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AL Code § 11-43-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-62 - Regulation of Use of Streets for Telephone, Telegraph, etc., Lines; Sale or Lease of Franchises and Disposition of Moneys Therefrom.

Section 11-43-62Regulation of use of streets for telephone, telegraph, etc., lines; sale or lease of franchises and disposition of moneys therefrom. The council shall regulate the use of the streets for the erection of telegraph, telephone, electric, and all other systems of wires and conduits and may require the same to be placed underground if deemed necessary for the public convenience and safety and generally to control and regulate the use of the streets for any and all purposes. The council may sell or lease in such manner as it may deem advisable any franchise which it has power to grant, and the moneys received therefor shall be paid into the city treasury. (Code 1907, §1268; Code 1923, §2016; Code 1940, T. 37, §439.)
AL Code § 11-43-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-63 - Division of Municipality Into Single-Member Districts.

Section 11-43-63Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards). Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district (ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council and further that candidates for election to a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district. The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing the district by metes and counts, or census tracts, and the municipal clerk, within five days after the adoption of the ordinance, shall file with the judge of probate of the county or counties in which the municipality lies a certified copy of such ordinance accompanied, by a map or plat of the city or town, showing the boundaries of all such districts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-191, p. 278.)
AL Code § 11-43-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-64 - Procedural Requirements for Increasing Number of Single-Member Districts in Class 3 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-64Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. All terms of office for city council members shall be concurrent with the mayor of the municipality. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the district. (Acts 1993, No. 93-634, p. 507, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-65 - Filling Vacancies on City Council in Class 6 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-65Filling vacancies on city council in Class 6 municipalities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy on the city council of a Class 6 city may be filled by either of the following ways: (1) The city council may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. (2) The city council may call a special election to fill the vacancy. A special election called pursuant to this subdivision shall be conducted as provided by the general laws of this state regarding municipal elections. The successor, upon election and certification, shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (Act 2001-314 p. 405, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-66 - Increases to Compensation for Members of City Council in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-66Increases to compensation for members of city council in Class 1 municipalities. Not less than six months prior to each general election for the election of the city council, the city council of any Class 1 municipality may increase the compensation of the members of the city council to the amount prescribed by the city council payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the municipality, which increase in compensation shall be effective on the first day of the new term. (Act 2008-407, p. 801, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-81 - Designated Chief Executive Officer; Powers of Appointment and Removal.

Section 11-43-81Designated chief executive officer; powers of appointment and removal. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city or town, except as otherwise provided in this title. He shall have the power to appoint all officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law. He may remove any officer for good cause, except those elected by the people, and fill the vacancy caused thereby, permanently, if the appointment of such officer is made by the mayor, and temporarily, if such officer was elected by the council or appointed with its consent, in either of which last two cases he must report such removal and his reasons therefor to the council at its next regular meeting, when, if the council shall sustain the act of removal by the mayor by a majority vote of those elected to the council, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this title. (Code 1907, §1179; Code 1923, §1895; Code 1940, T. 37, §441.)
AL Code § 11-43-81.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-81.1 - Authority of Mayors of Class 1 Municipalities to Appoint Chief Administrative Assistants.

Section 11-43-81.1Authority of mayors of Class 1 municipalities to appoint chief administrative assistants. The mayor of any Class 1 municipality or of any municipality having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census of this state is hereby authorized to employ for and on behalf of said municipality an employee to be known as chief administrative assistant to the mayor whose salary shall be fixed and determined by the mayor, but shall not exceed $39,500.00 annually. The chief administrative assistant to the mayor employed hereunder must reside within the municipality during the term of his employment. He must have had at least five years experience in public or private business in an executive or managerial capacity; provided, however, a majority of the council shall have the authority to approve the appointment of a person having different qualifications upon the recommendation of the mayor. Said chief administrative assistant to the mayor shall not be subject to the provisions of any merit system, but should he be a member of such merit system at the time of his appointment, upon termination of such appointment, he shall have the right to return to the same or higher classification under such merit system with full credit for time spent as such chief administrative assistant as if he had continued in his merit system classification. Appointees under this section may become members of any pension system applicable to general city employees provided application for such membership be made to the board or other authority administering such pension system within 30 days of appointment. This section shall not limit the authority of said mayor to appoint other employees of said municipality under the applicable merit or civil service system, or otherwise, where authorized by any other law. (Acts 1982, No. 82-484, p. 802.)
AL Code § 11-43-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-82 - Issuance of Proclamation Closing Shops and Forbidding Sale of Arms, Ammunition, etc., During Riots, Etc.

