(A) Removal of City Clerk. The removal of the City Clerk shall be effected only by the City Manager, subject, however, to the provisions of the applicable personnel sections.
(B) Limitation on removal. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the City Clerk shall not be removed from office, other than for misconduct in office, during or within a period of 90 days next succeeding any general municipal election held in the city, at which election a member of the Council is elected or when a new Council member is appointed. The purpose of this provision is to require any newly elected or appointed member of the Council or a reorganized Council to observe the actions and abilities of the City Clerk in the actual performance of the powers and duties of his or her office.
(C) Compensation upon removal. On termination of employment of the City Clerk by reason of involuntary removal from service other than for willful misconduct in office, the City Clerk shall receive cash severance pay in a lump sum equal to one month's pay for every year of continuous service or fraction thereof as City Clerk, up to a total of three months pay, the pay to be computed at the salary received by the City Clerk for the preceding three months, during his or her service with the city.
(D) Resignation of City Clerk. The City Clerk shall provide the City Manager with a minimum of 30 days written notice of intention to resign his or her position. The City Clerk shall assist the City Manager in the recruitment and selection of a replacement if requested by the City Manager.
('76 Code, § 3-2-6) (Ord. 302, passed 7-24-75; Am. Ord. 524, passed 11-13-80; Am. Ord. 578, passed 5-13-82; Am. Ord. 895, passed 12-12-91; Am. Ord. 1108, passed 3-9-00)