45-37A-52.64
Section 45-37A-52.64 Meetings; passage of ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public meetings on Tuesday of each and every week at a regular hour to be fixed by the order of the council from time to time and publicly announced. The council may hold such adjourned, called, special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The president of the council, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the council. Five members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council, and the affirmative vote of at least four members of the council provided such four constitute a majority of those voting shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the council, or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by this part or by law, or which may hereafter be conferred upon the council. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance...
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45-49A-80.01
Section 45-49A-80.01 Vacancies. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor in the City of Prichard in Mobile County, Alabama, with six months or more remaining in the vacating mayor's term, the president of the city council shall immediately instruct the city clerk to provide for holding a special election to fill such vacancy with such election to be held no later than 60 days after such office has become vacant. Such election shall be held in the manner prescribed by law and the person elected to the office of mayor in such special election shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. In the event such vacancy occurs during the last six months of a mayor's term, the president of the city council shall succeed to the office of mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term. (Act 85-235, p. 135, § 1.)...
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45-8A-23.066
Section 45-8A-23.066 Meetings, passage or ordinances, etc. 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 hold such adjourned, called, special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The mayor when present and in his or her absence the assistant mayor shall preside at all meetings of the 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 the council. 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 of any sort by the council or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this part or which may hereafter be conferred upon it. No resolution or ordinance granting any...
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11-43-41
Section 11-43-41 Filling of vacancies in office of aldermen. Vacancies in the office of the aldermen in any city or town shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council, the person so elected to hold for the unexpired term. (Acts 1931, No. 371, p. 436; Code 1940, T. 37, §427.)...
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11-43C-52
Section 11-43C-52 Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure. If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if four of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §52; Acts 1991, No. 91-169, p. 229, §1.)...
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11-44C-52
Section 11-44C-52 Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure. If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if five of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §52.)...
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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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11-43-3
Section 11-43-3 Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000 inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices. (a) In cities having a population of more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection (b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may...
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11-43C-28
Section 11-43C-28 Meetings of council; quorum; majority vote requirement; procedure; record of proceedings; procedure as to ordinances or resolutions of permanent operation; publication; no veto as to council actions relating to an investigation. The council shall hold regular public meetings weekly, day or night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The presence of three council members will constitute a quorum for the conduct of official council business. The affirmative vote of at least three members of the council shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or bylaw, or which may hereafter be conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise,...
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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality; office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules, ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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