A County Economic Development Commissioner may be removed from office for neglect of duty, incompetency, inability to perform his or her duties, or any other good cause, by the County Executive, the County Board of Commissioners, or the Lake County Council or the Common Council of Gary, Indiana, that selected or nominated him or her. The Commissioner removed may obtain judicial review of the removal by filing a complaint in the County Circuit or Superior Court, and the burden of proof is upon the County Executive, the County Board of Commissioners, or the County Council or the Common Council of Gary, Indiana, that removed the Commissioner. The cause shall be placed on the advanced calendar and be tried as other civil causes are tried by the court, without a jury. The court's judgment may be appealed in the same manner as any civil action.
