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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-6 - Provision for Compensation of and Disposition of Fees Collected by Municipal Officers Generally.

Section 11-43-6
Provision for compensation of and disposition of fees collected by municipal officers generally.
It may be provided by ordinance that any city or town officer, elected or appointed, shall receive a salary in lieu of all other compensation, and, in such cases, such officer shall not receive for his own use any fees or other compensation for his services as such officer but shall collect the fees authorized by law or ordinance and pay the same into the city or town treasury.
(Code 1907, §1255; Code 1923, §1996; Code 1940, T. 37, §408.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-7 - Establishment of Salaries and Fees of Municipal Employees; Disposition of Fees of Clerk.

Section 11-43-7
Establishment of salaries and fees of municipal employees; disposition of fees of clerk.
All employees of any city or town whose compensation is not fixed by law shall receive such salary or fees for their services as the council may by ordinance from time to time prescribe. For all attested certificates and transcripts, other than ordered by the council, the clerk shall be paid fees not in excess of those allowed to county officers for like services to be accounted for in all cases as other public moneys where such clerk receives a salary or fixed compensation.
(Code 1907, §1256; Code 1923, §1997; Code 1940, T. 37, §410.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-7.1 - Expense Allowances of Members of Council or Other Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities and Municipalities Having Population of 250,000 or More.

Section 11-43-7.1
Expense allowances of members of council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities and municipalities having population of 250,000 or more.
(a) The council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body an amount of money for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum expense allowance shall be $500.00 per month for each member of the council, except the president or chairman of the council or other governing body who may be given an allowance not to exceed $550.00 per month.
(b) In addition to the authority granted by subsection (a) hereof, the council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, commencing December 1, 1987, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body who was elected for a term commencing in 1985 an amount of money in addition to that provided in subsection (a) above, for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum additional expense allowance shall be $475.00 per month for each such member of the council. No such additional expense allowance shall be paid to any council member after November 15, 1989.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent any such member of such council or other governing body from being reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by him on or in connection with a trip on municipal business beyond the corporate limits of such municipality, which amount shall not accrue against the monetary amounts provided in subsection (a).
(Acts 1987, No. 87-798, p. 1571.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-7.2 - Additional Expense Allowances for Members of Council or Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-7.2
Additional expense allowances for members of council or governing body of Class 1 municipalities.
(a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1, the council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may grant to the members of the council or governing body, an additional amount of money monthly for expenses incurred by the members when attending to the business of the municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum amount of the additional expense allowance shall be three hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($333.33) per month.
(b) Notwithstanding all other provisions of law, any council or governing body member may elect in writing to have the expense allowances authorized by subsection (a) of this section and Section 11-43-7.1, become subject to the withholding of any employee contribution required to be paid into the trust fund of any pension or retirement system in which the member is eligible to participate. A council or governing body member may also elect in writing, within 90 days of May 4, 1994, to pay into the pension or retirement system trust fund the required contribution on any expense allowances previously received by the member during all or any portion of the three-year period prior to the member's payment election, together with interest at the rate of eight percent per annum thereon computed from the date of receipt of the allowance to the date of payment. If either or both of the elections is made by a member of the governing body or council, the expense allowances on which employee contributions are paid into the retirement plan trust fund shall be considered together with all salaries received by the member, from which the required employee contribution was likewise withheld and paid into the retirement trust fund, to determine the base amount on which any retirement benefits or allowances to which the council or governing body member may be entitled shall be computed as provided under the retirement system.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent any member of the council or governing body from being reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by the member in connection with any travel on municipal business beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, and the amount incurred shall not accrue against the monetary amounts provided in subsection (a) of this section, nor shall the reimbursement for the amount incurred be eligible for pension system withholding or be considered in determining pension or retirement benefits or allowances.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-715, p. 1387, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-7.3 - Salary of Members of City Council of Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-7.3
Salary of members of city council of Class 1 municipalities.
(a) This section shall relate to only any Class 1 municipality.
(b) Effective beginning the term of office commencing in 2017, the annual salary for each member of the city council of the Class 1 municipality shall be set and adjusted each regular four-year term by the State Personnel Board, by determining the median household income of the city rounded up to the nearest thousand, to take effect on the first day of January of each new term.
(c) The salary provided in subsection (b) shall constitute the total salary payable to the presiding officers and members of the city council, beginning with the term commencing immediately after any municipal election in 2017.
(d) The city council of the Class 1 municipality may not increase, supplement, or otherwise enlarge the salary payable to the members of the city council.
(Act 2017-275, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-8 - Establishment of Salaries of Municipal Officers.

