Any elective Officer of this Municipal Corporation may be removed from office by the qualified voters of such Municipal Corporation. The procedure to effect such removal shall be:
(A) A Petition by qualified electors equal in number to at least ten (10) percent of the total votes cast at the most recent regular municipal election shall be filed with the Board of Elections. Such petition shall contain a general statement in not more than two hundred (200) words of the grounds upon which the removal of such person is sought. The form sufficiency and regularity of any such petition shall be determined as provided in the general election laws.
(B) If the petition is sufficient, and the Clerk of Council has delivered said petition to the person whose removal is sought, and if the person does not resign within five (5) days after the sufficiency of the petition has been determined, the Council shall thereupon order and fix a day for holding an election to determine the question of the removal of the said Officer. Such election shall be held not less than forty-five (45) days nor more than ninety (90) days from the time of the finding of the sufficiency of such petition. The election authorities shall publish notice and make all arrangements for holding such election, which shall be conducted and the result thereof returned and declared in all respects as are the results of regular municipal elections.
(C) The ballots at such recall election shall, with respect to each person whose removal is sought, submit the question:
"Shall (name of person) be removed from the office of (name of Office) by recall?"
Immediately following each such question, there shall be printed on the ballots, the two (2) propositions in the order set forth:
"For the recall of (name of person)."
"Against the recall of (name of person)."
Immediately to the left of the proposition shall be placed a square in which the electors may vote for either of such propositions.
In any such election, if a majority of the votes cast on the question of removal are affirmative, the person which removal is sought shall be removed from office upon the announcement of the official canvass of that election. The successor shall hold office until the next general election. The procedure for selecting a successor of any person so removed shall be governed by Vacancy provisions of this Charter.
The Officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to any vacancy created thereby.
(Amended 11-8-11)