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Helena council clears legal ad for updated Civil Service Act; mayor cites roughly $35,000 printing cost
Summary
Council members gave no verbal objection to releasing legal advertising for an updated Civil Service Act draft so it can run four weeks before being carried to the legislature; Mayor Billy Rosener estimated printing costs near $35,000 and Attorney Brian Hayes advised publishing the full draft.
Helena — Council members in a Jan. 26 work session signaled no objection to releasing legal advertising for an updated draft of the Civil Service Act, a step Mayor Billy Rosener said is required before Representative Hulsey can carry the measure to the Legislature.
Mayor Rosener said Attorney Brian Hayes and Representative Hulsey had prepared the updated draft with the Legislative Service Agency and that the city needs verbal approval from the council to start running the legal ads, which must run for four weeks. The mayor estimated the cost to run the ads in Shelby and Jefferson counties at about $35,000 after discounts. Attorney Brian Hayes advised publishing the full updated document rather than attempting to run only selected substantive changes because the relevance of portions can vary by department.
Council member Jeff McDaniels asked whether the city could run only the substantive changes or use alternative publications such as the Alabama Messenger; Attorney Hayes replied that, given the breadth of changes, it was in the city’s best interest to publish the full text. The minutes record no verbal opposition to releasing the legal ads to run that week.
No formal motion or recorded vote on the legal-ad release appears in the minutes; the transcript shows the council gave informal consent by failing to register an objection during the work session.
