(A) The City Council, by a resolution adopted by a majority plus one of the City Council, specifying facts sufficient to advise a boardmember as to the basis for his or her suspension or removal and after reasonable notice to the boardmember and an opportunity for the member to be heard, may:
(1) Suspend or remove from office any boardmember for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform his or her official duties.
(2) Suspend from office any boardmember who is arrested for a felony or for a misdemeanor related to the duties of office or who is indicted or informed against for the commission of any federal felony or misdemeanor or state felony or misdemeanor.
(B) In addition to the authority granted under Subsection (A), the City Council may, by a motion adopted by a majority plus one of the City Council, remove from office any boardmember who is convicted of a federal felony or misdemeanor or state felony or misdemeanor. For the purposes of this subsection, any person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or who is found guilty shall be deemed to have been convicted, notwithstanding a suspension of sentence or a withholding of adjudication.
(C) No boardmember who has been suspended from office under this chapter may perform any official act, duty, or function during his or her suspension; receive any allowance during his or her suspension; or be entitled to any of the emoluments or privileges of his or her office during suspension.
(Ord. 2011-16, passed 2-3-11)