45-35A-54.08
Section 45-35A-54.08 Board of commissioners - Employment; merit system. The City of Dothan
shall be governed and managed by the board of commissioners provided for herein. Except as
otherwise provided herein, each and every officer and employee of the city other than the
commissioners shall be selected and employed by the board, or under its direction, and all
salaries and wages paid by the city, except as otherwise provided by this part, shall be fixed
by the board. The commissioners shall have the authority to create all necessary officers
and shall prescribe and may at any time change the power, duties, and titles of all subordinate
officers and employees of the city, including the office of city recorder, and all such officers
and employees shall hold office and be removable at the pleasure of the board of commissioners,
except as otherwise provided herein. It is provided, however, that all salaried officials,
except members of the boards and commissioners above mentioned, and the...
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11-43A-10
Section 11-43A-10 Continuation of municipal corporation. Any municipal corporation which adopts
the council-manager form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate without
change in the municipal corporation. The word "municipality" as herein used shall
mean and refer to any municipal corporation which has adopted the council-manager form of
government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits
as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all
the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation
and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by
it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851,
§10.)...
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11-43A-11
Section 11-43A-11 Municipal government to be known as "council-manager form of government";
vesting of municipal powers in council. The municipal government of any such city or town
proceeding under this article shall be known as the "council-manager form of government."
Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations
imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the municipality shall
be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the
council." All powers of municipalities shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by
this article or if the manner be not prescribed then in such manner as may be prescribed by
law or by ordinance. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §11.)...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-43A-95
Section 11-43A-95 Municipal treasurer; establishment of office and assignment of duties; election;
assignment of duties for city clerk as clerk-treasurer. (a) The council may establish, by
ordinance, the office of municipal treasurer and shall assign to such office the duties and
responsibilities which it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds
of the municipality, shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the several departments
and shall keep books accurately reflecting the financial condition of the municipality. The
appointment of a person as treasurer shall require a majority vote of the whole qualified
membership of the council. (b) The duties of the treasurer may, by ordinance, be assigned
to the city clerk and if such duties are assigned, such officer shall be known as the clerk-treasurer
of the municipality. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §26.)...
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11-43-56
Section 11-43-56 Management and control of finances and property of municipality. Except as
otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have the management and control of the
finances and all of the property, real and personal, belonging to the city or town. (Code
1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)...

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11-47-170
Section 11-47-170 Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., by municipality; limitations on condemnation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whenever in the judgment of the council,
commission, or other governing body of a city or town it may be necessary or expedient for
the carrying out and full exercise of any power granted by the applicable provisions of this
title or any other applicable provision of law, the town or city shall have full power and
authority to acquire by purchase the necessary lands or rights, easements, or interests therein,
thereunder, or thereover or, for the purposes for which private property may be acquired by
condemnation, may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided by this article, or by
the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of interests
therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, and such proceedings shall be
governed in every respect by the general laws of this state...
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11-65-9
Section 11-65-9 Treasurer of commission; investment of funds of commission. The treasurer of
a commission shall collect all the fees, commissions, and other moneys provided for in this
chapter, and shall supervise, check, and audit the operation of the pari-mutuel wagering pools
and the conduct and distribution thereof. A commission may appoint the principal financial
officer of the sponsoring municipality as the treasurer, in which case such officer shall
perform the duties of treasurer, without any compensation other than that to which he or she
is entitled as the principal financial officer of such sponsoring municipality, but he or
she shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his or her duties
as treasurer of a commission. The treasurer of a commission shall, with the approval of the
commission, determine the managerial, accounting, and clerical personnel that are necessary
to keep the books and records of such commission and to perform the audit and...
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45-37A-100.05
Section 45-37A-100.05 Administrative hearings; contesting liability; fines and costs; affirmative
defenses. (a) An administrative hearing officer appointed by the mayor of the city is vested
with the power and jurisdiction to conduct administrative hearings of civil violations provided
for in this article. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the imposition
of the fine by submitting a request for an administrative hearing of the civil violation,
in writing, within 15 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed.
Upon receipt of a timely request, the city or its designee shall notify the person of the
date and time of the administrative hearing by United States mail. (c) Failure to pay a fine
or to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability in the full amount
of the fine assessed in the notice of violation. (d) Any fine imposed pursuant to this article
shall not be collected if, after a hearing, the administrative...
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45-37A-42.05
Section 45-37A-42.05 Administrative hearings; contesting liability; fines and costs; affirmative
defenses. (a) An Administrative Hearing Officer appointed by the Mayor of the city is vested
with the power and jurisdiction to conduct administrative hearings of civil violations provided
for in this part. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the imposition
of the fine by submitting a request for an administrative hearing of the civil violation,
in writing, within 15 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed.
Upon receipt of a timely request, the city or its designee shall notify the person of the
date and time of the administrative hearing by U.S. mail. (c) Failure to pay a fine or to
contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability in the full amount of the
fine assessed in the notice of violation. (d) Any fine imposed pursuant to this part shall
not be collected if, after a hearing, the Administrative Hearing Officer...
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