§ 40-15-07 — Appointive officers - Removal upon hearing - Suspension - Appointment and removal of temporary officer

and removal of temporary officer.
Any person appointed to any office of a city operating under the commission system of
government and any employee of the city may be removed by a majority vote of all the
members of the board of city commissioners, but no officer or employee shall be removed

except for cause and unless charges are preferred against the person and the person is
accorded an opportunity to be heard in the person's own defense. Within ten days after charges
are filed against any such person in the office of the city auditor, the board shall proceed to hear
and determine the case upon its merits. The president of the board of city commissioners, or the
board, by a majority vote of its members, may suspend any officer or employee against whom
charges have been preferred until the disposition of the charges. The president may appoint a
person to fill any vacancy temporarily until charges against the incumbent of such office have
been disposed of. Any person appointed by the president without confirmation may be removed
by the president when the president deems it is for the best interests of the city.