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-52.95
Section 45-37A-52.95 Powers and duties. The mayor shall be the head of the administrative branch
of the city government. The mayor shall not sit with the council nor shall he or she have
a vote in its proceedings and he or she shall have the power and duties herein conferred.
The mayor shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and,
subject to any civil service or merit system law applicable to such city and except as otherwise
provided herein, he or she shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Enforce all law
and ordinances. (2) Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers
and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this part and except as he or she
may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such
department or office; provided that he or she shall not appoint or remove officers and employees
of: a. Any board of the city having control over any park,...
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11-44B-13
Section 11-44B-13 Persons holding administrative offices continued in office until other provisions
made; powers and duties of abolished offices, etc.; certain offices, etc., deemed continued;
references to existing offices, etc., in laws, contracts, etc. All persons holding administrative
office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office
and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance
therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office subject
to any existing civil service law. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office,
department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office,
department, board, or agency be abolished by this article, or under its authority, be thereafter
exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council
unless otherwise provided herein. Any office,...
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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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11-44B-8
Section 11-44B-8 Temporary and permanent vacancies in office of mayor; vacancy on city council.
(a) Temporary Vacancy in the Office of Mayor. The council shall elect from its members, a
president pro tempore of the council. In the case of the temporary absence of the mayor or
his inability to serve temporarily on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president
pro tempore of the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of
the mayor during such time. Provided; however, the president pro tempore while acting as mayor
pro tempore shall not exercise the mayor's right to vote nor the right of approval or veto
of ordinances or resolutions, nor receive the rate of compensation or allowance of the mayor.
In the event of a failure or refusal of the president pro tempore of the council to act, the
council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect, which
appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council. While...
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45-37-210
Section 45-37-210 Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission. (a) There is created a rapid rail
authority in Jefferson County to be called the Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission, hereinafter
referred to as the commission. The commission shall be a body corporate and politic, shall
be governed and managed as provided for in this section, and shall have the powers and duties
provided for by this section, and other applicable provisions of law. (b) The commission shall
be composed of five members as follows: (1) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State
Senate Delegation. (2) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State House Delegation.
(3) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit
Authority. (4) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (5) One member
appointed by the Jefferson County commissioner in charge of roads and transportation. (c)(1)
The members shall be appointed to four-year terms and may be...
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45-9A-50
Section 45-9A-50 City Board of Education; election. (a) If a majority of the qualified electors
of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected
city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section and the
Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further
for the election of the Lanett City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the
termination of the terms of office of members of the existing city board of education; the
composition of the city board of education; initial and succeeding terms of office, including
staggered terms; election districts and at-large membership; qualifications; powers, duties,
and responsibilities; vacancies; compensation; and any other matter that the Legislature determines
necessary for the operation of the board. (b) If the majority of electors voting pursuant
to Act 2000-428 vote in favor of changing to an elected board,...
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11-43A-84
Section 11-43A-84 Appointment of city manager; temporary acting city manager; term of city
manager; removal; actions by council or its members prohibited or restricted. (a) The council,
by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city
manager who shall be an officer of the city and shall have the powers to perform the duties
provided in this article. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for
which he shall have been elected nor within one year after expiration of his term. Any civil
service act which may be applicable to the municipality shall not apply to the appointment
or removal of the city manager. (b) A temporary acting city manager may be designated by the
council to serve for not more than four months in the following events, but only in these
events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of this article; or (2) following
the removal of any permanent city manager. (c) Such temporary acting city...
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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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11-52-14
Section 11-52-14 Alternate structure of planning commission in Class 5 municipality having
city manager, mayor commission form of government. (a) When used in this section, the words
municipality, municipalities, mayor, and council shall have the meanings as provided for in
Section 11-52-1. (b)(1) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager, mayor
commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any planning commission of the
municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of nine
members: Namely, eight regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, such representation
to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (2) The regular
members of the planning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman, both of whom
shall be regular members, and a secretary who need not be a member of the...
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