§ 2.06.020. Certification.

A.

At anytime, the mayor, a member of the city council or any resident of Revere may file with the city clerk a written challenge to the residency of any person subject to this article. Within ten days of receipt of such notice, the city clerk shall notify the challenged employee of the receipt of said notice. The challenged employee shall have ten days from the date of said notice to provide the city clerk with a certificate signed under the penalties of perjury stating his or her name and place of residency.

B.

Upon receipt of a certificate indicating a place of residence not within the city, or if no such certificate is filed, the department head or like officer shall forthwith strike the name of the employee from the payroll, that person shall cease to be employed by the city, and the department head or like officer shall give notice of the action to the city clerk who shall transmit the same to the city council, the mayor and the treasurer. No person so stricken from a payroll shall be reemployed by the city for a period of one year following the cessation of his or her employment.

C.

If the mayor or any member of the city council is not satisfied with the certificate provided as required in subsection A of this section, he or she may file with the city clerk, within ten days after submission of such certificate, a written objection to the residency of the challenged employee. Upon the filing of such written objection, the city council shall hold a hearing on the challenged employee's residency within thirty days of the written objection. The procedures applicable to such hearing shall be determined solely by the city council. Following such hearing, the city council shall determine the residency of challenged employee by majority vote of the city council. If the city council determines that said employee is not a resident of Revere, then such person shall be forthwith stricken from the payroll in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this section.

D.

In the absence of a written challenge to the residency of any employee, or, if challenged, the absence of an objection to the filing of a certificate of residency with the city clerk by such employee, each employee subject to this section shall be presumed to be a resident of the city.

(C.O.02-41 §§ 2, 3; C.O. 81-37 (part): prior revision § 2-6.2 (part))