Title 11 — Title 11

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 …

Improvements. All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under law…

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council 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 mayor…

Funds. 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 the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, sha…

All laws relating to the school board, library board, airport authority, planning and zoning commission, zoning board of adjustment, park or recreation board, and any municipally owned service enterprise, and any board, authority, or agency given such independent status, as the s…

Council. (a) 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 p…

Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from, office or position by the mayor or by any of his subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the admin…

Upon the request of the mayor, the council may establish not more than two positions of administrative assistants to the mayor and establish the salary for said positions. Once established, the mayor shall appoint a person or persons to hold said position or positions. These posi…

Compensation. The mayor, at least once a year, shall appoint a certified public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to conduct an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of all books and accounts of the city since the precedin…

The salary of the first mayor and council elected hereunder shall be established by the commission at least six months prior to the mayor and council taking office. Such salary, and the manner in which it is to be paid, shall be established by ordinance of the governing body. The…

The council shall elect one of its members to serve as president of the council. The president shall preside at meetings of the council and have a vote on all matters coming before the council. The council shall also elect a president pro tem, who shall act as president of the co…

Council. If an 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 seven council districts herein pr…

The mayor shall be given notice of all council meetings and shall have the privilege of attending the meetings of the council and of taking part in the deliberations thereof. The mayor shall not have the right to vote on any matter that is presented to the council. History: (Acts…

(a) In the case of absences of the mayor from the city or his inability to serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or president pro tem of the council, in case of absence or disability of the president of the council, shall act as mayor…

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. History: (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §22.)

The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, four years after taking office. History: (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §3.)

The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality. History: (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. …

Districts. Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the ma…

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

Abolished Office, Agency, Etc. All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council 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…

Any person holding such an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, …

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 chapter, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agenc…