Boonville Term of office; removal ordinance (§ 2-51)

The city administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. The city council may remove the city administrator from office by a vote of threefourths of the councilmen. The city administrator shall be entitled to 90 days notice of removal or, if the council by a three-fourths vote chooses to make the removal immediate, the city administrator shall be entitled to severance pay equal to three months salary. The city administrator may request a public hearing within 30 days of notice of removal and the council shall immediately arrange for such a hearing. After the public hearing the council may reconsider its removal of the city administrator but if the council fails to reconsider the city administrator's removal becomes final; provided however, that if the city administrator is removed for acts of dishonesty or of moral turpitude he may be removed effective immediately without notice and without rights to any severance pay.