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AL Code § 45-35A-54.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.08 - Board of Commissioners - Employment; Merit System.

Section 45-35A-54.08Board of commissioners - Employment; merit system. The City of Dothan shall be governed and managed by the board of commissioners provided for herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, each and every officer and employee of the city other than the commissioners shall be selected and employed by the board, or under its direction, and all salaries and wages paid by the city, except as otherwise provided by this part, shall be fixed by the board. The commissioners shall have the authority to create all necessary officers and shall prescribe and may at any time change the power, duties, and titles of all subordinate officers and employees of the city, including the office of city recorder, and all such officers and employees shall hold office and be removable at the pleasure of the board of commissioners, except as otherwise provided herein. It is provided, however, that all salaried officials, except members of the boards and commissioners above mentioned, and the recorder, if any, who are holding office at the time of the adoption of this form of government, under an election, appointment, or other method of selection for a definite term, shall be permitted to serve out such term in the position and with the duties and compensation, and subject to the conditions, restrictions, and regulations which would have existed had there been no change in the government of such city. And it is provided further that any merit system for the governance of its personnel, the jurisdiction, powers, duties, and operation of such merit system shall not be affected by this part, and the merit system shall continue to function as now provided for, as this part is not intended to supersede, modify, or repeal in any manner any legislation, general, local, or special, providing a merit system for the city. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §9.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.09 - Board of Commissioners - Meetings.

Section 45-35A-54.09Board of commissioners - Meetings. The board of commissioners provided for by this part shall hold regular public meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at some regular hour to be fixed by the board from time to time, and publicly announced by it; provided, however, that the board may by ordinance provide that it shall hold regular public meetings on Tuesday of each week, or on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, the time of such meetings to be fixed by the board from time to time and publicly announced by it; and the board may hold such adjourned, called, and other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §10.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.10 - Board of Commissioners - Conduct of Meetings.

Section 45-35A-54.10Board of commissioners - Conduct of meetings. The president of the board, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the board, but shall have no veto power. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business to be done by the board, and for the exercise of any power conferred upon it; and the affirmative vote of three members of the board shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or for the transaction of any business of any sort by the board, or for the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this part, or that may hereafter be conferred upon it. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §11.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.11 - Board of Commissioners - Assignment or Delegation of Powers and Duties.

Section 45-35A-54.11Board of commissioners - Assignment or delegation of powers and duties. The board may assign or delegate to one or more of its members, or to such boards, commissioners, officers, or employees as may be created or selected by it, the performance of such executive and judicial duties and powers as may be necessary or convenient, provided that such assignment or delegation is done by resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, duly enacted according to the terms of this part, and according to the laws of Alabama. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §12.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.12 - Meetings of Board - Open to Public.

Section 45-35A-54.12Meetings of board - Open to public. All meetings of the board at which any person not a city officer is present shall be open to the public. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §13.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.13 - Meetings of Board - Enactment of Resolutions, Bylaws, or Ordinances.

Section 45-35A-54.13Meetings of board - Enactment of resolutions, bylaws, or ordinances. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise, appropriating any money for any purpose, providing for public improvements, enacting any regulations concerning the public comfort, the public safety, or public health, or of any other general or permanent nature, shall be enacted except at a regular or adjourned public meeting of the board. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §14.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.14 - Meetings of Board - Voting.

Section 45-35A-54.14Meetings of board - Voting. Every motion, resolution, or ordinance introduced at any such meeting shall be reduced to writing and read before any vote thereon shall be taken; and the yeas and nays thereon shall be recorded. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §15.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.15 - Meetings of Board - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-35A-54.15Meetings of board - Recordkeeping. A record of the proceedings of every such meeting shall be kept in a well bound book and shall be signed by at least three of the commissioners before the action taken at such meeting shall be effective. Every resolution and ordinance adopted by the board of commissioners shall be kept in either the same or another well bound book. All such records shall be kept available for inspection by all citizens of such city at all reasonable times. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §16.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.16 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Notice; Effective Date.

