Neither the city clerk nor the city treasurer may be removed from office during or within a period of one hundred eighty days immediately following any general or special election held in the city at which a new member of the city council is elected. The purpose of this provision is to allow any newly elected member of the city council or a reorganized city council to observe the actions and ability of the city clerk and the city treasurer in the performance of the powers and duties of his or her office. After the expiration of the one hundred eighty-day period, the city clerk and the city treasurer may be removed from office at the pleasure of the city council. The foregoing will not be construed to limit the city council's ability to remove the city clerk or city treasurer upon evidence of indictment on or conviction for fraud, deceit, or other crimes that would render the city clerk or city treasurer unfit to serve the city.
(Ord. 788 § 3, 2015)