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Introduced by Councilor Finnigan, August 8, 1977
CITY OF BANGOR
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By Bu my Council of the City Of Ranges.
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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.
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IN CITY COUNCIL -
Auq t 9j 1977
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