16-11-2
Section 16-11-2 Applicability; composition of boards. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any other provision of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) The general administration and supervision of the public schools and educational interest of each city shall be vested in a city board of education, to be composed of five members who shall be residents of the city, and who shall not be members of the city council or commission. 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 Title 11, the city board of education may be composed of seven members. (c) No person shall be eligible for election or appointment as a member of a city board of education unless he or she satisfies all of the following qualifications: (1) Is a person of good moral...
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45-37A-52.56
Section 45-37A-52.56 Powers. Except those powers specifically granted by this part to the mayor or as otherwise granted to the mayor by law, all powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to: (1) Adopt the budget of the city. (2) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (3) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (4) Except as otherwise provided by law or Act 2016-277, appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment of such members contained in any statute or ordinance in...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted, at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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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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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor, one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of _____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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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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11-43C-21
Section 11-43C-21 Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative service. All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to: (1) Appoint stenographic and clerical employees deemed necessary for service to the council, subject to the provisions of any merit system in effect at such time; (2) Upon recommendation of the mayor, establish administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions; (3) Adopt the budget of the city; (4) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants; (5) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs; (6) Appoint the members of all boards except the Planning Commission and...
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11-44C-21
Section 11-44C-21 Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative service. All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to: (1) Upon recommendation of the mayor, establish administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions, (2) Adopt the budget of the city, (3) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants, (4) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs, (5) Appoint the members of all boards except the planning commission and the housing board and the Airport Authority and the Industrial Development Authority, (6) Succeed to all the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon the former...
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45-35A-54.08
Section 45-35A-54.08 Board of commissioners - Employment; merit system. The City of Dothan shall be governed and managed by the board of commissioners provided for herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, each and every officer and employee of the city other than the commissioners shall be selected and employed by the board, or under its direction, and all salaries and wages paid by the city, except as otherwise provided by this part, shall be fixed by the board. The commissioners shall have the authority to create all necessary officers and shall prescribe and may at any time change the power, duties, and titles of all subordinate officers and employees of the city, including the office of city recorder, and all such officers and employees shall hold office and be removable at the pleasure of the board of commissioners, except as otherwise provided herein. It is provided, however, that all salaried officials, except members of the boards and commissioners above mentioned, and the...
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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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