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11-44D-5
Section 11-44D-5 Council-manager form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager 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 council-manager form of government, with a five-member
council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers
and duties as other council-manager municipalities organized under chapter 43A, Title 11,
and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter, which may have been heretofore
granted to such municipalities. (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 be...
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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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11-52-14
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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24-1-24
Section 24-1-24 Composition of authority; compensation of commissioners; quorum; officers and
employees; delegation of powers and duties by authority. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), an authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, who shall designate
the first chair. None of the commissioners may be city officials. The commissioners who are
first appointed shall be designated by the mayor to serve for terms of one, two, three, four,
and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of
office shall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has
been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three
commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate
of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the due and proper appointment of such...
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11-92C-2
Section 11-92C-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the
following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the
governing body of any authorizing subdivision in accordance with Section 11-92C-3. (2) AUTHORITY.
Any local redevelopment authority organized pursuant to this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION.
A resolution adopted by the governing body of any authorizing subdivision in accordance with
Section 11-92C-3, which authorizes the incorporation of the authority. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION.
Any county or municipality that has adopted an authorizing resolution. (5) BOARD. The board
of directors of an authority. (6) BONDS. Any bonds, notes, certificates, or any other form
of indebtedness representing an obligation to pay money. (7) CONTIGUOUS. Two or more tracts
of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than 200 feet. The term shall include
tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets,...
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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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11-44F-3
Section 11-44F-3 Form of government; powers and duties of municipality. The municipality shall
thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member
council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as
other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, and any other powers
and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may have therefore been granted to such
municipality. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, ยง1.)...
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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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11-43D-1
Section 11-43D-1 Cities to which chapter applies; form of ordinance. The governing body of
any Class 5 municipality operating under a United States district court consent decree approved
by the court in the case of Tolbert and Petty vs. the City of Bessemer, Civil Action No. 75-297,
by a majority vote of the members thereof may adopt an ordinance establishing a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. Any municipality
desiring to adopt a form of government provided for herein shall adopt an ordinance in substantially
the following form: "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _____ AS FOLLOWS: "Section
1. That pursuant to Act 89-750 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Legislature, the mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the United States district court decree agreed to by the parties
and approved by the court on the 18th day of October, 1985, in the case of Tolbert and Petty
vs. the City of Bessemer, under which the...
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