45-8A-23.059
Section 45-8A-23.059 Council not to interfere in appointments or removals. Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his or her removal from, office by the city manager or by any of his or her subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Any councilman violating the provisions of this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a councilman. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §3.10.)...
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11-52-15
Section 11-52-15 Municipal planning commission. A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government may provide by ordinance for the members of the municipal planning commission, upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members, to be appointed by the city council in lieu of appointment in the manner provided in Section 11-52-3; provided that the mayor or his or her designee shall be a voting member of the planning commission and the mayor shall appoint all remaining members of the planning commission subject to approval by the city council. Upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members of the municipal planning commission, a member serving on the city council of a Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government or an employee of a Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government may not serve as a member of the municipal planning commission. (Act 2000-555, p. 1020, §1.)...
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45-37-122.04
Section 45-37-122.04 Termination; acting county manager. (a) A county manager may be terminated only upon a vote of four-fifths of the county commission. In the event the termination is made without cause, the county may provide the county manager with a severance package. The county commission may not provide a severance package to a county manager terminated for cause, as referenced in Section 45-37-122.05. (b) Upon the termination of the employment of a county manager, the county commission shall begin a search for a new manager by hiring a national search firm that meets the qualifications set forth in subsection (a) of Section 45-37-122.02 within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 90 days. (c) In the case of vacancy, temporary absence, or disability in the office of the county manager, the county commission by a four-fifths vote shall appoint an acting county manager, who shall be a non-merit system employee entitled to the same expense reimbursements and employment...
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45-37A-52.94
Section 45-37A-52.94 Vacancy. Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a member of the city council while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office he or she fills, and the compensation received for days of service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he or she shall not sit with the council or vote on any matters before the council. The election commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the...
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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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11-52-3
Section 11-52-3 Municipal Planning Commission - Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, compensation, and removal of members; vacancies. (a) The commission shall consist of nine members: The mayor, or his or her designee, one of the administrative officials of the municipality selected by the mayor, a member of the council to be selected by it as a member ex officio and six persons who shall be appointed by the mayor, if the mayor is an elective officer, otherwise by the officer as the council may in the ordinance creating the commission designate as the appointing power; provided, that in any Class 1 municipality, the commission shall consist of 16 members: The mayor, one of the administrative officials of the municipality selected by the mayor, two members of the council to be selected by it as members ex officio, and 12 persons who shall be selected by the council. In the event the mayor designates a person to sit in his or her place on the municipal planning...
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11-43D-21
Section 11-43D-21 Temporary absence or disability of mayor; filling vacancies. (a) In the case of absences of the mayor from the city or his inability to serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or president pro tem 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 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. (b) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of the mayor, council member-at-large, or council members from a district, the council shall call for an election to fill said vacancy which shall be called and held not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the occurrence of said vacancy. Notice...
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11-44D-5
Section 11-44D-5 Council-manager form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager 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 council-manager form of government, with a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as other council-manager municipalities organized under chapter 43A, Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter, which may have been heretofore granted to such municipalities. (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 be...
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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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45-37A-54.63
Section 45-37A-54.63 Board of directors. Such authority formed under this subpart shall constitute a public benefit agency of the State of Alabama and shall have a board of directors of nine members selected as herein provided. Such board of directors shall constitute the governing body of the authority. The members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation, except they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in and about the performance of their duties hereunder. No member of the board of directors shall be an officer of the city. The six original and their subsequent directors shall be elected by the governing body of the city, and they shall be so elected that they shall hold office for staggered terms. For the purpose of so staggering the terms, the directorships shall be numbered one through six, inclusive. The first term of office of each director shall be for a number of years corresponding to the number of the directorship which he or she holds; and,...
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