45-8A-23
Section 45-8A-23 Cities to which part applies. Any city in the State of Alabama, which has
a population of more than 30,000 and not exceeding 33,000 according to the last federal census,
or which may hereafter have such population according to any federal census that may be taken
hereafter, may adopt the council-manager form of government by proceeding in the manner hereafter
in this part provided. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §1.01; Acts 1971, No. 1826, p. 2993,
§2.)...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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45-37A-52.270
Section 45-37A-52.270 Effect of this part in existing law. Except as otherwise provided by
this part, all laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting
the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force on September 9, 1955, are
hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions,
and duties by the commission or council-manager or some other form of government shall be
superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452,
p. 1004, §10.01; Act 2016-277, §1.)...
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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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45-37A-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-52.191
Section 45-37A-52.191 Continuance of officers. 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 provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for
the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred
and the duties imposed upon any office, department, or agency of the city by the laws of the
state, if such office, department, or agency, be abolished by this part, or under its authority,
shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated
by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.02.)...

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45-37A-52.131
Section 45-37A-52.131 Utility budgets. Separate budget estimates for any public utilities owned
and operated by the city shall be submitted to the director of finance at the same time as
the budget estimates of other departments, and in the form prescribed by the director of finance.
The mayor shall prepare and present to the council a budget for the utility operation, itemizing
the receipts and expenditures in manner and form as is generally provided for in Section 45-37A-52.123
as being applicable to the general fund budget. The action of the council on any utility budget
thus submitted shall be governed by the same provision as provided in this part with reference
to the consideration and adoption of the general fund budget. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§5.12.)...
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45-37A-52.198
Section 45-37A-52.198 Park, play ground, and fairground authority. Except as expressly provided
by this part, all laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds,
parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement,
entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the
powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or
local laws of the state or in Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, as the
same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall
elect to be governed by this part, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption
or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption
of the mayor-council form of government by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.09;
Act 2016-277, §1.)...
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45-8A-23.231
Section 45-8A-23.231 Continuance of present officers. All persons holding administrative office
at the time the council-manager form of government is adopted shall continue in office and
in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith
for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred
and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the city by the laws
of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency, be abolished by this part,
or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department,
board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1953, No.
404, p. 472, §8.02.)...
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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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