A. At the option of the Council, an employment agreement may be negotiated between the Council and the City Magistrate. The employment terms of that agreement shall govern in all respects, to the extent they do not conflict with federal, state or local law, with regard to the City Magistrate who has signed the agreement.
B. In the event that no employment agreement exists, or that the existing agreement does not reference removal procedures, the Council may suspend or remove the Chief Magistrate:
1. If the Magistrate pleads guilty or no contest, or is found guilty of a crime punishable as a felony under any law of this state or a federal law, or of any other crime that involves moral turpitude under the law;
2. If the Magistrate has a disability that seriously interferes with the performance of the Magistrate's duties and is, or that is likely to become, permanent;
3. If the Magistrate engages in actions that constitute willful misconduct in office, willful and persistent failure to perform the Magistrate's duties, habitual intemperance, or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judiciary and judicial office into disrepute.
(Prior Code, § 5-2-3) (Ord. 11-1040, (part), passed 5-24-2011; Ord. 85-143, (part), passed - -1985)