The electors shall have the power to remove from office by a recall election, any elected officer of the Village. If an elected officer shall have served six months of his term, a petition demanding his 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 said person a receipt therefor and attach a copy thereof to said petition. Such petition 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 removal. Except as otherwise provided herein, such petition shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors voting at the last preceding November election; provided, however, that in the case of a councilman elected from a district, such signatures must be obtained from the district electing such councilman and shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors voting in said councilman's district in the last preceding November election.
Within ten (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 shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of his certificate to the person who filed the petition with him, and make a record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of twenty (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 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 five (5) 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 less than sixty (60) days, nor more than seventy-five (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 office shall be declared vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided in this Charter. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy created thereby.