Section 11-43-8
Establishment of salaries of municipal officers.
The salaries of all officers of cities or towns except aldermen and councilmen shall be fixed by the municipal council or other governing body, but if there is a salary limit for such officers provided in the charter or laws governing the city or town, the same shall not be altered or changed above such salary limit except by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to said municipal council or other governing body of such cities or towns and by and with the consent of the mayor.
(Code 1907, §1456; Code 1923, §2312; Code 1940, T. 37, §409.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-9 - Fees, Salary, Compensation, etc., of Officers Not to Be Increased or Diminished During Term of Office.

Section 11-43-9
Fees, salary, compensation, etc., of officers not to be increased or diminished during term of office.
The fees, salary, compensation, or emoluments of any officer whose election or appointment is required or authorized by the applicable provisions of this title shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed, and no gratuitous appropriation in any case shall be made to or for the benefit of any officer or employee in addition to his salary.
(Code 1907, §1257; Code 1923, §1998; Code 1940, T. 37, §411.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-10 - Municipal Officers to Pay Over Public Moneys Received; Daily Balances Required.

Section 11-43-10
Municipal officers to pay over public moneys received; daily balances required.
Officers of any municipality collecting or receiving moneys of the municipality shall pay such moneys over to the city or town treasurer instanter, daily balances in all cases being required.
(Code 1907, §1190; Code 1923, §1906; Code 1940, T. 37, §412.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-11 - Employment of Municipal Officers by Corporations Holding Franchises as to Use of Streets.

Section 11-43-11
Employment of municipal officers by corporations holding franchises as to use of streets.
No officer of any municipality shall, during his term of office, be an officer nor be employed in a managerial capacity, professionally or otherwise, by any corporation holding or operating a franchise granted by the city or the state involving the use of the streets of the municipality. This section shall not apply to or affect any attorney or physician employed by the municipality, and any municipality incorporated or organized under any general, special, or local law of the State of Alabama may employ an attorney or physician or attorneys or physicians employed by a public utility.
(Code 1907, §1457; Code 1923, §2313; Code 1940, T. 37, §413; Acts 1953, No. 326, p. 383; Acts 1959, No. 547, p. 1354; Acts 1976, No. 685, p. 948.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-12 - Aldermen, Employees, etc., Not to Be Interested, etc., in Municipal Contracts, etc.; Penalty.

Section 11-43-12
Aldermen, employees, etc., not to be interested, etc., in municipal contracts, etc.; penalty.
(a) No alderman or officer or employee of the municipality shall be directly or indirectly interested in any work, business or contract, the expense, price or consideration of which is paid from the treasury, nor shall any member of the council or officer of the municipality be surety for any person having a contract, work or business with such municipality for the performance of which a surety may be required.
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1907, §1194; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1910, 5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §§414, 432.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-13 - Bonds of Certain Municipal Officers or Employees.

Section 11-43-13
Bonds of certain municipal officers or employees.
All officers or employees handling money or exercising authority over property of municipalities shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond, with surety to be approved by the mayor, in such penalty as the council may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and faithfully to account for all moneys received.
(Code 1907, §1189; Code 1923, §1905; Code 1940, T. 37, §415.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-14 - Dealing, etc., in Warrants, Claims, etc., of Municipality by Officers or Employees.