Section 45-35A-54.16Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Notice; effective date. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city organized under this part, either in, under, upon, along, through, or over same shall take effect and be in force until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the board of commissioners, and publication of the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance in full once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the city, which publication shall be made at the expense of the persons, firms, or corporations applying for the grant. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §17.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.17 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Objections, Election.

Section 45-35A-54.17Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Objections, election. Pending the passage of any such resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or during the time intervening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be made as above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city may by written petition or petitions addressed to the board of commissioners object to such grant, and if, during this period, such written petition or petitions signed by at least a number of qualified voters equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city, or fraction thereof, according to the last federal census, shall be filed with the board of commissioners, the board shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed grant as set forth in the bylaw, resolution, or ordinance. In the call for the election the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance making the grant shall be published at length and in full at the expense of the city in some newspaper in the city. One publication shall be sufficient for the purposes of this section. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §18.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.18 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Election Results.

Section 45-35A-54.18Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Election results. If at such election the majority of the votes are in favor of the ordinance and the making of the proposed grant, the same shall thereupon become effective; but if a majority of the votes so cast shall be against the passage of the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance and against the making of the grant, the bylaw, resolution, or ordinance shall not become effective, nor shall it confer any rights, powers, or privileges of any kind, and it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners, after the result of the election is determined, to pass a resolution or ordinance to that effect. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §19.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.19 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Conferring of Rights; Extension or Enlargement of Rights.

Section 45-35A-54.19Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Conferring of rights; extension or enlargement of rights. No grant of any franchise or lease or right of user, or any other right in, under, upon, along, through, or over, the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of any such city shall be made or given, nor shall any such rights of any kind whatsoever be conferred upon any person, firm, or corporation, except by resolution or ordinance, duly passed by the board of commissioners at some regular or adjourned meeting, and published as above provided for; nor shall any extension or enlargement of any such rights or powers previously granted, be made or given except in the manner and subject to all the conditions herein provided for as to the original grant of same. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §20.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.20 - Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, or Electric Plants and Systems - Authorized.

Section 45-35A-54.20Transfer of waterworks, sewer, or electric plants and systems - Authorized. Any waterworks plant and system, a sewer plant and system, an electric plant and system, and a gas plant and system, or any one or more of such plants and systems now or hereafter owned by the City of Dothan shall be authorized to transfer and convey one or more of such plants or systems, or any part of such plants or systems, or any rights incidental thereto to any board or public corporation organized under Chapter 50, Title 11, or under any subsequent act providing for the incorporation of like boards to own and operate any waterworks plant or system, any sewer plant or system, any electric plant or system, or any gas plant or system, whether such board was incorporated with the approval of the city owning such plant or system, or with the approval of some other city in Alabama, the governing body owning any such plant or systems, or both, shall provide for an election at which the qualified voters of such city shall be allowed to vote on such proposition, which election shall be held according to Sections 45-35A-54.12 to 45-35A-54.18, inclusive, except that no written petition or petitions to the governing body of the city owning such plants or systems shall be required for the holding of such election herein provided for. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §21.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.21 - Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, or Electric Plants and Systems - Election.

Section 45-35A-54.21Transfer of waterworks, sewer, or electric plants and systems - Election. Except as herein provided for, and at the time of holding the same, all elections herein required shall be held according to the general laws of Alabama. At any such election the proposition to be submitted to the voters shall be: "Shall the governing body of the City of ______ be authorized to transfer and convey the city owned waterworks plant and system, sewer plant and system, electric plant and system, gas plant and system, or any one or more thereof, or any part or parts of such plants or systems, or any rights incidental thereto to any board or public corporation organized under Chapter 50, Title 11, or to any board created or established by any subsequent act providing for the incorporation of like boards to own and operate any such plant or systems or both, the members of which board will not be elected by the qualified voters of the City of ______. "NO____ YES____ ."  (Act 79-537, p. 959, §22.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.22 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Statement of Candidacy; Eligibility.

