Consideration by the electorate of the recall of any elected officer of the city may be initiated by petition. The grounds for recall shall be malfeasance or nonfeasance in office. Prior to circulating a recall petition, the accompanying certificate, which is described in Section 5.02, Subdivision 1, shall be filed in the City Clerk’s office. If the petition or amended petition is found sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the City Clerk shall transmit it to the Council without delay and shall also officially notify the person sought to be recalled of the sufficiency of the petition and of the pending action. The Council shall at its next meeting, by resolution provide for the holding of a special recall election within ninety (90) days after such meeting, except if any other election is to occur within such ninety (90) days period after such meeting, the Council may in its discretion provide for the holding of the recall vote at that time. The City Clerk shall include with the published notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and, also, in not more than five hundred (500) words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of his/her course of office. If a vacancy occurs due to the recall election, Section 4.05 herein shall apply to fill said vacancy.
(Amended 5-27-2003)