Section 11-52-5 - Municipal Planning Commission - Appointment, etc., of employees; contracts with consultants, etc.; expenditure of funds(a) The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees of the municipality. The commission may also contract with city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require.
(b) The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the council, which shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for the commission's work.Ala. Code § 11-52-5 (1975)
Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §790.