2006 Alabama Code - Section 11-43A-16 — Duties of mayor; councilman-at-large as assistant mayor; vacancy in office of mayor to be filled by councilman-at-large; mayor pro tem; vacancies on council; exception for Class 6 cities.

The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the governor for purpose of military law, but shall have no other administrative duties. In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in section 11-43A-8, supra, the councilman-at-large shall be assistant mayor and shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the councilman-at-large. In such Class 6 cities, a mayor pro tem shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote of the council at its first meeting following its election. The mayor pro tem shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the mayor pro tem. Any vacancies on the council, except that of the office of mayor, shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting of the council following the date of the vacancy. The election of a new councilman shall require the affirmative vote of at least three members in all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in section 11-43A-8, supra, and in such Class 6 cities such election shall require the affirmative vote of five members. A vacancy in one of the district council seats shall be filled by a person who shall reside within the district from whence the vacancy arose.

(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §16; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1.)