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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-1 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 11-43C-1
Applicability of chapter.
This chapter shall apply to any Class 5 municipality in the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §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-2 - Special Election as to Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-43C-2
Special election as to adoption of mayor-council form of government.
After May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies may call a special election to be held in 1987, for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city or in the nearest larger city. All qualified electors of such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-43C-3. The election shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is or may be provided by law in other city elections. The proposal for which the majority of the votes cast shall be "yes," or in favor of such proposition, shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the mayor or other chief executive officer shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted for such city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §2.)
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-3 - Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.

Section 11-43C-3
Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines.
At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows:
Check one of the following:
(1) Shall the Mayor-Council form of government, as provided by Act ______, be adopted for the City of ___________________ ?
Yes ___________; or No ___________.
The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §3.)
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-4 - Conduct of Election; Election Expenses.

Section 11-43C-4
Conduct of election; election expenses.
The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. The expenses of any and all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §4.)
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-5 - Provisions Applicable if Mayor-Council Form of Government Chosen.

Section 11-43C-5
Provisions applicable if mayor-council form of government chosen.
If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein vote in favor of a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §5.)
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-6 - Election of Mayor and Council Members; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses.

Section 11-43C-6
Election of mayor and council members; time of taking office; election expenses.
An election shall be held in 1988 at the regularly scheduled municipal election and the officials elected shall take office upon the expiration of the present official's term of office. Five council members to be elected by districts and a mayor to be elected at-large shall be elected and the expense thereof shall be paid by the municipality.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §6.)
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-7 - Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself.

Section 11-43C-7
Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote requirements; runoff elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself.
Council candidates shall qualify as provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate should fail to receive such a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each place upon the council to be filled in such runoff election and these candidates shall be the two who received the highest number of votes. The candidate or candidates for the council receiving the highest number of votes cast in the second election shall be elected, so that in the first and second elections five councilmen shall be elected. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner as provided by law. The councilmen so elected shall take office upon the expiration of the terms of office of the present municipal officeholders. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until his successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself in office.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §7.)
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-8 - Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Election.

Section 11-43C-8
Mayor - Majority vote requirements; runoff election.
The candidate for mayor receiving the largest number of votes for the office shall be elected thereto, provided such candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for such office. If at the first election no candidate received a majority of the votes cast for the office, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for the office of mayor; and these candidates shall be the two who received the highest number of votes for said office at the first election.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §8.)
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-9 - Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself.

Section 11-43C-9
Mayor - Elections held quadrennially; oath; may succeed himself.
The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner herein prescribed. The regular election for mayor shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner herein provided. The mayor elected at such regular election shall qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of Alabama. A mayor may succeed himself.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §9.)
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-10 - City Continued as Municipal Corporation.

Section 11-43C-10
City continued as municipal corporation.
When this mayor-council form of government becomes applicable to a city, said city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as now established and as may hereafter be fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall continue to enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §10.)
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-11 - Government Known as "Mayor-Council Form of Government"; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised.

Section 11-43C-11
Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised.
The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §11.)
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-12 - Powers of City Generally.

Section 11-43C-12
Powers of city generally.
The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted, and the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §12.)
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-13 - Council to Consist of Five District Council Members; Division of Municipality Into Districts; Changing District Boundaries Where Population Varies by Over Five Percent.

Section 11-43C-13
Council to consist of five district council members; division of municipality into districts; changing district boundaries where population varies by over five percent.
The council shall include five members who shall be known and elected as district council members. Such district council members shall be elected from districts which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census. The probate judge of the county in which any such municipality is located shall divide the municipality into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and shall not vary in population by over five percent. The boundaries as established by the probate judge shall be certified to the governing body of the municipality and shall be used for the election of members of the city council in the 1988 municipal election and for all council elections thereafter. Should any district established in the municipality for the election of council members be found by the probate judge, based on any future federal census, to vary by over five percent in population from any of the other districts, then the probate judge shall change, alter, or rearrange the boundaries of said districts in such manner as to establish five districts which are homogeneous in area and have a population which does not vary by over five percent between said districts.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §13.)
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-14 - District Council Members - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.

Section 11-43C-14
District council members - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee.
Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of district council member may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk, a statement in writing as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount of $125.00, which fee shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §14.)
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-15 - District Council Members - No Primary Elections; Filing of Pauper's Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.

