45-37A-52.07
Section 45-37A-52.07 The council. The council members provided for in this article shall be
known collectively as the Council of the City of ___ (Name of city to be inserted) and shall
have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council members first elected shall qualify
and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date
the election of all nine council members is completed, and thereupon such city shall at that
time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided
under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§1.08.)...
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11-43A-97
Section 11-43A-97 Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council;
redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbent. Whenever there shall be a change in the population
of any of the council districts according to the federal decennial census of population published
following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article,
or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment
of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The manager shall within
six months after the publication of each federal decennial census of population for the municipality,
following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article,
or within six months after any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council
district boundaries to comply...
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11-43A-33
Section 11-43A-33 Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council;
redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbents and on elections held within six months. Whenever
there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced
by a federal census of population published following the last federal census of population
preceding the adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate
limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter
provided: (1) The manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal census
of population for the municipality, following the last federal census of population preceding
the adoption of this article, or within six months after there shall have been any substantial
change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing
a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council...
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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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45-37A-52.120
Section 45-37A-52.120 Fiscal year. (a) The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on
the first day of July and shall end on the last day of June of each calendar year. Such fiscal
year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this part, the term
budget year shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which
it is administered. (b) Notwithstanding any provision in this section, the council may enact
an ordinance declaring that the city adopts a fiscal year that begins on the first day of
October and ends on the last day of September of the following calendar year. The ordinance
shall become effective on the first day after the expiration of any fiscal year ending June
30 in which the ordinance is adopted. The ordinance shall provide that in order to change
from a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year to an October 1 to September 30 fiscal year, the city,
on a one-time basis, shall utilize a transitional financial reporting period...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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45-37-140.12
Section 45-37-140.12 Service charge ordinances; election. (a) Subject to the conditions stated
below in this section, the board of trustees shall be authorized to adopt service charge ordinances
levying service charges provided for in Section 45-37-140.11. No service charge ordinance
shall take effect and be enforced until the substance of the ordinance has been published
in some newspaper of general circulation in the district and at least eight days have elapsed
after such newspaper publication and at least eight days have also elapsed after such ordinance
in full was posted in each fire station in the district, or at some other public place in
the district if there is no such fire station. It is further provided that no such ordinance
shall become effective unless it is approved at an election held in response to the petition
hereinbelow provided for, or unless the time prescribed for filing such petition expires without
the petition being filed. (b) Upon the petition, prescribed in...
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11-43A-85
Section 11-43A-85 Qualifications of city manager; duties and powers; designation or appointment
of administrative officer to perform duties of manager during temporary absence or disability.
(a) The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and
administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge
of, accepted practice with respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At
the time of appointment, the city manager may but need not be a resident of the municipality
or state, but within 90 days of the beginning of employment, he shall become a resident and
shall continue to reside within the municipality during his employment. (b) The city manager
shall be the head of the administrative branch of the municipal government. He shall be responsible
to the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the municipality and, subject
to the provisions of any civil service or merit system...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting
of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the
remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all
of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted,
at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections
in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal
officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect
to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause
all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but
shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself
or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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24-1-24
Section 24-1-24 Composition of authority; compensation of commissioners; quorum; officers and
employees; delegation of powers and duties by authority. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), an authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, who shall designate
the first chair. None of the commissioners may be city officials. The commissioners who are
first appointed shall be designated by the mayor to serve for terms of one, two, three, four,
and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of
office shall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has
been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three
commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate
of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the due and proper appointment of such...
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