Electors shall have the power to remove from office by recall election, any elected officer of the Municipality. After an elected officer has served six months of his or her term, a petition demanding his or her recall and removal, may be filed with the Clerk of Council. Such petition for all elected officers, except a ward council member, shall be signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total electors voting at the last preceding regular municipal election. For a ward council member, such petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total electors voting in that ward at the last preceding regular municipal election. If the Clerk shall find the petition sufficient the clerk shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the officer whose removal is sought and 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 fix a day for holding a recall election not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than forty-five (45) days from the date of delivery. The form of the ballot used shall be: “Shall be retained in his/her office as ?”. If a majority of the votes cast by the electors eligible to vote for that office shall be voted affirmatively, such officer shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast by the electors eligible to vote for that office shall be voted negatively, such officer shall be considered as removed, his or her office shall be deemed 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.
(Amended 11-2-04)
(Amended 11-2-04)