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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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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11-43A-70
Section 11-43A-70 Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §1.)...
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11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of ordinance establishing boundaries of council districts; election of mayor and city council; assumption of office; future elections; powers and duties. If said ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the six council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (2) The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council shall be held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance with the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections under the general laws of the State of Alabama. (3) On the first Monday in October, after the election of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council...
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11-44E-44
Section 11-44E-44 Powers of commission. The commission shall be the legislative body of the city. It shall have powers vested in it by this chapter. These powers shall be as follows: (1) To establish administrative departments. (2) To adopt the budgets of the city. (3) To authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (4) To inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (5) To appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. (6) To succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government and not in conflict with this chapter. (7) To levy property taxes and impose and collect license taxes and local improvement assessments and enact any such new revenue or adjustments as elsewhere prescribed by law. (8) To...
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11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change; election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners. Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk. The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-52-15
Section 11-52-15 Municipal planning commission. A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government may provide by ordinance for the members of the municipal planning commission, upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members, to be appointed by the city council in lieu of appointment in the manner provided in Section 11-52-3; provided that the mayor or his or her designee shall be a voting member of the planning commission and the mayor shall appoint all remaining members of the planning commission subject to approval by the city council. Upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members of the municipal planning commission, a member serving on the city council of a Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government or an employee of a Class 6 municipality with a council-manager form of government may not serve as a member of the municipal planning commission. (Act 2000-555, p. 1020, §1.)...
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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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11-44A-2
Section 11-44A-2 Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and duties of mayor-council. If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then, (1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, (2) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder, (3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and (4) The...
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