11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-17A-50.01
Section 45-17A-50.01 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise,
the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING
AUTHORITY. The city council and mayor, who shall appoint all heads of departments, and the
civil service board, who shall appoint all other covered employees, as established by state
law, city ordinance, or other legal requirement. (2) BOARD. The civil service board created
by this part. (3) CITY. The City of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (4) COVERED INDIVIDUALS. a. Any
individual, including the head of a department, employed in the service of the city in a department
on a regular basis for at least 32 hours in his or her established workweek or the equivalent
hours for a public safety individual who is assigned to work a work period pursuant to the
Fair Labor Standards Act. b. Those individuals employed by the city on May 15, 2001, who have
previously completed the required probationary period shall...
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45-17A-50.07
Section 45-17A-50.07 Appointment of department heads. The mayor and city council shall appoint
all head of department vacancies in the city. The head of each department shall come under
this part. (Act 99-557, p. 1202, §8.)...
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45-17A-82.07
Section 45-17A-82.07 Appointments to fill department head vacancies. The mayor and city council
shall appoint all heads of departments' vacancies in the city. The head of each department
shall come under this part. (Act 2007-309, p. 557, §8.)...
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45-8A-71.01
Section 45-8A-71.01 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. The mayor or city council, and in the case of a separate
board or instrumentality, the governing body or individual designated by the governing body
in writing to the board. (2) BOARD. The civil service board created by this part. (3) CITY.
The City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any person, including firemen and
policemen, not excepted by Section 45-8A-71.02, who is employed in the service of the City
of Jacksonville. (5) GOVERNING BODY. The city council and, in the case of a separate board
or instrumentality, the governing body of that board or instrumentality. (Act 93-558, p. 917,
§2.)...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-43-42
Section 11-43-42 Exercise of functions of mayor during absence or disability of mayor; filling
of vacancies in offices of mayor, president and president pro tempore of council. (a) In case
of the absence of the mayor from a city of 12,000 or more inhabitants or his inability to
serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or the
president pro tempore of the council in case of absence or disability of the president of
the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during
such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or 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.
In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the president of the council
shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the...
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11-43A-83
Section 11-43A-83 Powers of council; president and president pro tem. The council shall be
the governing body of the municipality and shall exercise all legislative functions of the
municipality. All powers of the municipality, including all powers vested by this article,
by the constitution and by the general and local laws of this state, and the determination
of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the council shall have the power to appoint and remove the city manager, to establish other
administrative departments of the municipality and to promulgate rules and regulations for
the operation of such departments. The council shall have the power to override any veto of
the mayor relating to ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature by an affirmative
vote of five of the seven members. The council shall have the power to appoint members of
boards, authorities and commissions to the extent otherwise provided...
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11-43D-14
Section 11-43D-14 Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer,
and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers, employees, and affairs
of the city, which shall include the management of the public utilities, either owned and
operated by the city or operated by private corporations under contracts with the city. The
general law applicable to mayor-council municipalities notwithstanding, the mayor shall have
the power to appoint all officers and employees of the city subject to the rules and regulations
of any civil service or merit system that may be applicable to said city. The mayor may remove
any person appointed by him subject to the rules and regulations of any civil service or merit
system that may be applicable to said city. (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §14.)...
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45-17A-82.09
Section 45-17A-82.09 Disciplinary action. (a) The mayor or the head of the department may discipline
any employee pursuant to this part and the rules and regulations adopted by the city council
to implement this part. If a disciplinary action involves suspension without pay, demotion,
or dismissal, the mayor shall submit a written notice of the proposed action to the board
for regular status employees and to the city council for department heads and to the employee
giving the reason or reasons for the proposed action. The notice shall state the reasons for
the proposed disciplinary action of suspension without pay, demotion, or dismissal, shall
contain a short and plain statement of the facts showing the reasons for the proposed disciplinary
action, and shall inform the regular status employee that he or she has 10 days to request,
in writing, a pre-disciplinary hearing before the mayor. If the regular status employee fails
to request a pre-disciplinary hearing within 10 days from...
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