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AL Code § 45-8A-23.146 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 5 - Budget.|Section 45-8A-23.146 - Down Payments on Capital Projects.

Section 45-8A-23.146Down payments on capital projects. In the budget and budget proposal under the special caption of "down payments on capital projects," as provided in subsection (1) of Section 45-8A-23.144, there shall be separately stated as to each capital project for which it is expected that bonds will be authorized during the budget year, a sum which is not less than five percent of the amount of bonds to be authorized for that project. For purposes of the down payment, all street improvements expected to be partly financed by the issuance of bonds during the budget year may be considered a single project; so also may all proposed extensions of the water system, and likewise all extensions of the sewer system. Such an appropriation for a down payment shall not be required before the issuance of bonds to finance any capital expenditure which is the result of fire, flood, or other disaster, or which is for a city owned, or operated, utility or other public service enterprise, or which is to be met in part, in cash, labor, or materials, by any agency of the government of the United States of America, or of this state. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §5.27.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.147 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 5 - Budget.|Section 45-8A-23.147 - Budget Summary.

Section 45-8A-23.147Budget summary. At the head of the budget and budget proposal shall appear a brief summary. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §5.28.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.170 - Director of Finance - Appointment.

Section 45-8A-23.170Director of finance - Appointment. There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the director of finance, who shall, with the advice and consent of the council, be appointed by the city manager, subject to the provisions of any merit or civil service system applicable to the city. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.01; Acts 1973, No, 247, p. 278, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.171 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.171 - Director of Finance - Qualifications.

Section 45-8A-23.171Director of finance - Qualifications. The director of finance shall have knowledge of municipal accounting and taxation and shall have had experience in budgeting and financial control. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.02.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.172 - Director of Finance - Surety Bond.

Section 45-8A-23.172Director of finance - Surety bond. The director of finance shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by ordinance. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.03.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.174 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.174 - Work Programs; Allotments.

Section 45-8A-23.174Work programs; allotments. Before the beginning of the budget year, the head of each office, department, board, or agency shall submit to the city manager, when required by him or her, a work program for the year, which program shall show the requested allotments of the appropriations for such office, department, board, or agency, by monthly periods, for the entire budget year. The city manager shall review the requested allotments in the light of the work program of the office, department, board, or agency concerned, and may revise, alter, or change such allotments before approving the same. The aggregate of such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to the office, department, board, or agency for the budget year. An approved allotment may be revised during the budget year in the same manner as the original allotment was made. If, at any time during the budget year, the city manager shall ascertain that the available income, plus balances, for the year will be less than the total appropriations, he or she shall reconsider the work programs and allotments so as to forestall the making of expenditures in excess of the income. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.05.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.175 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.175 - Allotments Constitute Basis of Expenditures and Are Subject to Revision.

Section 45-8A-23.175Allotments constitute basis of expenditures and are subject to revision. The city manager shall file a copy of the original allotments and of each revised allotment with the director of finance, who shall authorize all expenditures for the offices, departments, boards, and agencies to be made from the appropriations on the basis of approved allotments and not otherwise. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.06.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.176 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.176 - Transfers of Appropriations.

Section 45-8A-23.176Transfers of appropriations. The city manager may at any time transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, board, or agency, subject to paragraphs a. to j., inclusive, of subdivision (2) of Section 45-8A-23.091. The council may by resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof from one office, department, board, or agency, subject to paragraphs a. to j., inclusive, of subdivision (2) of Section 45-8A-23.091. No transfer shall be made from the appropriations fixed by law or required by subsections (a) to (i), inclusive of Section 45-8A-23.144. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.07; Act 2018-408, §1; Act 2018-499, §1.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.177 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.177 - Accounting Supervision and Control.

