Section 45-52A-35 Municipal Utilities Board – Creation. There is created and established the Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, to be composed of three members. (Acts 1939, No. 89, p. 47, § 1.)
Section 45-52A-35.01 Municipal Utilities Board – Appointment of members. H. A. Wyatt of Decatur, Morgan County, is named and appointed as a member of the board to serve until the second Monday in January, 1942, and until his successor is elected and qualified. James H. Johnson of Decatur, Morgan County, is named and appointed as […]
Section 45-52A-35.02 Municipal Utilities Board – Qualification of members. No person shall be eligible for membership on the board who is not a qualified elector of the City of Decatur, or who is an officer of the city, or an employee thereof or is a member of the governing body of the city, or the […]
Section 45-52A-35.03 Municipal Utilities Board – Oath of office. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each member of the board shall take and subscribe the following oath: “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama, the Constitution of the United States, and that I […]
Section 45-52A-35.04 Municipal Utilities Board – Election of members; term of office. The members of the board shall serve staggered terms of nine years each. Each term shall begin on July 1, following the expiration of the term of the member whose term has expired and shall expire on June 30 of the year concluding […]
Section 45-52A-35.05 Municipal Utilities Board – Organization. At the first meeting of the board after March 3, 1939, the members shall elect one of their number as chair and one of their number as secretary, thereafter the board shall annually elect from among their number a chair and secretary. Vacancies in the offices of chair […]
Section 45-52A-35.06 Municipal Utilities Board – Compensation. The chair of the board shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per month and each of the other members of the board shall be paid at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month. The compensation of the members of the […]
Section 45-52A-35.07 Municipal Utilities Board – Meetings. (a) The board shall hold a regular meeting each month on a meeting date fixed by the board from time to time and shall hold such other meetings at such times and places as the members of the board may elect. (b) The chair of the board or […]
Section 45-52A-35.08 Municipal Utilities Board – Authority and duties. (a) The board shall have complete control of each of the public utilities owned by the City of Decatur including, without limitation, the electric, gas, water, and wastewater services and facilities of the City of Decatur, and shall manage and operate each such municipally owned utility. […]
Section 45-52A-35.09 Municipal Utilities Board – Bonding of employees. The board shall obtain and carry individual bonds or a blanket bond on all employees under the control of the board, in such amount and with such insurance company or insurance companies as may from time to time be determined by the board, insuring the City […]
Section 45-52A-35.10 Municipal Utilities Board – Impeachment and removal of members. Members of the board may be removed from office in the manner and on the same grounds provided by the general law of this state for the impeachment and removal of officers, as set out in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama. (Acts […]
Section 45-52A-35.11 Municipal Utilities Board – Employment and duties of accountant expert. The board shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at the end of each fiscal year by a certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants. Upon completion of the examination for a fiscal year, the accountant […]
Section 45-52A-35.12 Municipal Utilities Board – Annual reports. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the board, the board shall furnish to the governing body of the City of Decatur a copy of the audit of its books and accounts made in accordance with the requirements of Section 45-52A-35.11 and will […]
Section 45-52A-35.13 Municipal Utilities Board – Publication of receipts and disbursements. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the board, the board shall make a publication in a newspaper published in the City of Decatur of a report showing the receipts and expenditures of money of the board, specifying generally the […]
Section 45-52A-35.14 Municipal Utilities Board – Expenditures for construction or additions. No expenditures for property to be acquired and for any new construction, additions, or replacement to any public utility, or the equipment used by the same, shall be made by the board where the total expense will be more than one hundred thousand dollars […]
Section 45-52A-35.15 Municipal Utilities Board – Funds. All funds of the board shall be kept separate from the other funds of the city and in the city depository, and the same shall be withdrawn only in such sums and at such times as the same shall be actually required for the expenditures authorized by law, […]
Section 45-52A-35.16 Municipal Utilities Board – Bond of depository. The board shall require from the depository adequate bond or securities to secure the safety of the deposit which bond or securities shall be in the sum that the board shall fix having due regard to the safety of the board’s funds. (Acts 1939, No. 89, […]
