Title 11

The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the Constitution and the laws of the state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its co…

Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor or councilman may become such candidate by filing a statement of candidacy as required and authorized by the general municipal election laws. The candidate shall state the office to which he seeks e…

(a) At every such election all ballots to be used by the voters shall be printed and prepared by the municipality and shall contain the names of all candidates seeking election to the office of mayor or to a position as a member of the council. (b) The ballot shall conform, as ne…

The mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing body at least six months prior to the date of the election. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §15.)

(a) The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law, but shall have no other administrative duties. (b) In all cities to which this s…

All powers of the municipality including all powers vested in it by this chapter and by the Constitution, 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 shal…

The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city manager, who shall be an officer of the city, and shall have the powers to perform the duties in this article provided. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the t…

The council, by ordinance, may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, boards, or agencies other than the offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this article. The council, by ordinance, may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments,…

The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitte…

If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the clerk under the council-manager form of government of such municipality, and his successor shall be …

The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10:00 in the morning on the first Monday in October next following its election, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less f…

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for the purpose of investigating such election and qualifications shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and to require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such …

The council shall determine its own rules and order of business and such rules shall be established by ordinance. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §23.)

The council shall hold regular public meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall be fixed by the order of said council and publicly announced. It may hold such adjourned, called, or special or other meetings as the business of the m…

No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise, lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publicati…

The council may provide for the revision and codification of its ordinances and permanent resolutions or for the adoption of a code or codes. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §25.)

The council shall each month make available in the office of the city manager a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the municipality and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding month and at the end of each year the council shall cause a full and complete …

The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At th…

The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the first day of each October in each year and shall end on the last day of each September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this article the term “budget year” shall mean the fisc…

The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this article, a…

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 ques…

The provisions of section 11-43A-3.1, authorizing an election in certain Class 6 municipalities in 1983 on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982 and providing for the effective date of such change if the…

(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition of…

The council may establish, by ordinance, the office of municipal treasurer and assign to such office the duties and responsibilities it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality and shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the sev…

The council shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method of paying out funds of the municipality. Checks and warrants shall be signed by at least two officers of the municipality and the council shall designate the said two officers by ordinance. All funds of the municipality shall …

(a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and subject to subsection (b), there shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as district post 1, district post 2, and district post 3, and in such Class 6 cities, there shall be establis…

Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population published following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the…

Nothing in this article contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provisi…

All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-manager form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontin…

Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to the municipality when the council-manager form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the mun…

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this article, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agenc…

Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this article with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise…

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the council-manager form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of th…

If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the election so called the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such municipality for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting said form of…

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the cou…

All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any municipality at the time when such municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this arti…

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, and any municipally owned service enterprise, includin…

For all purposes the provisions of this article shall become applicable to said municipality at the time when the first council of such municipality elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §42.)

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §43.)

No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any municipal position or appointive municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 8…

The city manager, the heads of all departments, and such other officers of the municipality as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussi…

The council, the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have the power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, or agency or officer of the municipality. Either of them may make investigations of municipal affairs and may…

No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance, and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor and cou…

The city manager and other such officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the municipality. (Acts 1982, No. 82-…

At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain, prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: “Shall the council-manager form of government as provided by the Council-Manager Act of 1982 be adopted for the municipality of _____________ ? Y…

Every councilman, officer and employee of the municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am eligible for the…