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11-52-52
Section 11-52-52 Filing of tentative report of board of appraisers; notice of filing of report
and of period for filing objections thereto; meeting of board of appraisers as to objections
and transmittal of report to council; approval or disapproval of report by council; payment
of compensation to property owners generally; effect of failure of council to approve report
or provide for payment of compensation within 90 days. The board of appraisers shall, within
90 days after the time fixed for the filing of claims, file its tentative report with the
clerk of the council, setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be paid
the respective owners of the lands included within the lines of such reservations as located
on the approved plat. Thereupon the clerk of the council shall publish once a week for two
consecutive weeks in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality the
fact of the filing of the report of the appraisers and specify a period of...
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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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11-44E-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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11-43A-90
Section 11-43A-90 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 the council and publicly announced. It may also hold adjourned, called,
special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require. A majority of the
whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
any and all business of the council. Except as otherwise provided herein, 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...
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24-1-22
Section 24-1-22 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article,
shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth. (2) CITY. Any city or incorporated town in the
State of Alabama. (3) COUNCIL. The legislative body, council, board of commissioners or other
body charged with governing the city. (4) CITY CLERK and MAYOR. The clerk, and the mayor or
president of the board of commissioners, respectively, of the city or the officers thereof
charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk and mayor respectively. (5) COMMISSIONER.
One of the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(6) GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield,
may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992,
by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant
to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on
the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election,
and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she
remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have
resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately
preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled
to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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11-43-120
Section 11-43-120 Bond; duties generally; payment of warrants; reports and statements to council.
The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the council may prescribe for the faithful performance
of his duties and the safe custody of the funds. He shall be the custodian of the funds of
the municipality, keeping an accurate record of the funds of the several departments, and
shall keep books showing accurately the financial condition of the city. He shall pay out
money only upon warrants drawn by the officers authorized by the applicable provisions of
this title to draw warrants upon the treasurer, and when paid shall keep safely the warrants
so drawn. Such warrants, approved by the mayor or such other person as the council may designate,
except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer,
the warrant showing to what department the same is to be charged. In cities of 6,000 or more,
such warrants shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the...
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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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11-44B-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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