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Introduced by Councilor Soulae, September 26, 1977
CITY OF BANGOR
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wHEPEAs, the Bangor City Council, by adoption of this Order, does hereYy
determine end declare that amendment to the Bangor city Charter is desirable
and necessary, and in the best interests of the inhabitants of the City of
Bangorfor parposes of providingaeprocedure far the recall of members of the
City Council,
Nis, THEREFORE, By the City Council of the City.of Bangor,
ORDER®,'THAT the City Clerk is hiring, authorized and directed, pursuant
to 30 MASA @91911 at seq., as amended, to provide for published notice and
hearing, said hearing to be held on Q,4y, /y , 1977, for purposes of
considering the proposed amendment to the Bangor City Charter, the text of
the proposed amendment and a prier explanation thereof being as follows:
THAT Article IV of the Bangor City Charter is hereby amended with the
following:
M. 9-A Recall. Any member of the City Council may be recalled and
removed therefrom by the voters of the City as herein provided:
(a), Procedure. Any fifteen (15) qualified voters of the City may begin
the recall procedure by signing and filing with the City Clerk an affidavit
containing the sees or sense of the member or members of the City Council whose
emoval is sought. Said affidavit shall also state the specific reasons why
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val is desired. whenever requested by said fifteen (15) voters, the
City Clerk shall than prepare the proper recall petition foxes 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, and no such petition shall be signed or
presented for signature at any place other than the City Clerk's office. At
the expiration of said thirty (30) business days, the City Clerk shall declare
the petition closed.
(b) Certification of recall petition. within tan (10) days after the
closing of the petition,. the Clerk shall ascertain, whether o not the petition
is r
auffic ent. In order to be sufficient, the petition must be signed by a
number of voters of the City equal to at least is, percent flog of the number
of registered voters as determined at the time of the last preceding municipal
election. The Clerk shall attach to said petition a certificate shaving the
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sults of such examanation. 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) Calling of recall election. If the petition shall be certified by
the City Clerk to be sufficient, the Clerk shall submit the same 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 an election to be held not less than forty (40)
nor e than sixty (60) days thereafter; provided that if a regular municipal
election is to occur within ninety (90) days after the rammipt of said Certi-
ficate, the City Council may in its discretion provide for the holding of a
removal election on the date of such municipal election. She removal election
shall be called and held.
(d) Form of ballot in recall elections. unless the member or members
whoa removal i ought 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 may be: "Shall A be recalled?
a
Shall a be recalled?" etc., the n of the member or members whose recall is
sought be fomented in place of A. B, etc.
(e( Majority vote required; choosing of successor.
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In c majority
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of these 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 determineel as provided in Section 10.
(f) Form of ballot after resignation. If the person or persons sought
to be removed shall have resigned within ten (10) days after the r ceipt by
the City Council of the City Clark's Certificate referred to in this Section
above, the form of the ballot at the election shall be thesame, as early a
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may be, s the form used in regular municipal elections and all other procedures
shall be the same.
Explanation: The purposes of this amendment are to provide for the removal from
office of a City Councilor and to establish the procedure for doing so.
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..September 26, 1977 �3 ji k �.6.,fd !
Amended ay adding October 12 3n / 0 R D E R 0 ;:
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-Seconded far passage. Nation to Title,
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refer, to Code 6 Rdinance Review -
Cmmoittee and donSider next "meeting
passed bF the follwr g y and 'no Proviflr far the Amendment of the
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vote. Cooncilors voting yes:
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Brountas, Gess, Henderson, He Keman, Barger CitT - ,
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Soucy, zrand WSlley.
Voting no: Finnigan and Members
P11 I 43Councilors
Soalaa. ..
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Introduced d fi ed by
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cx'lY CLEW -
COn[ICiLpan
IIJ CITY COUNCIL
October 12, 1977
Motion to delete October 12tnana
substitute therefor October 35th "
failed by the following yea and no vote.
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Coumilors voting yes: Finnigan enderson,
sonlas add zendzlan. Councilors voting n
Brountas, Goes, McKernan, SOucy and Willey.
Iede£Initely Postponed by the following yes
and novote: COanCilors voting yes: Brountas,
Gass, MeKernan, saucy, and Willey. Councilors
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voting no: Finnigan, Henderson, Soulas and
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Gamester.
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