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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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11-45-4
Section 11-45-4 Veto of ordinances and resolutions, and passage over veto generally. (a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), if the mayor shall disapprove of any ordinance or resolution
transmitted to him or her as provided in Section 11-45-3, within 10 days of the time of its
passage by the council, he or she shall return the same to the clerk with his or her objections
in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city
council. If two thirds of the members elected to the council shall adhere to the ordinance
or resolution notwithstanding the objections, the vote being taken by yeas and nays and spread
upon the minutes, then the ordinance or resolution, after publication thereof, shall have
the force of law, unless by its terms it was to take effect on its approval, in which event
it shall take effect upon its passage over the veto. The failure of the mayor to return to
the clerk an ordinance or resolution with his or her veto within 10 days...
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45-8A-23.066
Section 45-8A-23.066 Meetings, passage or ordinances, etc. 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 hold such adjourned,
called, special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The mayor when
present and in his or her absence the assistant mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
council. A majority of the whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. 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 of any sort by the council or the exercise
of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this part or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution or ordinance granting any...
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11-43C-71
Section 11-43C-71 City improvements costing more than $3,000.00 to be executed by contract;
bidding on contract; alteration of contract. Any city improvement costing more than $3,000.00
shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is budgeted and authorized by
the council to be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans,
specifications, and estimates. All such contracts for more than $3,000.00 shall be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed
by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the mayor shall have the power to reject all
bids and advertise again. Alteration in any contract may be made when authorized by the council
upon the written recommendation of the mayor. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
supersede or nullify provisions of state law requiring or governing competitive bidding. (Acts
1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §71.)...
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11-44C-71
Section 11-44C-71 City improvements costing more than $2,000.00 to be executed by contract;
bidding on contract; alteration of contract. Any city improvement costing more than $2,000.00
shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is authorized by the council to
be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications
and estimates. All such contracts for more than $2,000.00 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by resolution or ordinance;
provided, however, the mayor shall have the power to reject all bids and advertise again.
Alteration in any contract may be made when authorized by the council upon the written recommendation
of the mayor. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or nullify provisions
of state law requiring or governing competitive bidding. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §71.)...
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11-50-313
Section 11-50-313 Board of directors. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation
of which is amended under this article shall have a board of directors which shall constitute
the governing body of the corporation, which board shall consist of at least three members.
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 this title, any corporation formed pursuant
to this chapter may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. Any corporation,
located in any Class 5 municipality, which is governed by a local law enacted in the 1995
Regular Session may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. No fee shall
be paid to any director for services rendered with respect to a sanitary sewer system. In
any instance where the system or systems owned and operated by the corporation are any one
or more of a water system, a gas system, and an electric system,...
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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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11-44B-41
Section 11-44B-41 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context indicates otherwise,
the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING
AUTHORITY. Depending upon the context, either the mayor, who shall appoint all department
heads, or the department heads, who shall appoint all other covered employees pursuant to
the provisions herein. (2) APPOINTMENT. Depending upon the context, selection by the appointing
authority to a covered job or selection by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Speaker
of the House of Representatives of this state of a person to serve on the board. (3) BASE
PAY. The regular compensation for covered employees as most recently established or authorized
by city ordinance, not to include overtime pay, job assignment pay, incentive pay, bonuses
or any other special, temporary, supplemental, or conditional pay. Base pay is usually expressed
annually, but may also, if so indicated, be expressed biweekly or...
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11-44E-51
Section 11-44E-51 Meetings of commission; mayor to preside; quorum; majority vote requirement;
enactment of resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances; record of proceedings; publication of ordinances.
The commission shall hold regular public meetings at a regular hour to be fixed by ordinance
of said commission. It may hold such adjourned, called, special, or other meetings as the
business of the city may require. The mayor when present, shall preside at all meetings of
said commission. A majority of the commission members elected shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of any and every power conferred upon said commission, and affirmative vote
of a majority of those members present shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution,
bylaw, or ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the said commission
or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or by
law, or which may hereafter be conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw,...
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11-50-520
Section 11-50-520 Definitions. The following words and phrases and others importing the same
meaning, where used in this chapter, shall be given the following respective interpretations
and meanings: (1) THE CORPORATION. Any corporation organized under this chapter. (2) APPLICANTS.
Those persons who organize the corporation. (3) POWER DISTRICT. The territory proposed to
be served by the corporation as specified in its certificate of incorporation as originally
filed or any amendment thereto made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (4) MUNICIPALITY
or MUNICIPALITIES. Any city or town incorporated under the laws of Alabama. (5) COUNTY or
COUNTIES. Any county organized under the laws of Alabama. (6) GOVERNING BODY. Whenever used
in relation to any municipality, the city or town council, city commission or the body or
board, by whatsoever name known, having charge of the governing of a municipality, and shall
be held to include the mayor or other chief executive officer of the...
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