(a) When the petition shall be found by the city clerk to be sufficient, the city clerk shall officially file the petition and shall submit the same with the certificate to the mayor and council, without delay, and the mayor and council shall immediately notify the officer sought to be removed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays, of the filing of the recall petition, the city clerk shall give written notice to the person against whom it is filed of the following:
(1) The notice shall state that a recall petition has been certified as sufficient, shall set forth the grounds of the recall, and shall notify the person to whom it is addressed that the officer has the right to prepare and have printed on the ballot a statement containing not more than two hundred (200) words defending the person's official conduct.
(2) The notice shall also state that if the officer fails to deliver the defensive statement to the city clerk within ten (10) days thereafter, the right to have a statement printed on the ballot shall be considered waived.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)