County Commission | The Magazine January February 2018 | Page 28

FROM THE COVER to publication on a website maintained by the state or by each individual county. • Opposition to abolishing regional planning commissions. To provide a constitutional amendment to ensure open debate of local legislation. • Support for continued application of current constitutional and statutory provisions providing that elected officials can only be removed from office through the process of impeachment. • Support for Alabama’s current structure for enacting or amending state general or local laws and belief that no provision allowing for citizen referendum should be enacted. • Belief that individual property rights must be balanced with adequate means to protect the • Strategic Goals In furtherance of this Foundation Principle, the Association will actively pursue the passage of legislation to accomplish the following strategic goals: • To shift the statutorily- required publication of legal notices from a “newspaper” Legislative Policy In addition to its strategic goals, the Association has adopted the following legislative policy revision for 2018 consistent with this Foundation Principle: • Opposition to removing or impeding local control of the county department of human resources. state agencies and opposes the shifting of costs and administrative responsibility of state functions to the local level through the state budget process. 450 8 70 The Halcyon Group at Morgan Stanley is a proud supporter of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama Paul Winn, CFP Senior Portfolio Manager Senior Vice President Financial Advisor Lewis Gayden Financial Planning Specialist Financial Advisor Travis Winn Financial Planning Specialist Financial Advisor Pam Kimble Registered Associate Morgan Stanley 7515 Halcyon Summit Drive | Suite 300 Montgomery, AL 36117 334-270-2634 | [email protected] © 2018 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC. CRC1954547 12/17 Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certifica- tion marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S. 28 | COUNTY COMMISSION