Section 45-8A-23.177Accounting supervision and control. The director of finance shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Prescribe the forms of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims to be used by all the offices, departments, boards, and agencies of the city government; (2) Examine and approve all contracts, orders, and other documents by which the city government incurs financial obligations, having previously ascertained that monies have been appropriated and allotted and will be available when the obligations shall become due and payable; (3) Audit and approve before payment all bills, invoices, payrolls, and other evidences of claims, demands, or charges against the city government and with the advice of the city attorney determine the regularity, legality, and correctness of such claims, demands, or charges; (4) Inspect and audit any accounts or records of financial transactions which may be maintained in any office, department, board, or agency of the city government apart from or subsidiary to the accounts kept in his or her office. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.08.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.178 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.178 - When Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited.

Section 45-8A-23.178When contracts and expenditures prohibited. No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year, 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 classification of expenditure pursuant to this part. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this part shall be null and void. Any officer or employee of the city who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall cease to hold his or her office or employment. Nothing in this section contained, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, nor the making of contracts of lease or for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.09.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.179 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.179 - Appropriations Lapse at End of Year,

Section 45-8A-23.179Appropriations lapse at end of year, All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the budget year to the extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.10.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.180 - Fees Shall Be Paid to City Government.

Section 45-8A-23.180Fees shall be paid to city government. All fees received by any officer or employee shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the department of finance. Any officer or employee who shall fail to pay such fees to the department of finance on the day such fees are received by him or her shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, he or she shall be dismissed from employment. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.11.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.181 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.181 - Division of Purchases.

Section 45-8A-23.181Division of purchases. There may be established by the council upon recommendation by the city manager a division of purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. The city purchasing agent shall be under the director of finance. The purchasing agent, pursuant to rules and regulations shall purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials, and equipment required by any office, department, board, or agency of the city. The purchasing agent shall also have power and shall be required to: (1) Establish and enforce specifications with respect to supplies, materials, and equipment required by the city; (2) Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials, and equipment, and determine their quality, quantity, and conformance with specifications; (3) Have charge of such general storerooms and warehouses as the council may provide by ordinance; (4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies, or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material, and equipment. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.12.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.182 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.182 - Competitive Bidding.

Section 45-8A-23.182Competitive bidding. Before the city purchasing agent makes any purchase of 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 ordinance; provided, however, that the council shall not except individual purchases or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.13.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.183 - Contracts for City Improvements.

Section 45-8A-23.183Contracts for city improvements. Any city improvement costing more than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be executed by contract. All such contracts for more than five hundred dollars ($500) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by ordinance, provided the city manager shall have the power to reject all bids and advertise again. Alterations in any contract may be made when authorized by the council upon the written recommendation of the city manager. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.14.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.184 - Accounting Control of Purchases.

Section 45-8A-23.184Accounting control of purchases. All purchases made by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department, board, or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department, board, or agency a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services for which the contract or order is to be issued. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.15.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.185 - No Contract Executed Until Bond Ordinance Effective.

Section 45-8A-23.185No contract executed until bond ordinance effective. No contract shall be executed for the acquisition of any property or the construction of any improvement to be financed by the issuance of bonds until the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall have taken effect and any contract executed before such day shall be voidable. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.16.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.186 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 45-8A-23.186Emergency appropriations. At any time in any budget year, the council may, pursuant to this section, make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditure, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety or welfare. Such appropriation shall be by resolution adopted by the favorable votes of at least four-fifths of the whole qualified membership of the council, and shall be made only upon written recommendation of the city manager. The total amount of all emergency appropriations made in any budget year shall not exceed three per centum of the total operating appropriations made in the budget for that year. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.17.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.187 - Borrowing to Meet Emergency Appropriations.

Section 45-8A-23.187Borrowing to meet emergency appropriations. In the absence of unappropriated available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under the provisions of Section 45-8A-23.186, 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 notes of any fiscal year and any renewals thereof shall be paid not later than the last day of the fiscal year next succeeding the budget year in which the emergency appropriation was made. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.18.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.188 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.188 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Property Taxes.

