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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-44 - General Fund Budget.

Section 11-43C-44
General fund budget.
The general fund budget shall include for each public utility owned by 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 and budgetary procedures and techniques, and shall show:
(1) Such portion of the general fund cash surplus as it is estimated will exist, at the end of the current fiscal year, and is proposed to be used for meeting expenditures in the general fund budget for the ensuing year;
(2) An estimate of the receipts from current ad valorem taxes on real estate and tangible personal property during the ensuing fiscal year, assuming that the percentage of the levy collected be no greater than the average percentage of the levy collected in the last three completed tax years;
(3) An estimate of receipts from all other sources of revenue, provided that the estimated receipts from each such source shall not exceed the percentage of estimated revenue in the current fiscal year from the same source over the amount of the revenue received from the same source in the last completed fiscal year, unless a law or ordinance under which revenue from any source is derived, has been amended or a new source of revenue has been provided by law or ordinance, in the course of the current year, in which case the estimated receipts from that source may be fixed by the mayor. If additional revenue is to be derived from the state, the amount fixed by the mayor shall not exceed the amount which the proper state official shall certify in writing to be the reasonable expectation of receipts from such source;
(4) A statement to be furnished by the head of the division of finance of the debt service requirements for the ensuing year and future years;
(5) An estimate of the general fund cash deficit, if any, at the end of the current fiscal year and of any other obligations required by law to be budgeted for the ensuing fiscal year; and
(6) An estimate of expenditures and appropriations for all other purposes to be met from the general fund in the ensuing fiscal year. All the estimates shall be in detail showing receipts by sources and expenditures by operating units, character, and object, so arranged as to show receipts and expenditures as estimated for the current fiscal year and actual receipts and expenditures for the last fiscal year, in comparison with estimated receipts and recommended expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §44.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-45 - Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets.

Section 11-43C-45
Recommended expenditures not to exceed estimated receipts unless additional revenue measures adopted; recommendations where receipts estimated to exceed expenditures; public utility budgets.
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 shall recommend an increase in or levy of new or increased taxes or licenses within the power of the city to levy and collect in the ensuing fiscal year, the receipts from which, estimated on the basis of the average experience with the same or similar taxes during the three full tax years last past, will make up the difference. If estimated receipts exceed estimated expenditures, the mayor may recommend revisions in the tax and license ordinances of the city in order to bring the general fund budget into balance. The same balanced budget restrictions shall apply in the adoption of any public utility budget.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §45.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-46 - Contents of Budget Message.

Section 11-43C-46
Contents of budget message.
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 compared with the current fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year, and a summary of the proposed budgets showing comparisons similar to those required herein.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §46.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-47 - Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility, and Capital Budgets.

Section 11-43C-47
Printing and distribution of budget message and general fund, public utility, and capital budgets.
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 to each member of the council and each newspaper of general circulation published in the city and all other members of the news media in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-48 - Public Hearing on Budget.

Section 11-43C-48
Public hearing on budget.
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 publication, and the council will hold a public hearing at which any citizen of the city shall be given an opportunity to be heard, for or against the estimates of any item.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-49 - Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor's Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted.

Section 11-43C-49
Revision of budget after hearing; increase in expenditures over mayor's recommendation; expenditures not to exceed receipts and surplus unless additional revenue measures adopted.
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 this chapter or other provision of law, shall be reduced or stricken out. The council shall not alter the estimates of receipts contained in the budget except to correct omissions or mathematical errors, and it shall not cause the total of expenditures as recommended by the mayor to be increased without a public hearing on such increase, which shall be held not less than three days after notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city. The council shall in no event adopt a general fund budget in which the total of expenditures exceeds the receipts and available surplus, estimated as herein provided by this chapter, unless at the same time it adopts measures to provide for additional revenue in the ensuing fiscal year estimated to be sufficient to make up the difference.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-50 - Summary of Budget.

Section 11-43C-50
Summary of budget.
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 so in such manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §50.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-51 - Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget.

Section 11-43C-51
Adoption of general fund budget and any necessary revenue measure; failure to adopt budget.
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 for any reason the council fails to adopt the general fund budget on or before such day, the general fund budget of the current fiscal year shall be the general fund budget for the ensuing year, until such time as a newly revised budget shall be adopted by the council and, until such time, it shall have full force and effect to the same extent as if the same had been adopted by the council.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-52 - Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure.

