[Ord. No. 393-00, 2-21-2000]
(a) 
The governing body of the City shall consist of a Mayor and five Councilmembers who shall be elected by a vote of the voters at large in the City.
(b) 
The places on the City Council be and the same are hereby designated as Place Number 1, Place Number 2, Place Number 3, Place Number 4 and Place Number 5.
(c) 
Each candidate for a place on the City Council shall in the announcement of his or her candidacy designate by number the place for which he or she is a candidate and no person shall be a candidate for more than one place.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 2-1 and 2-2 pertained to election of Council members by place and derived from Ord. No. 494, adopted 3-20-1972.
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Editor's Note: Former § 2-3, Combining of offices of Clerk and Treasurer, adopted 10-2-1972 by Res. No. 522, was repealed 4-7-2025 by Ord. No. 1958-25.
[Ord. No. 124-94, 6-6-1994]
(a) 
If a taxpayer disagrees with a preliminary assessment as entered by the auditors of the City, the taxpayer may file a written petition for review, addressed to the Clerk of the City of Albertville, City Hall, Albertville, Alabama, within 14 days from the date of entry of the preliminary assessment, setting out the specific objections to the preliminary assessment.
(b) 
If a petition for review is timely filed, the City shall schedule a conference with the taxpayer for the purpose of allowing the taxpayer and the City's auditor to present their respective positions, discuss any omissions or errors, or attempt to agree upon any changes or modifications to their respective positions.
(c) 
If the written petition for review is not timely filed within 14 days from the date of the entry of preliminary assessment or is properly filed and upon further review the City determines through its auditor the preliminary assessment is due to be upheld in whole or in part, the City may make assessment final in the amount of the tax due as computed by the City's auditor, with the interest and penalty computed to the date of entry of the final assessment.
(d) 
The final assessment entered by the City's auditors or a copy thereof shall be mailed by the City to the taxpayer's last known address by either first-class U.S. mail or certified mail with return receipt requested; provided, however, at the option of the City, the final assessment or a copy thereof may be delivered to the taxpayer by personal delivery.
(e) 
In the case of disputed assessments, the board that shall determine whether to uphold or deny the preliminary assessment in whole or in part shall be composed of the Mayor of the City or his or her designee, the City Attorney of the City or his or her designee and the City Clerk of the City or his or her designee.
(f) 
A taxpayer may appeal from any final assessment entered by the City by filing a notice of appeal within 30 days from the date of entry of the final assessment, and such appeal, if timely filed, shall proceed as herein provided.
(1) 
At the option of the taxpayer, the taxpayer may appeal from any final assessment to the Circuit Court of Marshall County by filing notice of appeal within 30 days from the date of entry of the final assessment.
(2) 
If the appeal is to Circuit Court, the taxpayer must also, within the thirty-day period allowed for appeal, either pay the assessment plus interest and penalty or file a supersedeas bond with the court in double the amount of the assessment. The supersedeas bond shall be executed by a surety company licensed and authorized to do business in Alabama and shall be conditioned to pay the assessment plus applicable interest and any court costs related to the appeal.
(3) 
If a final assessment is reduced on appeal, any overpayment of tax paid by the taxpayer shall immediately be refunded to the taxpayer by the City.
[Ord. No. 222-96, 6-3-1996]
Pursuant to § 11-46-28, Code of Alabama, 1975, the City Council does hereby ordain that the polls during all future municipal elections shall open at 7:00 a.m. and remain open continuously until 7:00 p.m.
[Ord. No. 414-00, 6-5-2000; Ord. No. 2040-26, 6-2-2026]
(a) 
The City hereby establishes the use of electronic voting equipment under authority of § 17-7-21, Code of Alabama, as last amended.
(b) 
The City will use the same type of electronic voting equipment as Marshall County, Optech Optical Scan (Eagle), manufactured by Election Systems & Software of Omaha, Nebraska, and distributed by Election Systems & Software, Inc., of Birmingham, Alabama, meeting the requirements of § 17-7-21, Code of Alabama, as last amended.
(c) 
The City will adopt a resolution establishing the use of electronic voting equipment and outlining procedures for implementation of said equipment. The City Clerk will file a copy of said resolution with the Secretary of State.