The effort to recall City Council President Theresa Westfall was filed by Cindy De La Cruz of Peru who accuses Westfall of misconduct, exceeding her authority, acting contrary to the city's best interest and conspiring with a former city employee to undermine the elected mayor's ability to perform the duties of the office.
Westfall has called the allegations unfounded.
Westfall has until January 29 to submit a defense statement to the Nemaha County Clerk's Office.
Once that happens, De La Cruz who is the primary petition circulator will have 30 days to collect the required 40 valid signatures that would represent 35 percent of the total votes case in the most recent general election.
In October of last year an effort to recall Peru Mayor Katy Novak failed to generate enough signatures to force a recall vote.