Section 11-43C-52
Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure.
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 thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if four of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §52; Acts 1991, No. 91-169, p. 229, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-53 - Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.

Section 11-43C-53
Budget effective upon final adoption; certification; printing and distribution.
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 otherwise reproduced and sufficient copies thereof shall be made available for the use of all offices, departments, and agencies and for the use of the citizens of the city who request a copy.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-54 - Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.

Section 11-43C-54
Budget estimates for public utilities; presentation of budget to council.
Separate budget estimates for any public utility owned and operated by the city shall be submitted to the director of finance at the same time as the budget estimates of other departments and in the form prescribed by the director of finance. The mayor shall present to the council the budget for the utility operation, itemizing the receipts and expenditures in manner and form as is generally provided for in the general fund budget.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §54.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-55 - Monthly or Quarterly Allotments for Each Department, etc.; Revision of Allotments.

Section 11-43C-55
Monthly or quarterly allotments for each department, etc.; revision of allotments.
After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before the beginning of the fiscal year, the head of each department, office, and agency shall submit to the mayor in such form as the mayor shall prescribe a work program which shall show the requested allotments of the appropriations for such department, office, or agency for the entire fiscal year at least monthly or as the mayor may direct. Before the beginning of the fiscal year the mayor shall approve, with such amendments as he shall determine, the allotments for each such department, office, or agency, and shall file the same with the head of the division of finance who shall not authorize any expenditure to be made from any appropriation except on the basis of approved allotments. Such allotments shall be in conformity with the salaries established by ordinance, the provisions of any merit system applicable to such city, and the laws of the State of Alabama relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose. The aggregate of such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to each such department, office, or agency for the fiscal year. An approved allotment may be revised during the fiscal year in the same manner as the original allotment was made. If at any time during the fiscal year the mayor shall ascertain that the revenue cash receipts of the general fund or any public utility for the year plus any cash surplus available from the preceding year will be less than the total appropriations to be met from such receipts and said surplus, he shall reconsider allotments of the departments, offices, and agencies, and, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinances of the city relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose, revise the allotments so as to forestall the incurring of a deficit; provided, however, that there shall be no reduction in salaries except by order of the council, or as authorized by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §55.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-56 - Transfer of Unencumbered Balance From One Department, etc., to Another or From One Classification of Expenditure to Another.

Section 11-43C-56
Transfer of unencumbered balance from one department, etc., to another or from one classification of expenditure to another.
At the request of the mayor, the council may by resolution transfer any unencumbered balance or portion thereof in any general fund appropriation from one department, office or agency to another or from one classification of expenditures to another in the same department, office or agency.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §56.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-57 - Additional Appropriations.

Section 11-43C-57
Additional appropriations.
Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance may be made by the council by not less than four affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the head of the division of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriations.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §57.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-58 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 11-43C-58
Emergency appropriations.
At any time in any budget year, the council may make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditures, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such appropriation may be made by the council by not less than four affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §58.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-59 - Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.

Section 11-43C-59
Lapse of unexpended and unencumbered appropriation.
Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year shall lapse.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §59.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-60 - Capital Improvement Program.

Section 11-43C-60
Capital improvement program.
At the same time that he submits the general fund budget, the mayor shall submit to the council a capital improvement program covering all recommended capital improvement projects for the ensuing fiscal year and for the four fiscal years thereafter, with his recommendation as to the means of financing the improvements proposed for the ensuing fiscal year. The council shall have the power to accept with or without amendments or reject the proposed program and proposed means of financing for the ensuing fiscal year and may from time to time during the fiscal year amend by ordinance adopted by at least four affirmative votes, the program previously adopted by it, or the means of financing the whole or any part thereof, or both, provided that the amendment shall have been recommended by the mayor and further provided such additional funds are available in the general fund or in any other fund of the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §60.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-61 - Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.