Section 11-43-82Issuance of proclamation closing shops and forbidding sale of arms, ammunition, etc., during riots, etc. Whenever any mob, riot, or tumult has occurred or there is reasonable cause to apprehend an occurrence thereof in any city, town, or village or in the vicinity thereof, the mayor shall have power to issue his proclamation ordering the closing of all shops or other places where the business of selling arms, ammunition, dynamite, or other explosives is carried on and forbidding the selling, lending, giving away, bartering, or otherwise disposing of any of such articles until such time as, in his judgment, such occupation may be carried on without danger to the public peace and safety. (Code 1896, §2972; Code 1907, §1454; Code 1923, §2310; Code 1940, T. 37, §442.)
AL Code § 11-43-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-83 - Execution, etc., of Deeds, Contracts, Bonds, Etc.

Section 11-43-83Execution, etc., of deeds, contracts, bonds, etc. The mayor shall see that all contracts with the town or city are faithfully kept or performed. He shall execute all deeds and contracts and bonds required in judicial proceedings for and on behalf of the city or town and no sureties shall be required on such bond. He shall perform such other executive duties, in addition to those prescribed in this article, as may be required of him by the council. (Code 1907, §1184; Code 1923, §1900; Code 1940, T. 37, §443.)
AL Code § 11-43-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-84 - Requiring of Reports by Municipal Officers; Statement to Council of Financial Condition of Municipality.

Section 11-43-84Requiring of reports by municipal officers; statement to council of financial condition of municipality. The mayor shall require reports to be made to him by any officer of the city or town at such times as he may direct or as may be prescribed by the council, and shall, at least once in every six months, make a statement to the council in writing of the financial condition of the town or city, showing particularly all temporary floating indebtedness and for what created and the steps he proposes to take for the protection of the credit of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1180; Code 1923, §1896; Code 1940, T. 37, §444.)
AL Code § 11-43-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-85 - Appointment, etc., of Accountant, etc., to Conduct Examination and Prepare Report as to Municipal Books and Accounts.

Section 11-43-85Appointment, etc., of accountant, etc., to conduct examination and prepare report as to municipal books and accounts. In cities and towns, the mayor, at least once a year, shall appoint an independent 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 or town since the preceding examination and to make a full report thereof in writing, under oath, to be submitted to the council at its first meeting after the completion of such report, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of the council. For his services said independent public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall be paid such sum as may be agreed upon. (Code 1907, §1229; Code 1923, §1953; Code 1940, T. 37, §445; Acts 1961, No. 569, p. 669.)
AL Code § 11-43-86.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 4 - Mayor.|Section 11-43-86.1 - Increase to Compensation for Mayor of Class 1 Municipality.

Section 11-43-86.1Increase to compensation for mayor of Class 1 municipality. Effective beginning the next term of office of the mayor of any Class 1 municipality, the annual salary for the mayor of any Class 1 municipality shall be increased by forty thousand dollars ($40,000) payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the municipality. (Act 2008-407, p. 801, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 5 - Clerk.|Section 11-43-100 - Attendance at and Preparation of Record of Council Meetings; Custody of Seal and Rules, Ordinances, etc., of Council.

Section 11-43-100Attendance at and preparation of record of council meetings; custody of seal and rules, ordinances, etc., of council. The clerk of all cities and towns shall attend the meetings of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules, ordinances, and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by the council. He shall also have the custody of the city or town seal. During the absence of the clerk, the council may appoint some person to perform his duties. (Code 1907, §1199; Code 1923, §1915; Code 1940, T. 37, §421.)
AL Code § 11-43-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 5 - Clerk.|Section 11-43-101 - Auditing, Recordation, etc., of Claims, etc., Against Municipality and Issuance of Warrants Therefor.

Section 11-43-101Auditing, recordation, etc., of claims, etc., against municipality and issuance of warrants therefor. The clerk shall submit all claims, requisitions, and demands against the city or town to the council at its next regular meeting for its approval, unless already provided for by ordinance or resolution, and upon its being approved by the council and the passage of ordinances carrying it into effect when necessary, said clerk shall issue warrant on the city or town treasurer for the amount of such claim, requisition, or demand. Before issuing any warrant upon the treasurer, the clerk shall audit the claim, certify to its correctness, and keep a record thereof, which record shall also show to what department or departments it is chargeable. (Code 1907, §1200; Code 1923, §1916; Code 1940, T. 37, §422.)
AL Code § 11-43-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 5 - Clerk.|Section 11-43-102 - Maintenance, etc., of Municipal Books and Accounts.