Section 11-43C-15
District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.
No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein. A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 500 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §15.)
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-16 - District Council Members - Oath of Office.

Section 11-43C-16
District council members - Oath of office.
Every person who shall be elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of council member shall, upon assuming office, qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of the state of Alabama.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §16.)
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-17 - District Council Members - Qualifications; Holding Other Offices; Effect of Conviction or Loss of Any Qualification.

Section 11-43C-17
District council members - Qualifications; holding other offices; effect of conviction or loss of any qualification.
Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the city and, in the case of candidates for any district, they shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election, shall reside in the district during their terms of office, and shall have attained the age of 21 years. No councilman shall hold any other public office except that of notary public or member of the National Guard or naval or military reserve, and all shall have been residents of the city for at least one year prior to their election. If the councilman shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be convicted of crime involving moral turpitude, his office shall immediately become vacant.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §17.)
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-18 - District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council.

Section 11-43C-18
District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president of council.
Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of $50.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $400.00 per month. Said salaries shall be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall salaries be set above those as specified in this chapter.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §18.)
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-19 - President of Council.

Section 11-43C-19
President of council.
The president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve the regular two-year term and may be re-elected for another two-year term. He shall preside at all meetings of the council and shall be a voting member. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of the president of the council, the council shall elect a successor to the president.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §19.)
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-20 - Vice-President of Council.

Section 11-43C-20
Vice-president of council.
The vice-president of the council shall be elected by the members of the council and shall serve a two-year term and may be re-elected for another two-year term. The vice-president will serve in the absence of the president. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of vice-president of the council, the council shall elect a successor to the vice-president.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §20.)
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-21 - Powers of Council; Dealings With Officers and Employees in Administrative Service.

Section 11-43C-21
Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative service.
All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to:
(1) Appoint stenographic and clerical employees deemed necessary for service to the council, subject to the provisions of any merit system in effect at such time;
(2) Upon recommendation of the mayor, establish administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions;
(3) Adopt the budget of the city;
(4) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants;
(5) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs;
(6) Appoint the members of all boards except the Planning Commission and the Housing Board and the Industrial Development Authority;
(7) Succeed to all the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government and not in conflict with this chapter; and
(8) Levy property, sales and license taxes and local improvement assessments.
Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from office, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service to the city, except as provided in subdivision (1) of this section. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the members of the council shall deal with the administrative service only through the mayor. Members of the council shall not give orders to any subordinates of the mayor, either publicly or privately. Any councilman violating the provisions of this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a councilman.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §21; Acts 1991, No. 91-171, p. 231, §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-22 - Vacancies in Council.

Section 11-43C-22
Vacancies in council.
Vacancies of any nature in the council other than those occurring less than one year prior to the date of the next regular council election, shall be filled by special elections to be held for that purpose, the dates of which shall be set by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council after such vacancy occurs, such dates to be set no later than 120 nor less than 45 days after the occurrence of such vacancies. Such elections shall be held in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as regular council elections and the person so elected shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term. Such election shall be held in conjunction with a general, special, or constitutional election, if any falls within the period herein specified; otherwise, a special election shall be called by the mayor on the date set by the council and shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the general laws applicable to such city.
If a vacancy occurs after reapportionment has changed the district boundaries but before the new districts take effect, the old district boundaries will remain in effect for filling that vacancy.
Vacancies where less than one year remains of the unexpired term shall be filled by appointment by the council.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §22.)
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-23 - Creating, Changing, Abolishing, or Assigning Additional Functions to Offices, Departments, or Agencies.

Section 11-43C-23
Creating, changing, abolishing, or assigning additional functions to offices, departments, or agencies.
The council, upon recommendation of the mayor, by ordinance may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, or agencies, other than the offices, departments, and agencies established or continued by this chapter. The council, upon recommendation of the mayor, by ordinance may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments, or agencies established by this chapter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, or agency any function or duty assigned by this chapter to a particular office, department, or agency.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §23.)
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-24 - City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties.

Section 11-43C-24
City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment of successor; duties.
The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such merit system. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance, or such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §24.)
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-25 - First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public.

Section 11-43C-25
First meeting of council; council to meet regularly; meetings open to public.
The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10 o'clock in the morning on the first Monday after the expiration of the term of office of the present municipal officeholders, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once a week. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §25.)
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-26 - Council to Judge Election and Qualifications of Members.

