Title 11

The council shall include seven members who shall be known and elected as district council members. Such district council members shall be elected from districts which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census. The seven …

Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of district council member may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk, a statement in writing as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied …

No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein. A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified pauper’s oath with the city c…

Every person who shall be elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of council member shall, upon assuming office, qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oa…

Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the city and, in the case of candidates for any district, they shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election, shall reside in the district during their terms of office and shal…

Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of $100.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $500.00 per month. Said salaries shall be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council shall receive an ad…

The president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve the regular four-year term. He shall preside at all meetings of the council and shall be a voting member. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the president of the council, the counci…

Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of gover…

The vice-president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council. The vice-president will serve in the absence of the president. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the vice-president of the council, the council shall elect a successor to the vice-president.…

All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council. Without li…

Vacancies of any nature in the council, other than those occurring less than one year prior to the date of the next regular council election, shall be filled by special elections to be held for that purpose, the dates of which shall be set by the council at the next regular meeti…

The council, upon recommendation of the mayor, by ordinance may create, change and abolish offices, departments, or agencies, other than the offices, departments and agencies established or continued by this chapter. The council, upon recommendation of the mayor, by ordinance may…

The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of …

The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10 o’clock in the morning on the first Monday after the expiration of the term of office of the present municipal officeholders, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times a…

The city council or governing body of a Class 2 municipality shall meet not less than 48 times per year on dates and at times to be decided by the city council. (Acts 1996, No. 96-308, p. 351, §1.)

The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for such purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts. (Acts 198…

The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the journal shall be open to public inspection. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §27.)

The council shall hold regular public meetings weekly, day or night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The presence of five council members wi…

No resolution or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public way of said city, either in, under, upon, along, through or over same shall take effect and be enforced until 30 day…

At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows: Check one of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as …

The council may provide for the revision and codification of its ordinances, bylaws and permanent resolutions, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city bylaws, ordinances…

The mayor shall each month print a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city, and shall furnish printed copies thereof to the daily newspapers of the city, other members of the news media of the city, and to persons who apply for copies. At the end of each year,…

Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied b…

No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper’s oath with the city clerk, or by filing a ve…

The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall have been a resident of the city at least 90 days prior to the election and shall reside within the city during his term of office and shall have attained the age of 25 years. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §34.)

The mayor elected hereunder shall receive an annual salary of $65,000.00. Thereafter, the mayor’s salary shall be established as provided in section 11-44C-18, but in no event shall said salary be less than $65,000.00 per annum. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §35.)

Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve as acting mayor until a new …

All executive powers of the city shall be vested in the mayor and the mayor shall be the head of the executive and administrative branches of the city government. He may attend council meetings but may not vote in its proceedings and he shall have the power and duties herein conf…

(a) There are hereby created three divisions of city government: public works, finance, and public safety. Each division may have an executive director appointed by the mayor with the approval of a vote of five members of the council, who shall be an officer of the city and shall…

The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the may…

The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the votes shall be in favor of the court ordered district commission form of government then only the applicable provisions of this chapter…

The mayor is hereby authorized to employ such additional personnel who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and for such purposes an additional $100,000.00 per annum shall be made available for the salaries of such personnel from the city treasury. Said personnel shall not b…

The fiscal year of the city government shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this chapter, the term “budget year” shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget i…

On a day to be fixed by the council but in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council: (1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the “general fund budg…

It shall be the duty of the head of each department, and each other office or agency supported in whole or in part by the city, to file with the director of finance, at such time as the mayor may prescribe, estimates of revenue and expenditures for that department, office or agen…

The general fund budget shall include for each public utility within the city only the net amounts estimated to be received from or to be appropriated to each public utility. The general fund budget shall be prepared in accordance with accepted principles of municipal accounting …

In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor in the general fund budget exceed the receipts estimated, taking into account the estimated cash surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, as provided in the preceding section hereof, unless the mayor sha…

The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor concerning the fiscal policy of the city, a description of the important features of the budget plan, an explanation of all changes in each budget submitted, as to estimated receipts and recommended expenditures as…

The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies t…

At the meeting of the council at which the budget and budget message are submitted, the council shall determine the place and time of the public hearing on the budget, and shall cause to be published a notice of the place and time, not less than seven days after the date of publi…

After the conclusion of the public hearing the council may insert new items of expenditures or may increase, decrease, or strike out items of expenditure in the general fund budget, except that no item of expenditure for debt service, or any other item required to be included by …

If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §5.)

At the head of the budget there shall appear a summary of the budget, which need not be itemized further than by principal sources of anticipated revenue, stating separately the amount to be provided by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing …

Not later than the twentieth day of September of the current fiscal year, the council by a majority vote shall adopt the general fund budget, and such ordinance providing for additional revenue as may be necessary to put the budget in balance, including a two percent reserve. If …

If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report t…

Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the budget year. A copy of the budget, as finally adopted, shall be certified by the mayor and the city clerk and filed in the office of the director of finance. The budget so certified shall be printed, mimeographed, or othe…