Section 11-43-14
Dealing, etc., in warrants, claims, etc., of municipality by officers or employees.
It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of a town or city, himself or through any person, to deal or traffic in any manner whatever in any warrant, claim or liability against the town or city, and any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00. If any person so violating the foregoing provisions is the mayor or any member of the council or any city board, he shall be subject to impeachment.
Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any officer from selling a claim he may acquire directly from the town or city in payment of a debt due him or from purchasing in good faith so much of such claims as may be sufficient to pay his taxes and licenses for the current year.
(Code 1907, §7444; Code 1923, §5036; Code 1940, T. 37, §416.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-15 - False Enumeration of Municipal Census.

Section 11-43-15
False enumeration of municipal census.
Any enumerator of census for a municipality who willfully causes a false enumeration to be made, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and also may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1907, §7454; Code 1923, §5046; Code 1940, T. 37, §417.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-16 - Employment of County Deputy Sheriffs as Policemen.

Section 11-43-16
Employment of county deputy sheriffs as policemen.
Incorporated municipalities are authorized and permitted to employ as policemen, on a part-time basis, deputy sheriffs of a county in which the municipality is located. The governing body of the municipality employing such deputy sheriffs shall fix by ordinance the duties and salaries of such persons. In addition, the municipality may require that any person or persons so employed be residents of the employing municipality.
(Acts 1971, No. 2235, p. 3592.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-17 - Ratification of Certain Salaries of Mayors and Councilmen.

Section 11-43-17
Ratification of certain salaries of mayors and councilmen.
The salary of any mayor or councilman prescribed prior to February 12, 1980, by the council of the municipality in which they serve is hereby validated and ratified.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-94, p. 140, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-18 - Vacancies of Over 60 Days in Governing Bodies of Class 5 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-18
Vacancies of over 60 days in governing bodies of Class 5 municipalities.
(a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, vacancies in the governing bodies of all Class 5 municipalities which have existed for more than 60 days shall be filled as herein provided:
(1) If the vacated term has less than six months remaining, then the remaining members of the city governing body shall appoint a successor by a majority vote of those members voting. In case of a tie vote, the mayor, if there is one, shall cast the tie-breaking vote. The successor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor has been qualified and elected.
(2) If the term has been declared vacant and has six months or more remaining, the mayor, if there is one, otherwise the senior member of the city governing body, shall call for a special election to fill the vacancy. The successor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor has been qualified and elected.
(b) Special elections called pursuant to this section shall be conducted as provided by the general laws of this state regarding municipal elections.
(c) The procedures provided in this section shall be used, unless otherwise provided by local law, for any vacancies existing on or after May 7, 1981.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-440, p. 763.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-19 - Retirement Pensions for Certain Elected Public Officials of Class 2 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-19
Retirement pensions for certain elected public officials of Class 2 municipalities.
In any Class 2 municipality in this state, any elected public official of such municipality, or any former elected public official of such municipality, who has served as an elected official of such municipality for a total of eight years or more, and who in addition thereto has served as an elected public official of the county within which said municipality is located, for not less than 10 years, and who has attained the age of 64 years and has retired from such service or if he shall have heretofore retired from such service, shall, upon May 4, 1982, receive a pension from the municipality, which pension shall be in an amount of $600.00 per month.
(b) This retirement pension shall be paid to such retired official by said municipality out of the general fund of said municipality in equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the second month after his retirement, each such monthly payment to be for the last previous month, and shall continue until his death.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-477, p. 797, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 2 - Manager. › Section 11-43-20 - Authority and Procedure for Employment.

Section 11-43-20
Authority and procedure for employment.
All municipalities in the State of Alabama, whether now or hereafter operating under a municipal government consisting of a mayor and aldermen or of a commission, are hereby authorized at their discretion to employ a city manager with the authority, duties, and liabilities described in this article, whose term of office and compensation shall be as prescribed in this article.
The authority given under this article to employ a city manager and to invoke the provisions hereof shall be exercised by the passage of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body of the municipality so desiring to employ a city manager, which ordinance or resolution shall set a date not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date of its passage upon which the city manager shall assume his office.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §418; Acts 1945, No. 354, p. 572.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 2 - Manager. › Section 11-43-22 - Provisions of Article Cumulative; Affirmative Action Necessary to Exercise Powers, etc., Conferred by Article.

