct rendering him or her an unfit person to hold such office, then the city council may declare such office vacant and such office shall then be vacant forthwith.