45-37A-52.192
Section 45-37A-52.192 Status of officers and employees holding positions when the mayor-council
form of government is adopted. Any person holding an office or position in the classified
service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the
mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall be continued as such officer or employee
in the classified service of the city under the mayor-council form of government and with
the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable
civil service or merit system as if the mayor-council form of government had not been adopted.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.03.)...
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11-43C-5
Section 11-43C-5 Provisions applicable if mayor-council form of government chosen. If a majority
of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein vote in favor of a mayor-council
form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable. (Acts 1987,
No. 87-102, p. 116, §5.)...
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45-37A-52.03
Section 45-37A-52.03 Second election not to be called within two years. If the mayor-council
form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting
such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within
two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.04.)...
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11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of ordinance establishing boundaries of council districts; election
of mayor and city council; assumption of office; future elections; powers and duties. If said
ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which
this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall adopt an
ordinance establishing the boundaries of the six council districts herein provided for and
shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965,
as amended. (2) The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council shall be
held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance with
the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections under
the general laws of the State of Alabama. (3) On the first Monday in October, after the election
of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council...
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45-37A-52.199
Section 45-37A-52.199 When part takes effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing members
of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council
form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate
with the mayor or other chief executive office of the city as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.05.
For all other purposes this part shall become applicable to the city at the time when the
first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.10.)...
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45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of first council and first mayor; terms of office. Immediately
upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom
the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this
part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense
thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor
by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority
of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine
candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates
for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held
upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode
and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election...
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45-37A-52.196
Section 45-37A-52.196 Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal,
pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or
against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected
or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything therein contained
in this part; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions,
powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto may be or
under this part be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer,
but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department,
or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred by
or under this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.07.)...
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11-43A-70
Section 11-43A-70 Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short
title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing
body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under
a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority
vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of
this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities
electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article
shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p.
973, §1.)...
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11-44C-24
Section 11-44C-24 City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment
of successor; duties. The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this
chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such merit system. After the current city clerk retires, the council
shall be the appointing authority in filling any vacancy in the office of city clerk. The
city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the council, shall keep the
journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book
kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions and shall perform such other duties as
shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance, or such duties as are imposed by general
law of Alabama upon city clerks. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §24.)...
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45-37A-52.04
Section 45-37A-52.04 Proposition submitted; form of ballot. At such election the proposition
to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct
from ballots used for any other office or question, and shall read as follows: "Shall
the mayor-council form of government, as provided by the Mayor-Council Act of 1955, be adopted
for the City of ___? "Yes ___. "No ___." The voter shall mark his or her ballot
with a cross mark before or after the word which expresses his or her choice. No other proposition
shall be submitted to the voters of such city upon this ballot. If voting machines are used
at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may at the discretion of the election
commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in
such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1955,
No. 452, p. 1004, §1.05.)...
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