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Committee discusses codifying removal-for-cause procedures; bond, transcript and appeal questions raised
Summary
The Common Council Executive Committee on Jan. 14 debated a draft procedure to implement state statutes for removing an alder from office, focusing on who may file complaints, whether a bond should be required and whether hearings must be transcribed.
The Common Council Executive Committee on Jan. 14 debated a draft process to implement state statutes for removing an alder from office, focusing on who may file complaints, whether a bond should be required and whether hearings must be transcribed.
Attorney Haas, the committee's legal adviser, told members the statutes allow removal only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, official misconduct, or malfeasance in office” and that the statutes require a verified complaint filed with the clerk and a stenographic transcript of any hearing. “The statute... requires a stenographer to prepare a transcript of the hearing for potential review by a court,” Haas said.
Committee members sought…
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