Alabama Statutes
§ 11-43-81 — Designated Chief Executive Officer; Powers of Appointment and Removal
Alabama·Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations·Ch. 43 Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc·Art. 4 Mayor
The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city or town, except as otherwise provided in this title. He shall have the power to appoint all officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law. He may remove any officer for good cause, except those elected by the people, and fill the vacancy caused thereby, permanently, if the appointment of such officer is made by the mayor, and temporarily, if such officer was elected by the council or appointed with its consent, in either of which last two cases he must report such removal and his reasons therefor to the council at its next regular meeting, when, if the council shall sustain the act of removal by the mayor by a majority vote of th
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Legislative History
(Code 1907, §1179; Code 1923, §1895; Code 1940, T. 37, §441.)
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