Section 11-43-22
Provisions of article cumulative; affirmative action necessary to exercise powers, etc., conferred by article.
This article shall be supplementary to other statutes relating to municipal government in Alabama and shall be cumulative, and the provisions of this article shall not be mandatory as to any municipality coming within its scope unless affirmative action to exercise the authorities and powers hereby conferred are properly taken by the governing body of such municipalities in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §420.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-41 - Filling of Vacancies in Office of Aldermen.

Section 11-43-41
Filling of vacancies in office of aldermen.
Vacancies in the office of the aldermen in any city or town shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council, the person so elected to hold for the unexpired term.
(Acts 1931, No. 371, p. 436; Code 1940, T. 37, §427.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-43 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 11-43-43
Powers and duties generally.
All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance. The council shall perform the duties required by this title and other applicable provisions of law.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-44 - Organizational Meeting.

Section 11-43-44
Organizational meeting.
The members of such council shall, on the first Monday in November after their election, assemble and organize the council.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4; Act 2006-354, p. 937, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-45 - Officers - Election or Appointment.

Section 11-43-45
Officers - Election or appointment.
All elections of officers shall be made viva voce, and a concurrence of a majority of the members to the council shall be required, and all members of the council may vote any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. On the vote resulting in an election or appointment, the name of each member and for whom he voted shall be recorded.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4; Acts 1984, No. 84-286, p. 497, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-46 - Officers - Terms of Service.

Section 11-43-46
Officers - Terms of service.
The council shall fix by ordinance the terms of service, not to exceed the term of the mayor, of all the officers appointed or elected whose terms are not prescribed by law.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-47 - Officers - Powers and Duties.

Section 11-43-47
Officers - Powers and duties.
The council shall prescribe by an ordinance the powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by the officers appointed or elected so far as such duties and powers are not prescribed by law.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-48 - Proceedings - Quorum.

Section 11-43-48
Proceedings - Quorum.
In all towns or cities, a majority of the whole number of members to which such corporation is entitled, including the mayor in towns and cities of less than 12,000 population, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-49 - Proceedings - Time and Place of Meetings Generally; Appointment of Temporary Chairman or Election of President Pro Tempore.

Section 11-43-49
Proceedings - Time and place of meetings generally; appointment of temporary chairman or election of president pro tempore.
The council shall determine the time and place of holding its meetings, which at all times shall be open to the public, and, in towns and cities of less than 12,000 population, in the absence of the mayor, shall appoint a temporary chairman, which appointment shall be entered of record. In cities of more than 12,000 population, it shall elect viva voce a president pro tempore.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-50 - Proceedings - Regular and Special Meetings; Cancelling and Rescheduling Meetings.

Section 11-43-50
Proceedings - Regular and special meetings; cancelling and rescheduling meetings.
(a) There shall be at least two regular meetings of the council in each month, except that in towns, as defined in Section 11-40-6, there shall be at least one regular meeting of the council in each month; but provided, however, the council of any town may, by ordinance, mandate at least two regular meetings of the council in each month, and the presiding officer shall call special meetings whenever in his or her opinion the public interest may require it and whenever two council members or the mayor request the presiding officer in writing to call a meeting. Upon the failure or refusal of the presiding officer to call a meeting when requested, the two council members or the mayor making the request shall have the right to call the meeting.
(b) A council member may notify the presiding officer in writing when the member will be unable to attend a council meeting. If the presiding officer receives sufficient written notice to indicate that a quorum will not be present at a meeting, the presiding officer may cancel the meeting and give notice that the meeting is canceled. If a meeting canceled pursuant to this subsection is a regular meeting, the presiding officer may reschedule the meeting provided proper notice is given pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 36-25A-3.
(Code 1907, §1198; Code 1923, §1914; Code 1940, T. 37, §430; Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-828, p. 49, §1; Act 2013-308, p. 1040, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-51 - Proceedings - Compulsion of Attendance of Members.

Section 11-43-51
Proceedings - Compulsion of attendance of members.
The council may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as it may prescribe.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-52 - Proceedings - Rules of Procedure; Journal.

