11-44E-44
Section 11-44E-44 Powers of commission. The commission shall be the legislative body of the
city. It shall have powers vested in it by this chapter. These powers shall be as follows:
(1) To establish administrative departments. (2) To adopt the budgets of the city. (3) To
authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (4) To inquire into the conduct of any office,
department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (5) To
appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by
law. (6) To succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing
body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city
manager form of government and not in conflict with this chapter. (7) To levy property taxes
and impose and collect license taxes and local improvement assessments and enact any such
new revenue or adjustments as elsewhere prescribed by law. (8) To...
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11-47-15
Section 11-47-15 Alteration of channel of watercourse; construction, maintenance, leasing,
etc., of wharves and buildings, etc., on and near wharves and wharf sites. The council or
other governing body of any town or city may alter and change the channel of any watercourse
in the police jurisdiction of the city or town and may construct and maintain wharves and
construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites and may collect
wharfage dues and other charges thereon and rentals with respect thereto. Said council or
other governing body may lease to others all or any part of wharves or sites for wharves constructed,
maintained, or owned by such town or city and any buildings and other improvements so constructed
on or near any wharf or wharf site for public or private use for a period or periods not exceeding
40 years from the completion of such construction or for a period or periods not exceeding
40 years from the delivery of the lease if such construction...
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45-8A-23.055
Section 45-8A-23.055 Presiding officer; mayor and assistant mayor. (a) The councilman elected
by all of the qualified electors of the city shall have the title of mayor. He or she shall
preside at meetings of the council, shall be recognized as the head of the city government
for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law, shall serve
as chief executive officer for the city, shall develop the basic objectives and policies of
the city in conjunction with the council and with advice from the city manager, shall ensure
the preparations of adequate plans for the long-range growth and development of the city and
annually present such plans for the review of the public and approval by the council, shall
ensure the preparations of plans for the development of resources in this the city and periodically
present such plans to the council for review and approval, shall maintain programs along with
the council to ensure successful future management of the city,...
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11-44C-93
Section 11-44C-93 Provisions applicable regardless of form of government chosen. It is the
legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which
form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided
herein choose: (1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government
chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council
or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities,
or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials
make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with
due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population. (2) Within 30
days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance
to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or...
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11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other
contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee
Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must
be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential
afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate
in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities
authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing
body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within
25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings
and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within
25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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11-48-30
Section 11-48-30 Reduction or abatement of assessments on property owned by government or charitable
organizations in municipalities having population of 20,000 or less - Authority generally;
reconveyance of property acquired through foreclosure of assessment. The council of any town
or city having a population of less than 20,000 people according to the last federal census
or which shall hereafter have such a population according to any such census that may be taken
hereafter shall have the power to reduce or abate any assessments heretofore or hereafter
made for public improvements in such town or city in cases where such assessments have been
levied or attempted to be levied against property owned by the State of Alabama or by such
town or city or by the county in which such town or city is located or owned by any church,
hospital, or other charitable organization, whether or not such assessment shall have been
made final and the time to appeal therefrom expired. Such council may...
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45-8A-23.173
Section 45-8A-23.173 Director of finance - Powers and duties. The director of finance shall
have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end he
or she shall have authority and shall be required to: (1) Compile the current expense estimates
for the budget for the city manager; (2) Compile the capital estimates for the budget for
the city manager; (3) Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all monies and
have control over all expenditures to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded;
(4) Maintain a general accounting system for the city government and each of its offices,
departments, and agencies; keep books for and exercise financial budgetary control over each
office, department, and agency; keep separate accounts for the items of appropriation contained
in the city budget, each of which accounts shall show the amount of the appropriation, the
amounts paid therefrom, the unpaid obligations against it and the unencumbered...
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11-43C-42
Section 11-43C-42 Mayor to submit budget to council. On a day to be fixed by the council but
in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to
the council: (1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of
the city government, to be known as the "general fund budget"; (2) A budget for
each public utility owned and operated by such city; (3) A capital budget; and (4) A budget
message. When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation
of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient
to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §42.)...
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11-44C-42
Section 11-44C-42 Mayor to submit budget to council. On a day to be fixed by the council but
in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to
the council: (1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of
the city government, to be known as the "general fund budget"; (2) A budget for
each public utility owned and operated by such city; (3) A capital budget; and (4) A budget
message. When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation
of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient
to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §42.)...
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45-8-90.01
Section 45-8-90.01 Economic Development Council - Contracts, leases, compacts, etc. (a) This
section shall be operative only in Calhoun County. (b)(1) The Calhoun County Economic Development
Council (CCEDC) is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, leases, compacts, or
other form of agreement with the United States of America or its agencies, departments, bureaus,
divisions, or institutions, with the State of Alabama or its agencies, departments, bureaus,
divisions, or institutions, and with any other county or economic development authority, within
or without the state, for the purpose of receiving or acquiring funds, matching funds, services,
land, materials, supplies, buildings, structures, waterways, docking facilities, and any and
all other benefits deemed for the public interest in the promotion of regional industrial
and economic development. (2) The contracts, leases, compacts, or other forms of agreement
may contain covenants and considerations as considered...
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