HB515 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would relate to any Class municipality; would provide when the council would elect its president and president pro tem; require the council have the written approval of the mayor to create, change, abolish, or assign additional duties to certain offices, departments, or agencies; give the mayor the authority to appoint or remove members of certain boards, commissions, or other bodies; have the mayor act in an ex officio capacity when the chief executive officer of the city is designated to so act under certain conditions; give the mayor the authority to retain counsel to meet the needs of the city under certain conditions; require the approval of the mayor in writing for new, modified, or deleted items of expenditure placed in the budget and require the recommendation of the mayor for certain other appropriations; further provide for the validity or invalidity of certain current or future ordinances and resolutions of the city; and prohibit a member of the council from serving as a member on another city board, commission, or other like body while serving on the council, except as an ex officio officer

This bill would prohibit a member of the council from serving as a member on another city board, commission, or other like body while serving as a member of the council, except as an ex officio member

This bill would revise the appointment authority for the following boards, commissions, authorities, committees, or other entities organized or provided for in the Class municipality or members appointed from the Class municipality, notwithstanding any law to the contrary: (1) Any municipal airport authority

(2) Any municipal construction industry authority

(3) Any municipal parking authority

(4) Any municipal planning commission

(5) Any municipal commercial development authority

(6) Any municipal industrial development board

(7) Any municipal industrial water board

(8) Any municipal overall economic development program committee

(9) Any municipal public building authority

(10) Any municipal public park and recreational board

(11) Any municipal urban forestry and tree commission

(12) Any joint municipal and county transit authority

Relating to any Class 1 municipality; to amend Sections 45-37A-52.55, 45-37A-52.56, 45-37A-52.59, 45-37A-52.95, 45-37A-52.128, 45-37A-52.134, 45-37A-52.198, 45-37A-52.200, 45-37A-52.221, and 45-37A-52.270 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the mayor-council form of government; to further provide for the powers and duties of the mayor and the council; to revise the appointment authority for certain boards, commissions, authorities, committees, or other entities organized or provided for in any Class municipality or members appointed from any Class municipality; and to prohibit a member of the council from serving as a member on another city board, commission, or other like body while serving as a member of the council, except as an ex officio member.