County Commission | The Magazine January February 2018 | Page 31

FROM THE COVER
County Operations
and Budget Authority
Records Law adequately
protects a citizen’s right to
access of public documents.
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Support for the protection of
counties, officials, employees,
or agents against liability for
official actions provided there
is no change in the statutory
damage cap for awards against
counties.
Legislative Policy
In addition to its strategic goals,
the Association has adopted the
following legislative policy consistent
with this Foundation
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Principle:
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m • Opposition to any efforts
• Opposition
to require counties to pay
to changes
the attorney fees of those
in the
filing actions against
current
county governments, its
CDARS
officials, or employees.
Program
and
• Support for the
public
county
commission role
depository
in adopting and enforcing
law that could
the
county budget and
result in greater
opposition to any efforts to
risk to the stability of county
weaken or direct the county
deposits.
commission’s exercise of this
• Belief that the existing Open
legislative authority.
Foundation Principle
The county governing body
serves as both the legislative
and administrative branch of
government at the local level
– carrying out both budgetary
duties as well as providing
administrative leadership
for many functions.
The budgetary,
personnel and
administrative
functions
carried out
by the county
commission
are essential to
the financial and
operational health
of county government in
Alabama. The Association opposes
any efforts that will obstruct the
commission’s ability to effectively
govern and to maintain the
administrative and financial well-
being of the services delivered by
the county commission.
provide animal control services
within its jurisdictional limits
or contribute a pro rata share
of services provided by the
county.
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Strategic Goals
In furtherance of this
Foundation Principle, the
Association will actively pursue the
passage of legislation to accomplish
the following strategic goals:
• To provide that the county
commission sets the hours of
operation of county offices.
• To clarify statutory language
related to use of county
warrants and bonds.
• To require municipalities to
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