Within seven days after the delivery to the city manager of the notice of intention to remove, the city manager may request a hearing before the council by filing written notice with the city clerk or deputy or assistant city clerk. Thereafter, the council shall fix a time for the hearing. The council shall hold the hearing at its usual meeting place, before the effective date of the intended removal. At the hearing the city manager may appear and be heard with or without counsel. The purpose of the hearing is to allow the city manager to present to the council his grounds of opposition to his removal before the council acts. (Ord. 75-8 § 12, 1975)