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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-08-08 351 AE ORDER351 A8 Introduced by Councilor Finnigan, August 8, 1977 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Mrb2r,—.....-Ama dk nt to, the. teapot City _Matter Recall of ......_. By Bu my Council of the City Of Ranges. ,0.10* BP TMT Ivac ordan with 30 MRSA HMI at seq., vended, the City Council of the City of Bangor hereby orders the City Clerk to place on a ballot at to be held on the following question: "Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment reprinted below?" - THAT Article IV of the Bangor City Charter is hereby amended with the following: ' SEC. 9-A Recall. Any member of the City Council may be recoiled and removed therefrom by the voters of the City as herein provided: (a) procedure. Any ten (10) qualified voters of the City may begin the coil procedure by signing and filing with the City Clerk so affidavit containing the n of the member o embers of the City Council whose removal in ought Said affidavit shall also state the specific reasons why the removal to desired. When requested by said ten (LO) voters, the City Clerk shall then prepare the proper recall petition forms with a copy of the affidavit attached thereto. Thereafter the Clerk shall, during office hours for thirty (30) business days, keep the petition open for signature by registered voters of the City. In addition,if so requested by said ten (10) voters, the City Clerk shall also cause up to ten (10) copies of Said petition, together with the attached affidavit, to be prepared and made available for circulation during said thirty (30) business days by said ten (LO) voters outside of the City Clerk's office No voter may sign any petition more than once. At the expiration of said thirty (30) business days, the City Clerk shall declare the petition closed, and all petitions circulated outside of the Clerk6 office must he filed with the Clerk prior to the expiration of said deadline. The City Clerk shall not accept any petition circulated outside of the Clerk's office without also receiving a affidavit from said circulator stat Lng that all of the signatures weaffixed in the circulator's presence; that the circulator believes them to be thegemine signatures of the names of the persons they purport to be; and that eery signor had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the recall petition and affidavit. (b) Certification of recall petition. Within ten (10) days after the closing of the petition, the Clerk shall ascertain whether or not the petition in sufficient. In order to be sufficient, the petition must be signed by a aumber of voters of the City equal to at least ten percent (107.) of the number of registeredvoters as determined at the time of the last preceding municipal election. The Clerk shall attach to said petition a certificate showing the results of such examination. If the petition is found to be insufficient, the Clerk shall take no further action and the petition will be considered to be null and void. (c) Catling of recall election. If the petition shall be certified by the City Clerk to be sufficient, the Clerk shall Submit the s with the CLerk's certificate to the city Council at its next regular meeting and shall notify the member or members whose removal is sought by such action. The City Council shall thereupon, within ten (10) days after the receipt of the City Clerk's certificate, order a, election to be held act leas than forty (40) nor more than sixty (60) days thereafter; provided that if a regular municipal election is to occur within ninety (90) days after the receipt of said certificate, the City Councilmay in its discretion provide for the holding of amoval election on the date of such municipal election. Theremoval election shalt becalledand held and nominations made as in other elections under this Charter except for the specific limitations of this Section (d) Form of ballot in recall elections. 0nleae the member or members whose moral U sought shall have resigned within ten (10) days after the receipt by the City Council of the City Clerk's certificate, the form of the ballot at Such election shall be as nearly as any be: "Shall A be recalled? Shall 8 be recalled?" etc., the seems of the member o members whose recall is sought be inserted in place.of A, B, etcc, and the ballot shall also contain the names of the Candidates nominated in place of the members recalled, as follows: "Candidates for the place of A, 1f called; Candidates for the place of B, if recalled;" etc., but the members whose recall is sought shall not themselves be candidates upon Such aballot. -The names shall be arranged as provided in Section 8 of this Article. (a) Majority vote required; choosing of a In ca majority of those voting for and against the recall of any official shall vote in favor of recalling such official, he or she shall thereby be removed, and in the event the candidate to succeed him or her for the balance of the unexpired term shall be determined as provided In Section 10. (f) Yom of ballot after resignation. If the person or persons sought to be roved shall have resigned within ten (10) days after the receipt by the City Council of the City Clerk's certificate referred to in this Section above, the form of the ballot at the election shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as the form used to regular; municipal elections and all other procedures Shall be the same. i 351 AE IN CITY COUNCIL - Auq t 9j 1977 Indefinitely poaEpanea. ORDER *yl- -:Clry CIEwc Title, '- NECEIVED n.= a nz'po ie Cna,c :,;, CITY QF UNGDR .6aN9. F..y....� e alty CLERICS GFFICE Repan Of Cwpcii ne rd .... �'7) �GG:' 4 Ph 3 32 Introduced and filed by UWC3PHn