Section 11-43C-61
Capital budget; lapse of appropriations for capital improvement projects; reserve fund for permanent public improvements.
The council shall adopt a capital budget prior to the beginning of the fiscal year in which the budget is to take effect. No appropriations for a capital improvement project contained in the capital budget shall lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned, provided that any project shall be deemed to have been abandoned if three fiscal years lapse without any expenditure therefor. Any such lapsed appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any indebtedness incurred in financing the project or if there is no such indebtedness, shall be available for other appropriation. The council may by ordinance establish a reserve fund for permanent public improvements and may appropriate thereto any portion of the general fund cash surplus not otherwise appropriated. Appropriations from said fund shall be made only to finance improvements included in the capital budget.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-62 - Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord With Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.

Section 11-43C-62
Payments and obligations must be in accord with appropriations; certification by director of finance; void payments and obligations; penalty for knowing violations.
No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by or on behalf of the city except in accordance with an appropriation duly made, and no payment shall be made from or obligation incurred against any allotment or appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such allotment or appropriation to meet the same; provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prevent the advance authorization of expenditures for small purchases as provided for by this chapter. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be void. Every payment made in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed illegal, and every official who shall knowingly authorize or make such payment or knowingly take part therein and every person who shall knowingly receive said payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to the city for the full amount so paid or received. If any officer, member of any board, or employee of the city shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall knowingly authorize or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly take part therein, such action shall be cause for his removal. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the making of contracts of lease or for services providing for the payment of funds at a time beyond the fiscal year in which such contracts are made, provided the nature of such transactions will reasonably require the making of such contracts.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §62.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-63 - Existing Budget Continued in Force.

Section 11-43C-63
Existing budget continued in force.
Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that the council is first organized shall continue in force and effect during the balance of the city's then fiscal year, or until such time as the mayor may submit to the council and the council adopts an amended, altered, or revised budget for the balance of said fiscal year.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-64 - Division of Finance; Head of Division.

Section 11-43C-64
Division of finance; head of division.
There shall be a division of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The head of the division shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §64.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-65 - Head of Division of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.

Section 11-43C-65
Head of division of finance - Qualifications; bond.
The head of the division of finance shall be a person skilled in municipal accounting, taxation, and financial control. He shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on said bond shall be paid by the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §65.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-67 - Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditures; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.

Section 11-43C-67
Expenditures not to exceed appropriation for that general classification of expenditures; expenditures financed by bonds; leases or contracts for period exceeding budget year.
No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year, expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, for any purpose in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditures pursuant to this chapter. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this chapter shall be null and void. Nothing in this section, 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 leases or contracts for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such lease or contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §67.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-68 - Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43C-68
Disposition of fees received by officers and employees.
All fees received by any officer or employee of the city shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the division of finance.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §68.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-69 - Division of Division of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.

Section 11-43C-69
Division of division of finance to be responsible for purchases; powers and duties of division head.
There shall be established in the division of finance a division responsible for purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. Such division head, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials, and equipment required by any office, department, or agency. The city 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 government;
(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 resolution or ordinance;
(4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material, and equipment; and
(5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §69.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-70 - Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.

Section 11-43C-70
Competitive bidding on contracts for supplies, materials, or equipment.
Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials or equipment he shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the council shall not exempt individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §70.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-71 - City Improvements Costing More Than $3,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract.

Section 11-43C-71
City improvements costing more than $3,000.00 to be executed by contract; bidding on contract; alteration of contract.
Any city improvement costing more than $3,000.00 shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is budgeted and authorized by the council to be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications, and estimates. All such contracts for more than $3,000.00 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the mayor shall have the power to reject all bids and advertise again. Alteration in any contract may be made when authorized by the council upon the written recommendation of the mayor. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or nullify provisions of state law requiring or governing competitive bidding.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §71.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-72 - Purchases and Contracts Shall Be Pursuant to Written Requisition; Certification of Balance Sufficient to Pay for Contract or Order.

Section 11-43C-72
Purchases and contracts shall be pursuant to written requisition; certification of balance sufficient to pay for contract or order.
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 director of finance certifies that there is a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual service for which the contract or order is to be issued.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §72.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-73 - Revenue Notes.

Section 11-43C-73
Revenue notes.
In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of revenues, 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 _____ (stating the budget year)." Such notes may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes, together with the renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes have been issued. Such borrowing shall be subject to any limitation provided by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §73.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-74 - Emergency Notes.