Section 45-35A-54.22Election of mayor or associate commissioner - Statement of candidacy; eligibility. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election which may be held under this part for the office of mayor or associate commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office of the mayor or commission of the city, if at the first election of the commission under this part, or with the commission at any subsequent election, a statement of candidacy, accompanied by affidavit taken and certified by the mayor or by any member of the commission, or by a notary public, that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to become a candidate. No person shall be eligible for such office unless he or she is over the age of 21 at the time he or she becomes a candidate, or unless he or she is qualified to vote in the election at which he or she shall be elected. The statement shall be filed at least 20 days before the day set for such election, and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, Houston County, I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of Dothan in the state and county and reside at ________ in the city; that I desire to become a candidate for the office of _______ (inserting mayor, associate commissioner for Ward 1, 2, 3, or 4 as the case may be) in the city to be held on the day of _______; that I am duly qualified to hold the office if elected thereto, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at the election. (signed) _______ Subscribed and sworn to before me by _______ on this the _______ day of _______, 20__, and filed in this office for record on that day. (style of officer)." (Act 79-537, p. 959, §23.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.23 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Ballots.

Section 45-35A-54.23Election of mayor or associate commissioner - Ballots. No name shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to the provisions hereinabove set forth; and no ballots shall be used at any such election except the official ballot prepared by the city. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §24.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.24 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Ineligibility.

Section 45-35A-54.24Election of mayor or associate commissioner - Ineligibility. In case any person, after having been elected and duly qualified as commissioner, is declared ineligible to hold such office, a successor shall be chosen as in the case of a vacancy caused by death, resignation, or other cause. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §25.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.25 - Oath of Office; Bond.

Section 45-35A-54.25Oath of office; bond. Every person elected to the office of commissioner, on or before the first Monday of October next succeeding his or her election, shall qualify by making oath that he or she is eligible for the office and will execute the duties of same according to his or her best knowledge and ability. The oath shall be administered by the retiring mayor, or by a notary public, or by a member of the commission. The mayor shall give bond with sufficient sureties in an amount not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) nor more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), such amount to be fixed and the bond to be approved by the board of commissioners, payable to the city, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties as commissioner and mayor. For the same purposes and reason each of the associate commissioners shall give bond with sufficient sureties in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), all of which bonds shall be approved by and filed for record with the judge of probate of the county and recorded in his or her office, for which the judge of probate shall receive one dollar ($1) to be paid by the commissioner. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §26.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.26 - Vacancies in Office.

Section 45-35A-54.26Vacancies in office. Whenever any vacancy occurs in the office of any commissioner, by death, resignation, or removal, then his or her successor shall be appointed by the remaining members of the board of commissioners of the city, not more than 30 days from the time such vacancy occurs; otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by the legislative delegation. Every person who is appointed to the office of commissioner in any such city under this section shall qualify for office as soon as practicable after such appointment and shall be clothed with the duties and responsibilities and powers of such office immediately upon such qualification. He or she shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §27.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.27 - Selection of Employees.

Section 45-35A-54.27Selection of employees. The employees of the city shall be selected by the commissioners solely on account of their fitness, and without regard to political affiliations. It shall be unlawful to hold any party caucus or primary for the purpose of nominating any employee to be selected by such commissioners, and any person who shall solicit, receive, or accept a party or caucus nomination for any office to be filled by the commissioners shall thereby be rendered ineligible for such office or for any other office under the city for a period of one year thereafter. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §28.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.28 - Prohibited Political Activities.

Section 45-35A-54.28Prohibited political activities. It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office, or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, employment, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any person or persons, or for any candidate to provide or use any hacks, automobiles, or other vehicles for the purpose of transporting voters to the polls on election day. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §29.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.30 - Interest in Public Contracts or Services.

Section 45-35A-54.30Interest in public contracts or services. No officer or employee elected or appointed in the city shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in any services to be furnished or performed, for the city; and no such officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or in any services to be furnished or performed, for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, within the territorial limits of the city. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §31.)
AL Code § 45-35A-54.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 35A - Houston County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Dothan.|Part 5 - Governing Body.|Section 45-35A-54.31 - Interest in Public Service Utilities.

Section 45-35A-54.31Interest in public service utilities. No commissioner or any other official of the city, nor any employee thereof, shall be interested in any corporation operating any public service utility within the city; provided, however, this shall not apply to any employment or interest existing at the time of the selection or election of such commissioner or other official. (Act 79-537, p. 959, §32.)