Composition; Election of Members; Terms; Meetings

(a) Effective for the term of the Associate Commissioners of the Cullman County Commission commencing in November 2022, the Cullman County Commission shall be composed of a chair and four associate commissioners who shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the county at-large. (b) One associate commissioner shall be elected for each district defined in this subsection and each associate commissioner shall be a resident and elector of the district that the member represents. The districts of the county commission shall be designated Commission District One; Commission District Two; Commission District Three; and Commission District Four. In order to stagger the terms of the associate commissioners, the associate commissioners initially elected from Commission District Three and Commission District Four shall be elected for an initial term of two years and the associate commissioners elected from Commission District One and Commission District Two shall be elected for a term of four years. Thereafter, successors shall be elected for terms of four years. The associate county commissioners shall serve on a part-time basis. (c) The Chair of the Cullman County Commission shall continue to be a resident and elector from anywhere in the county and shall serve on a full-time basis. The chair of the county commission shall serve a four-year term. (d) The powers, duties, terms, and manner of election for the members of the county commission shall be the same as now provided by law, except as provided otherwise in this section. The chair of the county commission may not vote except in the case of a tie vote of the associate commissioners. (e) The county commission shall establish and hold meetings as required by Section 11-3-8, and shall post and publish the days, times, and places of the meetings. The commission, by resolution, may alter the regular meeting days as necessary, and may schedule a special meeting when determined necessary in writing by a majority of the members of the commission or, in case of an emergency, at the call of the chair. (Acts 1977, No. 469, p. 612, §1; Act 2020-161, §1; Act 2026-296, §1.)