Section 11-43-102Maintenance, etc., of municipal books and accounts. The clerk shall keep a convenient set of books in which there shall be kept a separate account with each collecting officer of the city or town. He shall keep a separate account with each department for which a separate appropriation shall have been made, crediting the amount of the appropriation and charging warrants drawn against the same. He shall keep such other accounts as may be necessary to show the financial condition of the municipality and of each department thereof at all times. He shall not allow the amount appropriated for any item of expense to be drawn on for any other purpose. He shall not allow any warrant to be drawn unless sufficient funds actually be in the treasury to the credit of the fund upon which such warrant is drawn unless specifically authorized by an ordinance. (Code 1907, §1201; Code 1923, §1917; Code 1940, T. 37, §423.)
AL Code § 11-43-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 5 - Clerk.|Section 11-43-103 - Issuance of Licenses; Devolution of Duties Upon Auditor.

Section 11-43-103Issuance of licenses; devolution of duties upon auditor. The clerk shall issue all licenses unless otherwise provided by ordinance, receiving the money therefor, and pay the same over instanter to the city treasurer. Any part of the duties of the clerk may devolve upon the auditor by ordinance. (Code 1907, §1202; Code 1923, §1918; Code 1940, T. 37, §424.)
AL Code § 11-43-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 5 - Clerk.|Section 11-43-104 - Additional Duties; Bond.

Section 11-43-104Additional duties; bond. The clerk, in addition to these enumerated duties, shall perform any and all duties that may be required of him by ordinance or resolution. He shall give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the mayor, in such sum as the council may prescribe. (Code 1907, §1203; Code 1923, §1919; Code 1940, T. 37, §425.)
AL Code § 11-43-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 6 - Treasurer.|Section 11-43-120 - Bond; Duties Generally; Payment of Warrants; Reports and Statements to Council.

Section 11-43-120Bond; duties generally; payment of warrants; reports and statements to council. The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the council may prescribe for the faithful performance of his duties and the safe custody of the funds. He shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality, keeping an accurate record of the funds of the several departments, and shall keep books showing accurately the financial condition of the city. He shall pay out money only upon warrants drawn by the officers authorized by the applicable provisions of this title to draw warrants upon the treasurer, and when paid shall keep safely the warrants so drawn. Such warrants, approved by the mayor or such other person as the council may designate, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrant showing to what department the same is to be charged. In cities of 6,000 or more, such warrants shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrants showing to what department the same is to be charged, but the council may authorize the clerk to draw such warrants on the treasurer without the approval of the mayor; except, that in all instances the approval of the mayor shall have first been inscribed upon the voucher for the payment of which such warrant is drawn. No warrant shall be drawn except by authority of law or ordinance. No expenditure shall be allowed unless the same shall have been authorized by ordinance or by the mayor and is carefully itemized and shall have been examined, audited, and approved. The treasurer shall keep a record of all warrants presented for payment which are unpaid for want of funds and shall pay them when funds are available in the order of their presentation. He shall make report once a month or oftener if required by the council of the financial condition of the account of each department authorized to draw on the treasurer and shall make a quarterly statement, under oath, of the financial condition of the city or town to the council. (Code 1907, §1204; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1920; Code 1940, T. 37, §446; Acts 1951, No. 993, p. 1668.)
AL Code § 11-43-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 6 - Treasurer.|Section 11-43-121 - Payment of Interest Upon Warrants Not Paid for Lack of Funds; Additional Duties.

Section 11-43-121Payment of interest upon warrants not paid for lack of funds; additional duties. If no interest is stipulated to be paid on warrants drawn upon the treasurer and not paid for want of funds, then the legal rate shall be allowed from the time of presentation, which time shall be endorsed by the treasurer on the warrant with his signature, but no interest shall be paid on such warrants after notice has been posted in the office of the treasurer or in the office of the mayor that such warrants will be paid on demand. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the council or by law. (Code 1907, §1205; Code 1923, §1921; Code 1940, T. 37, §447; Acts 1953, No. 853, p. 1144.)