Section 11-43C-26
Council to judge election and qualifications of members.
The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for such purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §26.)
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-27 - Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings.

Section 11-43C-27
Rules and order of business of council; journal of proceedings.
The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the journal shall be open to public inspection.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §27.)
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-30 - Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map.

Section 11-43C-30
Revision and codification of ordinances, bylaws, and resolutions; comprehensive zone map.
The council may provide for the revision and codification of its ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city bylaws, ordinances, and permanent resolutions, or may relate to that portion of such ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions which relate to, affect, or purport to govern any particular subject of municipal legislation. The council shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which said code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer of said city by posting or by publication, one or all, but it shall not be necessary unless so prescribed by the council for such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers unless such codes, revisions, or amendments include theretofore unpublished substantial changes, in which case such changes along with at least so much of the context thereof as is necessary to convey the meaning of such changes shall be published in accordance with then existing state law. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes, but they will be noted in the minutes. The council may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto may be certified by and filed with the city clerk, or other corresponding officer, in lieu of spreading at length the same on the minutes; and the council may prescribe the manner in which copies of such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, may be officially certified for use by the residents or by the courts. The council may adopt and provide for the maintenance in a designated office of the city of a comprehensive zone map of the city open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and may make such zone map a part of any ordinance by reference thereto in such ordinance and without publication of such zone map in any newspaper. Such zone map need not be in one piece but may for convenience be in sections. A zone map of territory newly added to the city shall be treated as a comprehensive zone map of the city for purposes of application of the provisions of the preceding sentence. These provisions are subject to the publication and recordation of ordinances as set out in Section 11-45-8.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §30.)
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-31 - Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.

Section 11-43C-31
Monthly statement of receipts and expenses; annual examination of books and accounts.
The mayor shall each month print a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city, and shall furnish printed copies thereof to the daily newspapers of the city, other members of the news media of the city, and to persons who apply therefor. At the end of each year, the mayor shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, or by the state examiners, and shall cause the result of such examination to be published in the manner above provided for publication of statements of monthly expenditures. Such examination shall not be made more than two years in succession by the same accountant.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §31.)
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-32 - Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.

Section 11-43C-32
Mayor - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee.
Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount of $350.00, which qualifying fee shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §32.)
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-33 - Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper's Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.

Section 11-43C-33
Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.
No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline for filing said statements of candidacy.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §33.)
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-34 - Mayor - Qualifications.

Section 11-43C-34
Mayor - Qualifications.
The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall have been a resident of the city at least 90 days prior to the election and shall reside within the city during his term of office and shall have attained the age of 25 years.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §34.)
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-35 - Mayor - Compensation; Expense Allowance.

Section 11-43C-35
Mayor - Compensation; expense allowance.
(a) The mayor elected hereunder shall receive an annual salary of forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000). Thereafter, the mayor's salary shall be established as provided in Section 11-43C-18, but in no event shall the salary be more than forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000). Additionally, the mayor shall receive in 2006, an expense allowance in the amount of seven hundred dollars ($700) per month; in 2007, an expense allowance in the amount of one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per month; and in 2008, an expense allowance of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per month.
(b) Commencing with the next term of office, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11-43C-18, the mayor shall receive an annual salary of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000). Additionally, the mayor shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month in lieu of the expense allowance provided in subsection (a).
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §35; Acts 1991, No. 91-481, p. 872, §1; Act 2006-217, p. 375, §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-36 - Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office.

Section 11-43C-36
Mayor - Vacancies; acting mayor; special election to fill vacancy; term of office.
Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve as acting mayor until a mayor is elected and qualified as herein provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses or allowances as a council member while acting as mayor, but he will receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office he fills, and the compensation received for days of service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he may attend council meetings but may not vote on any matters before the council. The council shall within 10 days of the occurrence of the vacancy in the office of the mayor call a special election to fill such vacancy, such election to be held in accordance with general municipal election laws. The successor to the mayor chosen at any such election shall qualify for office as soon as practicable thereafter, and shall assume the duties, responsibilities, and powers of such office immediately upon such qualification, and shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §36.)
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-37 - Mayor - Powers and Duties.

