Title 45

Each member of the Gadsden City Board of Education shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. This expense allowance shall be in addition to any other compensation provided by law. (Act 2000-581, p. 1068, §1.)

(a) Pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 104.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Gadsden City Council shall call an authorizing referendum election regarding changing the Ga…

If the majority of electors voting pursuant to Section 45-28A-41.20 vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City of Gadsden shall be established. The board shall be called the Gadsden City Board of Education. The board shall be compose…

A member shall reside in the City of Gadsden and in the district the member represents during the entire term of office. If the boundaries of a city council district change, the corresponding board of education district shall automatically change accordingly for the next election…

A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, a resident of the respective district for at least one year immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and shall not have a record of conviction for any crime invol…

(a) The election to elect the initial members of the board of education shall be held at a special election called by the Gadsden City Council as soon as practicable. The next election to elect the members of the board of education shall be held at the same time as the election t…

(a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Gadsden City Board of Education as provided in this subpart shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the…

A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 60 days, the city council, or a desig…

The compensation for each member of the board of education, including the chair, shall be six hundred dollars ($600) per month payable from city school system funds. The board may adjust such compensation for succeeding terms of office. (Act 2018-565, §8.)

An annual audit of the financial records of the city school system and of the board of education shall be conducted by a reputable certified public accountant or auditing firm as selected by the board. The audit results shall be made a matter of public record. All monies of the s…

Any member of the board of education who fails to attend more than two regularly scheduled monthly board meetings without an authorized excused absence as recognized by the board through written policy shall receive a written request from the city superintendent of education to a…

The chair of the board shall have all of the following duties: (1) To preside over all board meetings. (2) To set the meeting dates and times of all board meetings consistent with state law. The chair shall endeavor to set meeting times at a time which will afford citizens the be…

This subpart shall be applicable only to cities having populations of not less than 50,000 nor more than 100,000 inhabitants according to the 1950 or any subsequent decennial census of the United States. (Acts 1951, No. 671, p. 1158, §1.)

The police department and the fire department and all officers and members of the departments, including the chiefs of the departments, the clerk of the police court, and the clerk or secretary of the chief of police, shall be governed by civil service regulations under the direc…

(a) With reference to the police department the following definition shall apply as used herein: The word patrolman as used herein shall mean and apply to all motorcycle officers, drivers of automobiles used by the police department, and all other members of the police department…

Within 60 days of May 3, 1988, the civil service board for the City of Gadsden, Alabama, shall be composed of five members. The Governor shall make such appointments as shall be necessary to bring the membership of such board up to five members. At all times, at least one board m…

Every person who shall be appointed as a member of such civil service board according to this subpart, shall within 15 days thereafter qualify by making oath that he or she is eligible for the office and shall execute the duties of the same according to his or her best knowledge …

The civil service board shall make rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this subpart, and for examinations, appointments, and removals in accordance with its provisions and the board may, from time to time, make changes in the existing rules. The chief of police and …

All applicants for a place or position on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, shall file their application in writing with the civil service board, the applications to be on the blank forms furnished by the board, and all applicants shall be subject to examin…

The board shall control all examinations, and whenever an examination is to take place, shall conduct such examination. Every applicant for examination shall pay to the city clerk the sum of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50), and the receipt therefor shall be attached to his or her …

The chief of police, as far as such police department be concerned, and the chief of the fire department, as far as such fire department be concerned, shall notify the civil service board of vacancies in the ranks of patrolmen or firemen, respectively, and the board shall furnish…

The civil service board may, in an emergency, or in cases where it deems proper, authorize the chief of police to appoint for temporary service such number of police officers as in the opinion of the board of commissioners of such city the existing conditions demand. All officers…

It shall be a violation of this subpart for any official, officer, or other person to issue, give, or lend one of the regulation police or detective badges to any person other than a regularly employed police officer or detective of the city. (Acts 1951, No. 671, p. 1158, §11.)

