Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Government

The City of Birmingham has a mayor/council form of government with a nine-member city council. This replaced a City Commission in 1962, primarily as a way to remove Commissioner of Public Safety Eugene "Bull" Connor from power. By Alabama law, an issue before a city council must be approved by a two-thirds majority vote (Act No. 452, Ala. Acts 1955, as supplemented by Act No. 294, Ala. Acts 1965.). Executive powers are held entirely by the mayor's office.

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1962 - Eugene "Bull" Connor

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Current Mayor

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• Bernard Kincaid

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Current Council

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• Council District 1 (Joel Montgomery, Councilor)
• Council District 2 (Carol Reynolds, Councilor)
• Council District 3 (Valerie A. Abbott, Councilor)
• Council District 4 (Gwen Pouncy Sykes, Councilor)
• Council District 5 (Elias Hendricks, Jr, Councilor)
• Council District 6 (Carole Smitherman, Councilor and President Pro-Tem)
• Council District 7 (Bertram D. Miller, Councilor)
• Council District 8 (Lee Wendell Loder, Councilor and President)
• Council District 9 (Roderick Royal, Councilor)