Section 45-8A-23.188Borrowing in anticipation of property taxes. In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of the property tax for such year, whether levied or to be levied in such 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 "tax anticipation note for the year 2___." (stating the budget year). Such notes may be issued for periods not exceeding one year and may be renewed from time to time for periods not exceeding one year, but together with renewals shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the third fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes shall have been issued. The amount of the tax anticipation notes originally issued in any budget year shall not exceed 50 percent of the amount of the property tax levied in that year for general city purposes. On renewal of tax anticipation notes of any given fiscal year, the amount renewed in the next succeeding fiscal year shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount originally issued, and the amount renewed in the second fiscal year succeeding the year of levy shall not exceed four percent of the amount originally issued. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.19.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.189 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.189 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Other Revenues.

Section 45-8A-23.189Borrowing in anticipation of other revenues. In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or receipt of other revenues of that 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 "special revenue note for the year 2___." (stating the budget year). Such notes may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes, together with the renewals thereof, shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes shall have been issued. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.20.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 6 - Department of Finance.|Section 45-8A-23.190 - Notes Redeemable Prior to Maturity.

Section 45-8A-23.190Notes redeemable prior to maturity. 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 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §6.21.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 7 - Establishment of Wards.|Section 45-8A-23.210 - Purpose and Number of Wards.

Section 45-8A-23.210Purpose and number of wards. Originally there shall be established five wards for the purpose of securing as nearly as possible a council consisting of members who represent distinct geographical areas within the city and who represent equal numbers of persons. Every part of the geographical area of the city shall be in one ward but not more than one ward. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §7.01.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 7 - Establishment of Wards.|Section 45-8A-23.211 - Establishment of the Original Wards.

Section 45-8A-23.211Establishment of the original wards. Under the provisions of Section 45-8A-23.006, the probate judge shall establish the original wards which shall contain as nearly equal a number of people as possible. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §7.02.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.212 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 7 - Establishment of Wards.|Section 45-8A-23.212 - Duty of Manager When City Limits Changed.

Section 45-8A-23.212Duty of manager when city limits changed. Whenever after the next preceding establishment of wards and not less than nine months before any regular election of councilmen there shall have been any change in the corporate limits of the city, the manager shall not less than seven months before such election prepare in writing and submit to the council a proposed division of the city into not less than five nor more than seven new wards. This written proposed division shall describe with clarity and certainty each of the wards proposed therein. This proposed division as submitted shall be entered by the city clerk in the journal. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §7.03.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.213 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 7 - Establishment of Wards.|Section 45-8A-23.213 - Duty of the Council After Submission of the Proposed Division.

Section 45-8A-23.213Duty of the council after submission of the proposed division. Within 30 days after the submission by the manager of his or her proposed division the council may approve this proposed division by ordinance or resolution. Upon such approval the division as proposed shall be adopted and the wards of the city shall for the purpose of each subsequent election of councilmen be as described in the proposed division submitted by the manager. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §7.04.)
AL Code § 45-8A-23.214 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 8A - Calhoun County Municipalities.|Article 2 - Anniston.|Part 4 - Goverrning Body.|Division 7 - Establishment of Wards.|Section 45-8A-23.214 - Duties of Council on Disapproval of Manager's Proposed Division.

Section 45-8A-23.214Duties of council on disapproval of manager's proposed division. If the council shall disapprove the manager's proposed division it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution of disapproval. Such ordinance or resolution must contain the council's proposed division of the city into not less than five nor more than seven new wards. It shall describe with clarity and certainty each of the wards proposed therein. The ordinance or resolution must prescribe a date for the holding of an election by the voters as set out in Section 45- 8A-23.216. Such date shall be not less than 30 nor more than 90 days after the adoption of the ordinance or resolution. If the ordinance or resolution shall not prescribe the date for the holding of the election, or if it shall not describe with clarity and certainty each of the wards proposed therein, such ordinance or resolution shall be null and void. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §7.05.)