Section 11-43C-37
Mayor - Powers and duties.
All executive powers of the city shall be vested in the mayor and the mayor shall be the head of the executive and administrative branches of the city government. He may attend council meetings but may not vote in its proceedings and he shall have the power and duties herein conferred. The mayor shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city, and, except as otherwise provided herein, he shall have the power and shall be required to:
(1) Enforce all laws and ordinances;
(2) Appoint and remove, when necessary for the good of the service, all officers and employees of the city except those appointed by the council. Such appointment and removal of personnel are subject to any merit system provisions in effect at such time, except for those officers and employees who are exempted from the merit system by other sections of this chapter;
(3) Appoint the members of the industrial development authority and housing board. The members of the industrial development authority shall be subject to confirmation by a vote of three members of the council. The members of the planning commission shall be appointed pursuant to Section 11-52-3;
(4) Exercise administrative supervision and control over all departments created by this chapter or by law or hereafter created by the council, except those otherwise given independent status under this chapter;
(5) Keep the council fully advised as to the financial conditions and needs of the city; prepare and submit the budget annually to the council and be responsible for its administration after its adoption; prepare and submit, as of the end of the fiscal year, a complete report on the financial and administrative activities of the city for such year;
(6) Recommend to the council such actions as he may deem desirable;
(7) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as may be required of him;
(8) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this chapter; and
(9) Fix the salaries or compensation of all officers and employees of the city who are appointable by the mayor, subject, however, to the provisions of any merit law applicable to the city.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §37.)
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-38 - Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel.

Section 11-43C-38
Divisions of city government; executive directors of divisions; city attorney; outside counsel.
(a) There are hereby created three divisions of city government: Public works, finance, and public safety. The mayor shall appoint department heads to the above divisions. Upon the first vacancy, of any nature whatsoever, in the office of police chief or fire chief, the mayor may appoint the police chief and fire chief, respectively, from outside the said merit system, with the approval of four members of the council who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor; provided, however, such officers shall be removed from office only upon recommendation of the mayor with the approval of four council members.
(b) The mayor also is authorized to appoint a city attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and shall be compensated in the manner and at a rate approved by the mayor. In addition to the city attorney, the mayor, from time to time in his sole discretion, is authorized to obtain additional legal counsel outside of the city merit system to advise and defend him in his capacity of mayor and in the pursuit of the operation of government.
(c) Upon approval by a majority of those present and voting, the council, from time to time when it deems necessary and reasonable, is authorized to obtain legal counsel outside the city merit system to advise and defend them in their respective capacities as council members and in the pursuit of the operation of government.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §38.)
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-39 - Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions.

Section 11-43C-39
Distribution of work among departmental divisions.
The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the mayor among specific divisions thereof, the mayor may establish temporary divisions.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §39.)
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-40 - Mayor - Employment of Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System.

Section 11-43C-40
Mayor - Employment of additional personnel; amount available for salaries; not subject to merit system.
The mayor may employ additional personnel who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and for such purposes an additional seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per annum shall be made available for the salaries of the personnel from the city treasury. The personnel shall not be subject to the merit system. This section shall not limit the authority of the mayor to appoint other employees of the city under the merit system or otherwise where authorized by any other law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §40; Acts 1994, No. 94-697, p. 1351, §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-41 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years.

Section 11-43C-41
Fiscal, budget, and accounting years.
The fiscal year of the city government shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this chapter, the term "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §41.)
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-42 - Mayor to Submit Budget to Council.

Section 11-43C-42
Mayor to submit budget to council.
On a day to be fixed by the council but in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council:
(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the "general fund budget";
(2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by such city;
(3) A capital budget; and
(4) A budget message.
When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §42.)
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-43 - Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for Each Department, etc.; Compilation of Budget Information by Director of Finance; Review and Revision of Estimates.

Section 11-43C-43
Estimates of revenue and expenditures for each department, etc.; compilation of budget information by director of finance; review and revision of estimates.
It shall be the duty of the head of each department, and each other office or agency supported in whole or in part by the city, to file with the head of the division of finance, at such time as the mayor may prescribe, estimates of revenue and expenditures for that department, office, or agency for the ensuing fiscal year. Such estimates shall be submitted on the forms furnished by the head of the division of finance and it shall be the duty of the head of each department, office, or agency to supply all the information which the head of the division of finance may require to be submitted. The head of the division of finance shall assemble and compile these estimates and supply such additional information relating to the financial transactions of the city as may be required by the mayor in the preparation of the budgets. The mayor shall hold such hearings as he may deem advisable and with the assistance of the head of the division of finance shall review the estimates and other data pertinent to the preparation of the budgets and make such revisions in such estimates as he may deem proper, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinance relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §43.)