Section 11-43-52
Proceedings - Rules of procedure; journal.
The council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and keep a journal thereof, which shall be open to the inspection and examination of all citizens and shall have the force and effect of a record, and a copy thereof, certified by the clerk, shall be prima facie evidence in any court or elsewhere.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-53 - Aldermen Not to Hold Other Municipal Offices or Have Interest, etc., in Municipal Contracts, etc.; Penalty.

Section 11-43-53
Aldermen not to hold other municipal offices or have interest, etc., in municipal contracts, etc.; penalty.
(a) No member of any city or town council shall, during the time for which he has been elected, be appointed to any municipal office which shall be created or the emoluments of which shall be increased during the term for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or material, or the profits thereof or services to be performed for the corporation, except as provided in this title.
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1907, §1193; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1909, 5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §§431, 432.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-54 - Aldermen Not to Vote on Certain Matters; Removal.

Section 11-43-54
Aldermen not to vote on certain matters; removal.
No councilman shall be entitled to vote on any question in which he, his employer, or employee has a special financial interest at the time of voting or was so interested at the time of his election. For violating this section or Section 11-43-53, a councilman may be removed.
(Code 1907, §1197; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1913; Code 1940, T. 37, §433.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-55 - Establishment, Organization, etc., of Police Force.

Section 11-43-55
Establishment, organization, etc., of police force.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have power to establish a police force and to organize the same under the general supervision of the chief of police, and to provide one or more station houses and to require all things necessary for the maintenance of an efficient police department.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-56 - Management and Control of Finances and Property of Municipality.

Section 11-43-56
Management and control of finances and property of municipality.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have the management and control of the finances and all of the property, real and personal, belonging to the city or town.
(Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-57 - Annual Appropriation of Funds for Expenditures of Departments and Interest on Indebtedness.

Section 11-43-57
Annual appropriation of funds for expenditures of departments and interest on indebtedness.
In all cities, the council shall appropriate the sums necessary for the expenditures of the several city departments and for the interest on its bonded and other indebtedness, not exceeding in the aggregate within 10 percent of its estimated receipts, and such city council shall not appropriate in the aggregate an amount in excess of its annual legally authorized revenue. But nothing in this section shall prevent such cities from anticipating their revenues for the year for which such appropriation was made, or from contracting for temporary loans as provided in the applicable provisions of this title, or from bonding or refunding their outstanding indebtedness or from appropriating anticipated revenue at any time for the current expenses of the city and interest on the bonded and other indebtedness of the city.
(Code 1907, §1196; Acts 1915, No. 469, p. 489; Code 1923, §1912; Code 1940, T. 37, §434.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-58 - Judging of Qualifications and Election of Mayor, President of Council, Etc.

Section 11-43-58
Judging of qualifications and election of mayor, president of council, etc.
The council shall judge of the qualifications and election of the mayor, the president of the council and of each alderman, and such other officers as may be elected by the people, and the resolutions and ordinances that may be adopted by the council under this section shall not be subject to the approval or disapproval of the mayor.
(Code 1907, §1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §435.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-59 - Adoption of Fire Limits, Building Laws and Ordinances, etc.; Condemnation of Buildings, etc.; Charges for Inspections.

Section 11-43-59
Adoption of fire limits, building laws and ordinances, etc.; condemnation of buildings, etc.; charges for inspections.
The council may prescribe fire limits in any city or town, and buildings of wood or other inflammable material shall not be erected therein. The council may do all things necessary to prevent conflagration and give security to the inhabitants of the city or town from fires. The council may adopt building laws and may employ building inspectors to see that the laws are not violated and that the plans and specifications for buildings are not in conflict with the ordinances of the city or town and may exact fees to be paid by the owners of the property inspected. The council may secure the safety of persons from fire in hotels and halls and in such other buildings as may be designated by the council, to have and maintain ample means of exit in case of fire, and may refuse to license and may prevent the use of such buildings for such purposes until such ordinances have been complied with. The council may adopt ordinances requiring buildings to be equipped with fire escapes when in the opinion of the council they are necessary. The council may condemn buildings, parts of buildings, or structures dangerous to the public and prohibit the use thereof and abate the same as a nuisance. The council may make reasonable charges for the service of plumbing and electric wiring inspection, inspection of foods and feedstuffs, meats and vegetables, and weights and measures.
(Code 1907, §1264; Code 1923, §2012; Code 1940, T. 37, §436.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-60 - Regulation of Storage, Use, etc., of Explosives; Compulsion of Efficient Service by Public Utility Corporations.

