(A) The removal of the City Manager shall be only on a 3/5 majority vote of the whole City Council, subject to the provisions of § 31.54. In case of his or her intended removal by the Council, the City Manager shall be furnished with a written notice stating the Council's intention to remove him or her and the reasons therefor at least 30 days before the effective date of the removal.
('61 Code, § 2.17)
(B) Within seven days after delivery to the City Manager of the notice required by division (A) above, he or she may, by written notification to the City Clerk, request a public hearing before the Council. Thereafter, the Council shall fix a time for the public hearing, which shall be held at its usual meeting place but before the expiration of the 30-day period and at which the City Manager shall appear and be heard.
('61 Code, § 2.18)
(C) After furnishing the City Manager with a written notice of intended removal in accordance with this section the City Council may suspend the Manager from duty but his or her compensation shall continue until his or her removal by resolution of the Council, passed subsequent to the public hearing requested by the City Manager in accordance with division (B) above.
('61 Code, § 2.19)
(D) In removing the City Manager, the City Council shall use its uncontrolled discretion and its action shall be final and shall not depend upon any particular showing or degree of proof at the public hearing requested by the City Manager in accordance with division (B) above, the purpose of which is to allow the City Manager to publicly present to the City Council his or her grounds of opposition to removal prior to its action.
('61 Code, § 2.20)
(Ord. 182, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 1172, passed 2-15-95)