11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council 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 mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (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...
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11-43A-24
Section 11-43A-24 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 said council and publicly announced. It may hold such
adjourned, called, or special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require.
The mayor when present, and in his absence the assistant mayor, shall preside at all meetings
of said 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 said council. The affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and...
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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-83
Section 11-43A-83 Powers of council; president and president pro tem. The council shall be
the governing body of the municipality and shall exercise all legislative functions of the
municipality. All powers of the municipality, including all powers vested by this article,
by the constitution and by the general and local laws of this state, and the determination
of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the council shall have the power to appoint and remove the city manager, to establish other
administrative departments of the municipality and to promulgate rules and regulations for
the operation of such departments. The council shall have the power to override any veto of
the mayor relating to ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature by an affirmative
vote of five of the seven members. The council shall have the power to appoint members of
boards, authorities and commissions to the extent otherwise provided...
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45-21A-50
Section 45-21A-50 Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or
general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action
No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court
Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by
other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge,
Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places.
In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest
number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in
the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter
is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office,...
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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local, general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City of Daleville
in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method seats for its
city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, Alabama, shall consist of five
members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members
of the city council, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected
to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie vote for the fifth
highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter shall
be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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45-10A-20
Section 45-10A-20 Election of council members. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1174-N,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City
of Centre in Cherokee County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Centre, Alabama, shall consist
of seven members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election
of members of the city council, the seven candidates receiving the greatest number of votes
shall be elected to the council. There shall be no run-off election and in the event of a
tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council.
(c) In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to
cast as many as seven votes. Such voter may cast these seven votes...
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45-25A-40
Section 45-25A-40 Composition; election of members; vacancies. (a) Any law, whether special,
local, or general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, the City of Fort
Payne, in DeKalb County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b)(1) In the election for the five members of the city council, if
there are more than five candidates, then the majority of the votes cast for the office in
the election shall be determined by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates for the
offices by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing that result by two. Any
number of votes in excess of the number determined by the last division shall be the majority
necessary for election. (2) If it appears that any candidate in the election has received
a majority of the votes cast for that office, the municipal governing body shall declare that
candidate elected to the office, and a certificate of election shall be given...
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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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11-44B-46
Section 11-44B-46 Establishment of personnel board; composition; terms; meetings; compensation;
records. (a) Upon election by ordinance of a city to participate in the personnel system provided
for in this article, there shall be established a personnel board composed of five members
designated, respectively, as place number 1, place number 2, place number 3, place number
4, and place number 5. Each member shall be of recognized good character and ability and a
resident and qualified elector of the city. No person shall be eligible for membership on
the board who holds any civil office of profit under the city, county, or state. No board
member shall be a member of any local committee of a political party, or an official of a
local partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any public office,
nor shall he or she take any part in the management or affairs of any local political party
or in any city political campaign, except to exercise his or her right as a...
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