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Ordinance No. 2005 -120 The Council may remove the Director of Finance for conviction while in office of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude, adjudicated incompetency while in office, or a failure while in office to meet the Charter qualifications for holding said office. Such removal pursuant to this provision of the Charter may only be initiated by a written complaint signed by at least four members of Council. Thereafter, Council shall convene a meeting of its Committee of the Whole to hear said complaint for removal. Such removal shall not take place without the concurrence of two- thirds of the members of Council nor until the Director of Finance shall have been notified in writing of the complaint against him or her at least thirty (30) days in advance of any hearing upon such complaint and he or she and his or her counsel have been given an opportunity to be heard, present evidence, and examine any witness appearing in support of such complaint. Council may, by rule, establish additional procedures regarding such removal proceedings not in conflict or inconsistent with this or any other provision of the Charter. He shall serve the Mayor and the Council as finance advisor in connection with Municipal affairs, and he may serve as Clerk of Council. In such capacity or capacities, he shall keep the records of said bodies, and shall authenticate all records, documents, and instruments of the City on which authentication is proper. The Director of Finance shall examine all payrolls, bills and other claims against the City and shall issue no warrant unless he shall find that the claim is in proper form, correctly computed and duly approved, and that it is due and payable, and that an appropriation has been made therefor; and he shall perform all other duties now or hereafter imposed upon City Auditors or Treasurers by the laws of the State of Ohio unless otherwise provided by this Charter, or by ordinance of the Council, and he shall perform such other duties as the Mayor may impose upon him consistent with his office. SECTION2. If the foregoing proposal receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors voting thereon, then the said amendments to Article III, Section 3, and Article V, Sections 2 and 3, of the Charter shall be effective on January 1, 2006. SECTION 3. It is the desire of the Council that the ballot for said question shall be in substantially the following form: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall Article III, Section 3, and Article V, Sections 2 and 3, of the Charter be amended to provide express grounds and due process procedure for the City Council to remove a Mayor, a Director of Law, or a Director of Finance from office. 4