Section 45-28-121 Creation; Composition; Meetings; Compensation.
Etowah County must have a personnel department with a personnel board and director, and board members must meet county-qualification and conflict rules.
(a) In Etowah County, there is created and established a personnel department for the government and control of all employees and appointees holding positions in the classified service, as defined in Section 45-28-121.03. (b)(1) The personnel department shall consist of a personnel board and a personnel director. The personnel board shall consist of five members as follows: a. Upon the term of the member who is a joint appointee of the judge of probate and the sheriff expiring on September 30, 2028, one member appointed by the judge of probate. b. Upon the term of the member appointed by the county commission expiring on September 30, 2030, one member appointed by the county commission upon the recommendation of the county engineer. c. Upon the term of the member who is a joint appointee of the county tax assessor and the county tax collector expiring on September 30, 2026, one member appointed by the revenue commissioner. d. Upon the term of the member appointed by the President of the Etowah County Chamber of Commerce expiring on September 30, 2026, one member appointed by the county commission upon the recommendation of the chief administrative officer. e. Upon the term of the member appointed by the President of the Etowah County Labor Council expiring on September 30, 2026, one member appointed by the President of the Northeast Alabama Labor Council. (2) Subsequent terms on the board shall be for four years and shall begin on October 1. (c) The members of the board shall be qualified electors of the county. No individual shall be appointed to the board who holds any salaried public office or employment with the county, nor shall any member, while a member of the board or for a period of one year after he or she has ceased to be a member, be eligible for appointment to any salaried office or employment in the service of the county or any county elective office. (d) For regular meetings of the board or special hearings or meetings of the board relating to a pending disciplinary action, each member shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per diem, not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per month paid from the county treasury, and the chair shall receive seventy-five dollars ($75) per diem, not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per month paid from the county treasury.