§ 5.08. The recall.  


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  • In the recall petition of any elected official of the city, the committee shall certify to the city administrator the name of the elected official whose removal is sought and a statement of the grounds for removal in not more than two hundred fifty (250) words, and their intention to bring about the elected official's recall. The copy of this certificate shall be attached to each signature paper and no signature paper shall be put into circulation previous to such certification. A recall petition will be found sufficient if it contains the number of signatures of registered voters equal to at least fifteen (15) percent of the registered voters at the last regular municipal election. All of the signatures of the registered voters on the recall petition must be residents of the ward which the elected official to be recalled represents.

(Ord. No. 93-13, 9-27-93)