The procedure to recall a member of the council shall be as follows:

A petition signed by registered electors equal in number to twenty-five per centum of the entire vote cast at the last preceding election for all candidates for the office which the incumbent sought to be recalled occupies, demanding a recall of the officer named in said petition, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, provided, if more than one person is required by law to be elected to fill the office of which the person sought to be recalled is an incumbent, then the said petition shall be signed by registered electors equal in number to twenty-five per centum of the entire vote cast at the last preceding election for all candidates for the office, said entire vote being divided by the number of all officers elected to such office; and such petition shall contain a general statement in not more than two hundred words of the ground or grounds on which such recall is sought.

When such petition is filed with the city clerk, council shall be notified that the council shall set a date for a recall election to be held within ninety days after the petition has been certified as sufficient.

The ballot upon which such proposed recall is submitted shall state the reasons set forth in the petition for demanding such recall and there shall also be printed thereon the words, "Shall (name of person against whom the recall petition is filed) be recalled from the office of (title of office)?" Following such question shall be the words, "Yes" and "No." A "yes" vote is to recall, and a "no" vote is against the recall.

In the event that an officer is recalled by a majority vote of those voting on the question, the office or offices shall be deemed vacant, and shall be filled as provided in this Charter for the filling of vacancies. (Ord. No. 87-202, § 22, 11-3-1987; Ord. No. 91-47, §§ 1, 4, 11-13-1991; Ord. No. 95-43, § 5, 7-31-1995)