Sec. 2-39. - Removal of board or commission members.

(a)

Members of any Board or Commission may only be removed for cause. City Council appointees shall require four-fifths vote to remove, executive mayoral appointments require a mayoral communication requesting removal by the City Council which shall state the cause for removal and shall require a four-fifths City Council vote.

(b)

Causes for removal are as follows:

(1)

Failure to meet prescribed standards of morality and ethics to an extent that makes an appointee unsuitable for any kind of service on a city board or commission, including, but not limited to malfeasance and misfeasance.

(2)

Theft, misuse or destruction of city property.

(3)

Incompetency, inefficiency or negligence in the performance of duties.

(4)

Conviction of a criminal offense.

(5)

Disgraceful personal conduct.

(6)

Unauthorized and excessive absences.

(7)

Acceptance of any valuable consideration which was given with the expectation of influencing a member of the board in the performance of his or her duties.

(8)

Falsification of records or use of official position for personal advantage.

(c)

Board and commission members shall first have been served with a written notice of the intention of the mayor or council to impose such discipline. This notice shall contain the reasons for the discipline and will fix a time and place not less than ten days after the service of such notice, at which time he or she shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense. The hearing shall be public at the option of the person who is the subject of the hearing, and he or she may be represented by counsel.

(Ch. 694, § III, 1-16-18)