The electors shall have the power to remove from office by a recall election any elected officer of the municipality. If an elected officer shall have served 6 months of his/her term, a form of petition demanding his/her removal may be filed with the Clerk of Council who shall note thereon the name and address of the person filing the petition and the date of such filing, and deliver to such person a receipt therefore and attach a copy thereof to said petition. A petition in such form may be circulated in separate parts but the separate parts shall be bound together and filed as one instrument.
Each part shall contain the name and office of the person whose removal is sought and a statement in not more than 200 words of the grounds for the removal. Such petition shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals 25% of the total number of electors voting at the last preceding November election. Within 10 days after the day on which such petition shall have been filed, the Clerk of Council shall determine whether or not it meets the requirements hereof. If the Clerk of Council shall find the petition insufficient, he/she shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of his/her certificate to the person who filed the petition with his/her, and made record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of 20 days after the day on which such delivery was made in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Clerk of Council shall find the petition sufficient, he/she shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the officer whose removal is sought, and shall make a record of such delivery. If such officer shall not resign within 7 days after the day on which such delivery shall have been made, the Council shall thereupon fix a day for holding a recall election, not more than 75 days after the date of such delivery. At such recall election this question shall be placed upon the ballot: “Shall (naming the officer) be allowed to continue as (naming the office)?,” with provision being made on the ballot for voting affirmatively or negatively on such question. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be voted affirmatively such officer shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such officer shall be considered as removed, his/her office shall be declared vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided in the Charter. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy created thereby.
(Amended 11-5-19)