Title 45

The director of finance shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 6.03.)

The director of finance shall have general management and control of the several divisions and units of the department of finance. He shall have charge, subject to the direction and control of the mayor, of the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end …

No officer, department, or agency, during any budget year, shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general…

All fees received by any officer or employee of the city, shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the department of finance. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 6.06.)

There shall be established in the department of finance a division of purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. The purchasing agent, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribu…

Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment, he or she shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations, and with such exceptions, as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance…

Any city improvement costing more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is authorized by the council to be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications, and estimates. All such co…

All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the directo…

In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or receipt of revenues of the budget year, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated revenue note for the year 2..... (sta…

In the absence of unappropriated available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under Section 45-51A-33.135, the council may by resolution authorize the issuance of notes, each of which shall be designated emergency note and may be renewed from time to time, but all such not…

No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity on such notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 6.13.)

All notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold at not less than par and accrued interest at private sale without previous advertisement. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 6.14.)

There shall be established nine council districts to be designated respectively as district number 1, district number 2, district number 3, district number 4, district number 5, district number 6, district number 7, district number 8, and district number 9, which districts shall …

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

Nothing in this part contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing on August 28, 1973, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-c…

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 such duties or the discontinua…

Any person holding an office or position in the classified service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall be continued as such officer or employee in the classified service of the…

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 part, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency …

Any office, department, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, or agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency and, un…

All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the mayor-council 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 the …

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 city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form o…

All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state or in this code, as amended, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city a…

All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and place for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers,…

For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate with the mayor or other chief execut…

All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 8.11.)

Subject to any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, any officer or employee to whom the mayor, or a head of any office, department, or agency, may appoint a successor, may be removed by the mayor or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of the ma…

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

The council, the mayor, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses,…

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 resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 9.04.)

All records and accounts of every office, department, or agency of the city shall be open to inspection by any citizen, any representative of a citizens’ organization, or any representative of the press at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the m…

No member of the council, the mayor, officer, or employee elected or appointed shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city, and no such member of the council, the …

The director of finance, and such other 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 city. (Acts 1973, No. 618…

Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall 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 will support the Constitution and will obey t…

No city may change from the mayor-council form of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government, either to: (1) The form of municipal government applicable to the …

Such change, however, shall first be initiated by petition and submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at an election and shall receive at such election a majority of the votes “yes” or in favor thereof in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided in …

No election on the abandonment of the mayor-council form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon. (Acts 1973, No. 618, p. 879, § 10.03.)

Any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate under the name of “City of ..........” (inserting the name of such city). The word city, as hereinafter used, shall mean and refer to any city which has adopted the mayor-c…

The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this part shall be known as the mayor-council form of government. Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this part and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and its laws, all pow…

The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the constitution and laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corpora…

The council shall consist of nine members who shall be known as district councilmen. Subsequent to the election of the first council, all elections of councilmen shall be held at the same times and in the same manner as provided by law in respect to municipal elections in cities …

(a) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the offices of councilperson may become a candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the city is situated, a statement in writing of his or her candidacy, accompanied by an aff…

Every person who shall be elected or appointed to the office of member of the council, on or before the second Tuesday of November following his or her election or before the Tuesday following the date of his or her appointment, shall qualify by making oath that he or she is elig…

Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the city, and shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least six months prior to their election, and shall reside in the district during their terms of office and shall hold no other public office except that …

Commencing with the 1995 term, the council shall receive such salary as the council, by resolution or by ordinance, may prescribe. Such salary and the manner in which it is to be paid, shall be established by the council. In no event shall the council set the annual salary of the…

The council shall elect an officer of the city who shall have the title of president of the council and shall preside at meetings of the council. The council shall also elect a president pro tem, who shall act as president of the council during the absence or disability of the pr…

All powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, and the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of …