45-8A-23.091
Section 45-8A-23.091 The city manager - Powers and duties. (a) The city manager shall be the
head of the administrative branch of the city government. He or she shall be responsible to
the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and, subject to the provisions
of any civil service or merit system law applicable to such city and except as otherwise provided
herein, he or she shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Enforce all laws and ordinances.
(2) Appoint and remove all officers and employees of the city except as otherwise provided
by this part and except as he or she may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint
and remove subordinates in such department or office; provided that he or she shall not appoint
or remove officers and employees of: a. Any library board of the city. b. Any board of the
city having control over any park, recreation facility, fair, or exhibit. c. Any municipally
owned public utility and any municipally owned...
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11-44A-7
Section 11-44A-7 Effect of article on pre-existing rights and privileges of municipal employees,
etc. Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair
the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department,
board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provision
of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and
not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, in relation to the personnel, appointment,
ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil
rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or
any office, department, board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §7.)...

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11-44B-12
Section 11-44B-12 Existing rights and privileges of officers and employees; existing laws not
inconsistent with personnel, etc., provisions of article. Nothing contained in this article,
except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers
or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at
the time when this article shall take effect, or any provision of law enforced at the time
when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions
of this article in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office,
promotions, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, civil service, of any or
other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or any office, department,
board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §12.)...
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11-43A-28
Section 11-43A-28 Qualifications of city manager; duties; designation or appointment of administrative
officer to perform duties of manager during temporary absence or disability. 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
in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his appointment,
he may but need not be a resident of the municipality or state, but during his tenure of office
he shall reside within the municipality. 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 law applicable to such municipality and except as otherwise provided
herein, he shall have power and shall be...
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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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45-37A-52.56
Section 45-37A-52.56 Powers. Except those powers specifically granted by this part to the mayor
or as otherwise granted to the mayor by law, all powers of the city, including all powers
vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and the determination
of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the council shall have power to: (1) Adopt the budget of the city. (2) Authorize the issuance
of bonds or warrants. (3) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of
the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (4) Except as otherwise provided
by law or Act 2016-277, appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized
hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or
other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment
of such members contained in any statute or ordinance in...
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11-43B-28
Section 11-43B-28 Powers generally. (a) The municipality shall have all powers granted to municipal
corporations and to cities by the Constitution, code and laws of this state, together with
all the implied powers necessary to carry out and execute all the powers granted, as well
as any other powers and duties which may heretofore or hereafter be granted to such municipality
and which are not inconsistent with this chapter. (b) The city may acquire property within
or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate,
by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage
and control such property as the interest may require. (c) Except as prohibited by the Constitution
of this state or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal
powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
(d) The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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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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11-43A-90
Section 11-43A-90 Regular public meetings of council; adjourned, called, special or other meetings;
quorum; when vote of majority of quorum sufficient; when vote of majority of council required;
procedure; record of proceedings; journal; unanimous consent for passage of certain ordinances
at meeting where introduced; publication of ordinances. The council shall hold regular public
meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall
be fixed by the order of the council and publicly announced. It may also hold adjourned, called,
special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require. A majority of the
whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
any and all business of the council. Except as otherwise provided herein, the affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any
resolution, rule or ordinance or the transaction of any business...
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