Section 11-43C-74
Emergency notes.
In the absence of available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under the provisions of this chapter, 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 and renewals 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 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §74.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-75 - Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale.

Section 11-43C-75
Notes not payable on demand; redemption prior to maturity; private sale.
No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity upon notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. All notes may be sold at not less than par and accrue interest at private sale without previous advertisement.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §75.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-76 - Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent With Personnel, etc., Provisions of Chapter.

Section 11-43C-76
Existing rights and privileges of officers and employees; existing laws not inconsistent with personnel, etc., provisions of chapter.
Nothing contained in the provisions of this chapter shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing at the time when this chapter shall take effect or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall become applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or any office, department, or agency thereof, and as provided by the city's merit system.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §76.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-77 - Personnel Holding Administrative Office Continued in Office; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office, etc., Abolished by This Chapter.

Section 11-43C-77
Personnel holding administrative office continued in office; transfer of powers and duties of office, etc., abolished by this chapter.
All personnel, except those specifically designated by the provisions of this chapter as removable at the discretion of the mayor, holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government becomes effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until other provisions have been made by law for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. If any office, department, or agency of the city shall be abolished by this chapter, the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon such units by the laws of the state shall thereafter be exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated by the council.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §77.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-78 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.

Section 11-43C-78
Transfer of records, property, and equipment of office, etc., where powers and duties reassigned.
All records, property, and equipment of any office, department, or agency, whose powers and duties are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by the provisions of this chapter, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, or agency are assigned to another office, department, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §78.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-79 - Office, etc., With Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office.

Section 11-43C-79
Office, etc., with name or powers and duties the same or substantially same as existing office deemed a continuation of such office.
Any office, department, or agency provided for by this chapter with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of any such office, department, or agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency, and shall continue to exercise its powers and duties until otherwise provided, and shall have power to continue any business, proceeding, or other matter within the scope of its regular powers and duties. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, or agency.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §79.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-80 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.

Section 11-43C-80
Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken.
All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the application to 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 organization under the mayor-council form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §80.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-81 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-43C-81
Pending legal actions and proceedings.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the organization under 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 change to the mayor-council form of government or by anything contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer; but in that event, the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §81.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-82 - Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force.

Section 11-43C-82
Laws relating to pensions or retirement and relief funds continued in force.
All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions or retirement and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any such city at the time when such city shall become governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §82.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-83 - Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, etc., Continued in Force.

Section 11-43C-83
Laws relating to authority for fairgrounds, etc., continued in force.
All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment or financing of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibitions, and other facilities for the amusement, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any such city at the time when such city shall become organized under the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change until otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §83.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-84 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43C-84
Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect.
All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time the form of government herein provided for becomes effective shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §84.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-85 - Removal of Merit System Officers and Employees; Appeal of Decision.

Section 11-43C-85
Removal of merit system officers and employees; appeal of decision.
Any merit system 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 mayor, or other appointing officer, shall be subject to appeals provided by law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §85.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-86 - Participation in Meetings of Council by Mayor, Department Heads, Etc.

Section 11-43C-86
Participation in meetings of council by mayor, department heads, etc.
The mayor, the heads of all divisions and 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 coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective offices, departments, or agencies.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §86.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-87 - Inquiry Into Conduct of Office, Department, Agency, or Officer; Investigations as to Municipal Affairs; Subpoena Power.

Section 11-43C-87
Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations as to municipal affairs; subpoena power.
The council, or the mayor, 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, administer oaths, and compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §87.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Section 11-43C-88 - Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts With City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, etc.; Free Transportation of Officials, Policemen, and Firemen in Discharge of Duties.

Section 11-43C-88
Interest of official or employee in contracts with city or public utility prohibited; acceptance of gifts, etc.; free transportation of officials, policemen, and firemen in discharge of duties.
No elected official or city employee 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, nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, water works, gas works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of said city, nor shall he accept any free pass, free ticket, or free service from said corporations or utilities or accept any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00, be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days, and every such contract or agreement shall be void. Such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform nor to policemen in the discharge of their duty nor shall service to city officials in their official capacity heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §88.)