The Administrative Officer, Solicitor, Directors of Finance, Public Safety, Public Service, Personnel, and Community Development, and the Municipal Engineer, may only be removed by the Mayor with the majority of the members elected and appointed to Council in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) through (f) in Section 9.04 of this Charter. The Solicitor, Directors of Finance, Public Safety, Public Service, Personnel, and Community Development, and the Municipal Engineer, have the right to be heard on the question of removal at a public hearing of Council, which shall be held not earlier than twenty days, nor later than thirty days, of the written request for a hearing. This request shall be made within ten days after the Mayor's decision to remove. Pending confirmation of removal by Council, and for that reason only, and for that period only, the Mayor may suspend the Administrative Officer, the Solicitor, Directors of Finance, Public Safety, Public Service, Personnel, and Community Development, and the Municipal Engineer, from office. The removal decision of Council shall be final.
(Amended November 8, 1994)