§ 3.030. City Manager: Removal.

1.

The City Council may remove the City Manager from office in accordance with the procedure contained in this section.

2.

The City Council shall adopt by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members a preliminary resolution which shall state the reasons for removal and may suspend the City Manager from duty for a period not to exceed 30 calendar days. A copy of the resolution shall be delivered promptly to the City Manager.

3.

Within 5 calendar days after a copy of the preliminary resolution is delivered to the City Manager, he or she may file with the City Council a written request for a public hearing. The public hearing shall be held at a City Council meeting not earlier than 15 calendar days nor later than 30 calendar days after the request is filed. The City Manager may file with the City Council a written reply not later than 5 calendar days before the hearing.

4.

The City Council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately, by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, at any time after 5 calendar days from the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the City Manager, if he or she has not requested a public hearing or at any time after the public hearing if he or she has requested one.

5.

The City Manager shall continue to receive his or her salary until the effective date of the final resolution of removal, unless the City Council provides in the preliminary resolution that the City Manager shall not receive a salary after the date of adoption of the preliminary resolution by the City Council. The action of the City Council in suspending or removing the City Manager is not subject to review by any agency or court.

(Ch. 573, Stats. 1971 p. 1220; A—Ch. 640, Stats. 1975 p. 1198)