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 those elected to the council, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this title.
(Code 1907, §1179; Code 1923, §1895; Code 1940, T. 37, §441.)
Notes of Decisions
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5 in the last 5 years), 1987–2026 · leading case:
Jones v. City of Heflin, 207 F. Supp. 3d 1255 (N.D. Ala. 2016).
Jones v. City of Heflin, 207 F. Supp. 3d 1255 (N.D. Ala. 2016).
· cites it 9× “As substantiated by the City in the parties’ supplemental briefing, Mayor Rooks, pursuant to Ala. Code § 11-43-81 , 14 was the person *1272 with the legal authority to fire Mr.”
Scott v. Coachman, 73 So. 3d 607 (Ala. 2011).
· cites it 16× “1022, the ultimate question in this case is whether, in light of § 11-43-81, Ala. Code 1975, the city council could lawfully enact an ordinance naming the city council, rather than the mayor, the appointing authority for the City of Fairfield.”
Holley v. Town of Camp Hill, 351 F. Supp. 3d 1359 (M.D. Ala. 2018).
· cites it 3× “Ala. Code § 11-43-81 . He had "general supervision and control" over Camp Hill's officers and affairs.”
City of Brighton v. Gibson, 501 So. 2d 1239 (Ala. Civ. App. 1987).
· cites it 3× “) In our opinion § 11-43-81, in the absence of. any contrary statute or other contrary appropriate authority, gave the mayor the authority to hire the employee as her personal secretary without obtaining the consent of the City Council.”
Bryant v. Nichols, 712 F. Supp. 887 (M.D. Ala. 1989).
· cites it 2× “1975 Ala.Code § 11-43-81 (1977). A plausible reading of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals’ decision in City of Brighton v.”
Town of Boligee v. Greene Cnty. Water & Sewer Auth., 77 So. 3d 1166 (Ala. 2011).
“Section 11-43-81, Ala.Code 1975, provides, in pertinent part, that “[t]he 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.”
Gray v. City of Evergreen, Alabama (S.D. Ala. 2025).
· cites it 4× “Rob Johnston also provided his legal opinion that Mayor Stallworth could appoint the Chief of Police without City Council input pursuant to Alabama Code § 11-43-81, which provides that the mayor has the “power to appoint all officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided…”
Reaves v. The City of Tuscumbia (N.D. Ala. 2021).
· cites it 2× “” Ala. Code § 11-43-81 (1989). Underwood therefore could cease Echols’s conduct under the first prong of Keating.”
Catheisa Holman v. Michael Pate, et al. (N.D. Ala. 2026).
· cites it 2× “See Ala. Code § 11-43-81 (“The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers.”
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