SEC 6.15. RECALL ELECTION.

   If a petition or amended petition is found sufficient, the City Administrator 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 election not less than 45, nor more than 60 days, after such meeting, but if any other election is to occur within 60 days after such meeting, the Council may in its discretion provide for the holding of the recall election at that time.

SEC. 6.16. PROCEDURE AT RECALL ELECTION.

   The City Administrator shall include with the published or posted notice of the election the statement of the grounds for the recall and also, in not more than 500 words, the answer of the officer concerned in justification of his course in office. Candidates to succeed the officer to be recalled shall be nominated in the usual way, and the election shall be conducted as far as possible, in accordance with the usual procedure in municipal elections.

SEC. 6.17. FORM OF RECALL BALLOT.

    Unless the officer whose removal is sought resigns within ten days after the receipt by the Council of the completed recall petition, the form of the ballot at such election shall be as near as may be:

“Shall                                               be recalled?” the name of the officer whose recall is sought being inserted in the blank, and the registered voters shall be permitted to vote separately “yes” or “no” upon this question. The ballot shall also contain the names of the candidates to be voted upon to fill the vacancy, in case the recall is successful, under the caption: “Candidates to fill the place of                , if recalled”; but the officer whose recall is sought shall not himself be a candidate upon such ballot. If a majority of those voting on the question of recall vote in favor of recall, the official shall be thereby removed from office, and the candidate who receives the highest number of votes for his place shall be elected thereto for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the officer sought to be recalled resigns within ten days after the receipt by the Council of the completed recall petition, the form of ballot at the election shall be the same, as nearly as possible, as the form in use at a regular election.

(Source: City Charter; Effective Date: 10-1-87)