§ 34. Vacancies and removals. A vacancy occurring other than by
reason of the expiration of the term of a member of an authority shall
be filled for the unexpired term. The mayor of a city or village, or
the town board of a town, may remove a member of the authority for
inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, but only after
the member shall have been given a copy of the charges against him and
an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel in his own defense at
a public hearing. In the event of removal, the mayor of a city or
village, or the town board of a town, shall file with the commissioner a
record of the proceedings together with a copy of the charges made
against the member and his or its findings thereon. Pending the
determination of charges against a member, the mayor or the town board,
as the case may be, may suspend him from office.