§ 2-112. Removal or suspension of city officers.  


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  • (a)

    Grounds. The mayor shall have the power to suspend or remove any appointive officer for gross misconduct in office, willful neglect of his official duty, or malfeasance or misfeasance in office.

    (b)

    Filing of written charges; hearings before commission. Upon suspending or removing a city officer, the mayor shall within three days file with the city commission, in writing, a specific statement of the charges against such suspended or removed officer and such charges shall be heard by the city commission, as provided in section 2-32.

(Code 1960, §§ 2-2, 2-3; Code 1992, §§ 2-27, 2-28)

Charter reference

Expelling of members of city commission, § 21.