Fayette Removal of City Administrator ordinance (§ 120.120)

The City Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen on an at will employment basis. The Board of Aldermen may remove the City Administrator from office by a majority vote with approval of the Mayor. The City Administrator shall be entitled to ninety (90) days' notice of removal or, if the Board of Aldermen chooses to make the removal immediate, the City Administrator shall be entitled to severance equal to three (3) months' salary. The City Administrator may request a public hearing within thirty (30) days of notice of removal and the Board of Aldermen shall immediately arrange for such a hearing. After the public hearing, the Board of Aldermen may reconsider its removal of the City Administrator but if the Board of Aldermen fails to reconsider the City Administrator's removal, it shall become final. Provided, however, that if the City Administrator is removed for acts of dishonesty or moral turpitude, he/she may be removed effective immediately, without notice, and without rights to any severance pay.