11-43-4
Section 11-43-4 Election of clerk, etc., in towns and in cities having less than 6,000 inhabitants; filling of vacancies in council generally. In cities having a population of less than 6,000 and in towns, the council shall elect a clerk and fix the salary and term of office, and may determine by ordinance the other officers of the city or town, their salary, the manner of their election and the terms of office, and shall fill all vacancies in the council by a majority vote of the council; and all members of the council may vote to fill vacancies any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The clerk and such other officers elected by the council shall serve until their successor or successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1067; Acts 1919, No. 448, p. 687; Code 1923, §1759; Code 1940, T. 37, §406; Acts 1951, No. 290, p. 583; Acts 1981, No. 81-627, p. 1043; Acts 1984, No. 84-286, p. 497, §1.)...
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16-11-3
Section 16-11-3 Election; terms of office; vacancies. Annually at the regular meetings of the city council or commission in April the council or commission shall elect a member or members of the board of education to succeed those whose term or terms of office expire that year. Members of the city board of education shall assume office at the next regular meeting of the city board of education in June following their appointment. The terms of office of members of the city board of education shall be five years, and the term of one member shall expire annually. A member shall serve on the board until his or her successor assumes office. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of the city board of education by resignation or otherwise, the fact shall be reported to the city council or commission by the board, and the council or commission shall elect a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (School Code 1927, §192; Code 1940, T. 52, §152; Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No....
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11-43-3
Section 11-43-3 Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000 inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices. (a) In cities having a population of more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection (b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may...
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11-43A-16
Section 11-43A-16 Duties of mayor; assistant mayor; vacancy; mayor pro tempore; vacancies; exceptions in Class 6 cities and Class 7 municipalities. (a) The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law, but shall have no other administrative duties. (b) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8, and except in municipalities organized under Section 11-43A-1.1, the councilman-at-large shall be assistant mayor and shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the councilman-at-large. In the Class 6 cities and municipalities organized under Section 11-43A-1.1, a mayor pro tempore shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote...
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11-43-42
Section 11-43-42 Exercise of functions of mayor during absence or disability of mayor; filling of vacancies in offices of mayor, president and president pro tempore of council. (a) In case of the absence of the mayor from a city of 12,000 or more inhabitants or his inability to serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or the president pro tempore of the council in case of absence or disability of the president of the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or the president pro tempore of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect, which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council. In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the...
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11-50-91
Section 11-50-91 Payment of assessments generally. The council, in purchasing any sewers or sewer system the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed against the area drained by such sewer, sewers or sewer system, may provide that the same shall be paid in cash within 30 days after the final assessment, provided the cost of such sewers or sewer system does not exceed $1,000.00, but if the total cost of such purchase is greater than such sum, any property owner may, at his election, to be expressed by notifying the city or town official charged with the duty of collecting such assessments in writing within 30 days after the assessment is made final, pay such assessment in not less than 10 nor more than 15 equal annual installments, as determined by the council, which installments shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum payable annually. And the council may further provide that any person may further elect to pay each annual installment in four equal...
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45-13-120
Section 45-13-120 Compensation; election; oath and bond; office space, equipment; chief clerk; powers and duties; issuance of licenses; disposition of funds. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1991, there is hereby created the office of commissioner of licenses. The salary of the commissioner of licenses shall be in the amount of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) annually. The annual salary shall be payable in equal biweekly installments from the general funds of the county, as all other county employees are paid. (2) The office of commissioner of licenses shall be established upon the occurrence of a vacancy before October 1, 1991, in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then, in that event, the officer remaining after the office of revenue commissioner is established, shall be the license commissioner for the remainder of the unexpired term for which he or she was elected as either tax assessor or as tax collector, as the case may be, and the license commissioner shall be...
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11-50-342
Section 11-50-342 Qualifications, appointment, terms of office, compensation, and removal of members of board; oath and bond thereof; vacancies; election of officers; quorum. (a) Each board of water and sewer commissioners shall consist of three members appointed by the council. The members first appointed shall serve for terms of two, four, and six years, respectively, from the date of the judge of probate's certificate mentioned in subsection (c) of Section 11-50-341 and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified; provided, however, that a council which has heretofore created or hereafter creates a board as provided in this article may, at its option, increase the board from three to five members to serve according to all the conditions and terms set forth in this article. In the event the council elects to increase the membership of the board from three to five members, one member added to the board shall be appointed to serve for a term of four years, and the...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43, Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less, than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-44B-8
Section 11-44B-8 Temporary and permanent vacancies in office of mayor; vacancy on city council. (a) Temporary Vacancy in the Office of Mayor. The council shall elect from its members, a president pro tempore of the council. In the case of the temporary absence of the mayor or his inability to serve temporarily on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president pro tempore of the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during such time. Provided; however, the president pro tempore while acting as mayor pro tempore shall not exercise the mayor's right to vote nor the right of approval or veto of ordinances or resolutions, nor receive the rate of compensation or allowance of the mayor. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president pro tempore of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect, which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council. While...
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