§ 8-1. Recall.

A.

Any elective officer of the City is subject to a recall election.

B.

A recall election shall be instituted by a petition seeking the recall of an elective officer, filed with the City Clerk in compliance with this Article. The petition shall:

1.

In the event of a proposed recall of an elective official elected from the City at large, be signed by registered voters in a number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election, or

2.

In the event of a proposed recall of an elected official elected from a district be signed by registered voters of that district in a number more than twenty percent of the number of voters who voted at the previous regular municipal election in that district.

C.

Upon receipt of a recall petition which complies with this Article, the City Commission shall call a special recall election within sixty days, unless the regular municipal election occurs within sixty days, in which case the qualified electors shall vote on the recall at the regular election. Registered voters shall be eligible to vote in the recall election either at large, or by district, depending upon the manner of selection of the elective official to whom the recall petition is directed.

D.

If a majority of the votes cast at the recall election favor recall, the office in question is declared vacant. If an officer is recalled, he shall not be eligible for reelection until the term for which he was originally elected has expired. If the recall election results in a failure to secure the votes necessary to recall, the officer in question shall not be subject again to recall until six months have elapsed from the date the previous recall election was held.

E.

A vacancy created by a recall election shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies on the City Commission are filled. If all Commissioners are recalled at the same election, the Municipal Clerk, or if there is no Municipal Clerk, the District Court, shall within three days call an election as provided in this Chapter for the election of eight Commissioners.

(Res. No. 2174-2003, § C, 3-2-04).