(a) For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of a regional housing authority may be removed by the governing body appointing him or, in the case of the commissioner appointed by the commissioners of the regional housing authority, by such commissioners.
(b) A commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges against him at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing on them and if the commissioner shall have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
(c)
(1) In the event of the removal of a commissioner by the governing body appointing him, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings on them, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county.
(2) In the case of the removal of the commissioner appointed by the commissioners of the regional housing authority, the record shall be filed with the other records of the regional housing authority.