11-43A-76
Section 11-43A-76 Composition of council; municipal elections. The council shall consist of
seven council members who shall be elected by single-member districts. There shall be one
mayor, and he shall be elected at large. An election for mayor and members of the council
shall be held at the next regularly scheduled municipal election after the adoption of this
article, and the officials elected shall take office upon the expiration of the present officials'
terms of office. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under
the same rules and regulations and in the same manner as provided by law. The expense of such
election shall be paid by the municipality and shall be governed by the applicable general
municipal election laws. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §7.)...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council
members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has
certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency
of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality
having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for
the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to
be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected
at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall
be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution
shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
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11-43A-3.1
Section 11-43A-3.1 Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc. Any law to the
contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein
the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that
the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted
at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in
the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality
to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of
_____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by
the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form
of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any
of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city...
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45-37A-52.07
Section 45-37A-52.07 The council. The council members provided for in this article shall be
known collectively as the Council of the City of ___ (Name of city to be inserted) and shall
have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council members first elected shall qualify
and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date
the election of all nine council members is completed, and thereupon such city shall at that
time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided
under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§1.08.)...
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11-44G-1
Section 11-44G-1 Procedures in event of vacancy - City council. (a)(1) A vacancy in the office
of city council member in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality shall be filled by the city
council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council. The person elected
shall hold office for the unexpired term. In the event a vacancy is not filled within 60 days
after it occurs in a Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, each existing city council member, including
the mayor, may submit a name to the Governor for appointment. If the Governor fails to make
an appointment from any submitted names within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, the judge
of probate shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. (2) In the event the Governor
is unable or unwilling to make the appointment within the time period provided, he or she
shall immediately notify the judge of probate of the county. (3) Any election called pursuant
to this section shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 46 of this...
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11-44G-2
Section 11-44G-2 Procedures in event of vacancy - Mayor. (a)(1) In the event of the absence
or disability of the mayor in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, the functions of the office
shall be exercised by the chair pro tempore of the city council and, during his or her absence
or disability, by such person as the city council may appoint from its membership, which appointment
shall be entered upon the minutes of the city council. (2) In the event of a vacancy from
any cause in the office of mayor, the city council shall fill the vacancy either from its
own membership or from without the membership of the city council. The person elected by the
city council to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be a qualified elector in the
municipality and shall meet all other legal qualifications required by law for the performance
of the duties of the office to which elected. (3)a. In the event a vacancy in the office of
mayor is not filled within 60 days after it occurs in a Class 7...
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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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11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice
of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city
or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof
in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the
notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first
business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second
Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second
month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided
by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month,
the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding
the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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45-42-162.17
Section 45-42-162.17 Transition. (a) The transition period shall be directed by the provisions
contained herein. The level of services during transition shall not be below the level of
service previously provided by the respective government. (b)(1) Not later than six months
after assuming office, the commission shall adopt a plan for the reorganization of service
operations on a countywide basis, so that the general service district shall receive services,
(including, but not limited to: streets and roads, refuse disposal, police, parks, and recreation),
which are customarily furnished by a county government in a metropolitan area, and the urban
service district shall receive services, (including, but not limited to: additional police
protection, additional transportation, street lighting, and street cleaning) which are customarily
furnished by a city in a metropolitan area. The plan to combine services and functions should
aim toward effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in the...
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