§ 45-51A-32.186 — Personnel Appeals Board

Alabama § 45-51A-32.186

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 51A: Montgomery County Municipalities
• Art. 3: Montgomery
• Part 3: Employees
• Subpart 7: Personnel System

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(a) The city council shall create an appeals board separate and apart from the department for the purpose of hearing all appeals from final employee actions by the city and as requested by the affected employee. The appeals board shall consist of three members elected by vote of a majority of the city council at any regularly or specially scheduled city council meeting.
(b) The appeals board members shall be residents of and qualified voters of the City of Montgomery during their tenure. A member may not be a city employee or board member or a blood relative, as defined by the state Merit System, of a city employee or the mayor or a city council member.
(c) Each appeals board member shall be appointed for a three-year term, unless filling an unexpired term, and may be reappointed. However, the first appointed members shall serve staggered terms of three, two, and one years as determined by the city council.
(d) The appeals board members shall elect a chair annually by a majority vote.
(e) The appeals board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times as determined by the chair.
(f) The city council shall determine the compensation of the appeals board members and shall also provide the appeals board with office space and support staff as reasonably necessary.
(g) The city council shall adopt the necessary rules, policies, and procedures for the operation of the appeals board.

Legislative History

(Act 2024-337, §7.)