No member of either the police department or of the fire department shall be removed or discharged, nor shall the chief of the police department nor the chief of the fire department, be removed, discharged, or demoted, except for cause, upon written charges or complaint and after…

An appeal may be taken from any decision of the civil service board in the following manner: Within 10 days after any final decision of such board, any party, including the governing body of the city, feeling aggrieved at the decision of the board, may appeal from any such decisi…

The civil service board shall elect one of its members as chair who shall hold office as such chair at the pleasure of the board. The civil service board shall hold regular monthly meetings at the same time each month with the meeting dates established and made public through pos…

The chair shall provide for keeping minutes of board meetings and records of all business transacted by the board at each and every meeting. All such minutes and records shall be open for public inspection in the office of the city clerk during normal business hours for city hall…

The compensation of the civil service board shall be ten dollars ($10) for each member for each meeting attended, not to exceed for each member one hundred dollars ($100) per annum. The president and board of city commissioners, or other governing body of such city, shall provide…

No officer or employee of any police or fire department shall solicit orally, or by letter or otherwise, or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment or subscription or contribution for any candidate, political party, or political purpose wh…

No officer or other member of the police or fire department, or other person, shall in any wise undertake or threaten to degrade, discharge, or promote, or in any manner change the official rank or pay of any officer or employee, or promise or threaten to do so, for giving or wit…

No recommendation by any officer or official, whether the officer or official be a city, county, state, or national officer or official, shall be considered by any person concerned in any examination or appointment under this subpart, except as to the general moral character of t…

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence, violate any of the provisions of this subpart, and who shall be found guilty after a trial before the civil service board shall be dismissed from the…

Every member of the police department and every member of the fire departments in all cities coming within the provisions of this subpart, who was such member on September 4, 1951, shall retain his or her position without examination, and be subject to all the conditions and bene…

No person shall be eligible to take the civil service examination or to appointment as a member of either the police or fire departments in cities coming within the provisions of this subpart who is not a citizen of the United States or who has ever been convicted of a felony, or…

No applicant for a position on the police force who has fulfilled all other requirements of this subpart and been appointed to a position as a member of the police department of the city shall enter upon the discharge and performance of his or her duties as a member of such polic…

The civil service board shall draw and have printed such rules and regulations for the government of the departments, in accordance with this subpart, as may seem necessary. The board shall have the power and authority to fix the maximum and minimum age limits of applicants for e…

The violation of any of the provisions of this subpart by any person or persons is hereby declared to be a commission by such person or persons of a misdemeanor; and, unless otherwise provided herein, any person who commits such misdemeanor shall, on conviction, be fined not more…

The members of the Civil Service Board of the City of Gadsden shall receive compensation in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) a month. (Act 88-611, p. 952, §1.)

This subpart shall apply only to the City of Gadsden, Alabama. (Act 80-442, p. 674, §1.)

There is hereby created, in connection with the regularly organized and paid police department and fire department of the City of Gadsden, a board of trustees of the policemen and firemen’s retirement fund. Such board shall be known and called the Board of Trustees of the Policem…

The board of trustees of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund shall be composed of seven members consisting of the chief of the police department, the chief of the fire department, a retired police officer, a retired member of the fire department, a police officer, a mem…

(a) The board of trustees, if it so elects, and with the approval of the governing body of the city, shall have the power and authority to appoint a secretary-treasurer of the board who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and who shall receive a compensation for his or her s…

(a) The board of trustees of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund is hereby declared to be the trustee of the policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund and shall have the exclusive management and control thereof, and all matters legitimately connected therewith. The boar…

(a) The policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund shall consist of the following: (1) All of the money, securities, and things of value belonging to any similar fund that may now or hereafter be maintained in the City of Gadsden. (2) All monies or properties that may be given or …

The board of trustees or custodian of funds designated by the board shall make a monthly report to the governing body of the city employing such policemen and firemen concerning the condition of such policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund. The board of trustees shall keep minu…

All monies ordered to be paid from such policemen’s and firemen’s retirement fund shall be paid by the secretary-treasurer of such fund only upon warrants signed by the chair of such board of trustees and countersigned by one associate member of such board of trustees and by the …