45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-43B-7
Section 11-43B-7 Council not to direct appointment or removal of any person from office; appointment
of civil service employees; limits on supervision of employees by council. Neither the council
nor any of its members shall direct or request the mayor or any employee of the city to appoint
or remove any person from office or position, or in any manner take part in the appointment
or removal of employees in the service of the city; but the council may express its views
and freely and fully discuss with the mayor anything pertaining to the work of any employee.
Employees of the city subject to civil service appointment shall be appointed pursuant to
the applicable law, rule, and regulation, and in the event that such law, rule, or regulation
should allow a selection by the city from among qualified candidates, such selection shall
be made by the mayor. Except for the purpose of investigation or inquiry, neither the council
nor any of its members shall either publicly or privately...
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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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45-2A-30.01
Section 45-2A-30.01 Governing body. (a) The governing body of the City of Daphne shall consist
of a mayor-council-city manager. The mayor shall be elected at large, represent the City of
Daphne at all ceremonial functions and have veto power over all ordinances and resolutions
of a general and permanent nature. The council shall consist of seven members elected by districts
in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1964. The council shall exercise the legislative
functions of the city, shall have the power to appoint and remove a city manager, board, commission
and/or committee member, to establish other administrative departments, to distribute the
work of such departments, and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation thereof.
(b) The council shall be presided over by a president elected by a majority vote of the council
members and the president of the council shall be a voting member of the council. (c) The
city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of...
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11-43A-84
Section 11-43A-84 Appointment of city manager; temporary acting city manager; term of city
manager; removal; actions by council or its members prohibited or restricted. (a) The council,
by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city
manager who shall be an officer of the city and shall have the powers to perform the duties
provided in this article. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for
which he shall have been elected nor within one year after expiration of his term. Any civil
service act which may be applicable to the municipality shall not apply to the appointment
or removal of the city manager. (b) A temporary acting city manager may be designated by the
council to serve for not more than four months in the following events, but only in these
events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of this article; or (2) following
the removal of any permanent city manager. (c) Such temporary acting city...
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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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16-11-2
Section 16-11-2 Applicability; composition of boards. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall
apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment
659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any other provision of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901. (b) The general administration and supervision of the public schools and
educational interest of each city shall be vested in a city board of education, to be composed
of five members who shall be residents of the city, and who shall not be members of the city
council or commission. In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form
of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of Title 11, the
city board of education may be composed of seven members. (c) No person shall be eligible
for election or appointment as a member of a city board of education unless he or she satisfies
all of the following qualifications: (1) Is a person of good moral...
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11-45-5
Section 11-45-5 Veto, passage over veto, etc., of ordinances and resolutions fixing salaries
of officers and employees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every ordinance and resolution
fixing the salaries of employees and officers of the city shall be submitted to the mayor
as other ordinances and resolutions are to be submitted and may be approved in part and vetoed
as to specific items, to be mentioned by the mayor in his or her veto message, in which case
there shall first be submitted to the council at its next regular meeting the question: "Shall
the ordinance pass, the veto of the mayor notwithstanding?" and, in the event that two-thirds
of the members elected to the council do not vote for the passage of the ordinance, the veto
notwithstanding, there shall then be submitted the question: "Shall the ordinance stand
as approved by the mayor?" and if a majority of those elected to the council vote in
the affirmative, the law as amended and approved by the mayor shall have...
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