Section 11-43-60
Regulation of storage, use, etc., of explosives; compulsion of efficient service by public utility corporations.
(a) The council may regulate and control or prohibit the erection of powder magazines within the police jurisdiction of the city or town, and prevent explosives and dangerous substances from being stored within the city or town and regulate the manner in which explosives may be hauled or kept within the police jurisdiction.
(b) The council may compel public utility corporations using a franchise obtained from the municipality to render efficient service to the inhabitants thereof.
(Code 1907, §1271; Code 1923, §2019; Code 1940, T. 37, §437.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-61 - Regulation of Running, Switching, etc., of Cars, Trains, and Locomotives on Streets, Crossings, Highways, Etc.

Section 11-43-61
Regulation of running, switching, etc., of cars, trains, and locomotives on streets, crossings, highways, etc.
The council may prescribe reasonable regulations for the running of cars, trains, and locomotives on, over, upon, or across the streets, avenues, alleys, or public places of the city or town. The council may prescribe appliances on grade crossings for the safety of the public and regulate and control the switching of cars on crossings or highways of the municipality.
(Code 1907, §1272; Code 1923, §2020; Code 1940, T. 37, §438.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-62 - Regulation of Use of Streets for Telephone, Telegraph, etc., Lines; Sale or Lease of Franchises and Disposition of Moneys Therefrom.

Section 11-43-62
Regulation of use of streets for telephone, telegraph, etc., lines; sale or lease of franchises and disposition of moneys therefrom.
The council shall regulate the use of the streets for the erection of telegraph, telephone, electric, and all other systems of wires and conduits and may require the same to be placed underground if deemed necessary for the public convenience and safety and generally to control and regulate the use of the streets for any and all purposes.
The council may sell or lease in such manner as it may deem advisable any franchise which it has power to grant, and the moneys received therefor shall be paid into the city treasury.
(Code 1907, §1268; Code 1923, §2016; Code 1940, T. 37, §439.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-63 - Division of Municipality Into Single-Member Districts.

Section 11-43-63
Division of municipality into single-member districts.
Any city or town council of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards). Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district (ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council and further that candidates for election to a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district.
The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing the district by metes and counts, or census tracts, and the municipal clerk, within five days after the adoption of the ordinance, shall file with the judge of probate of the county or counties in which the municipality lies a certified copy of such ordinance accompanied, by a map or plat of the city or town, showing the boundaries of all such districts.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-191, p. 278.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-64 - Procedural Requirements for Increasing Number of Single-Member Districts in Class 3 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-64
Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in Class 3 municipalities.
Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. All terms of office for city council members shall be concurrent with the mayor of the municipality. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the district.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-634, p. 507, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-65 - Filling Vacancies on City Council in Class 6 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-65
Filling vacancies on city council in Class 6 municipalities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy on the city council of a Class 6 city may be filled by either of the following ways:
(1) The city council may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(2) The city council may call a special election to fill the vacancy. A special election called pursuant to this subdivision shall be conducted as provided by the general laws of this state regarding municipal elections. The successor, upon election and certification, shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
(Act 2001-314 p. 405, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 3 - Council. › Section 11-43-66 - Increases to Compensation for Members of City Council in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-66
Increases to compensation for members of city council in Class 1 municipalities.
Not less than six months prior to each general election for the election of the city council, the city council of any Class 1 municipality may increase the compensation of the members of the city council to the amount prescribed by the city council payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the municipality, which increase in compensation shall be effective on the first day of the new term.
(Act 2008-407, p. 801, §2.)