Section 11-43C-40
Mayor - Employment of additional personnel; amount available for salaries; not subject to merit system.
The mayor may employ additional personnel who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and for such purposes an additional seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per annum shall be made available for the salaries of the personnel from the city treasury. The personnel shall not be subject to the merit system. This section shall not limit the authority of the mayor to appoint other employees of the city under the merit system or otherwise where authorized by any other law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §40; Acts 1994, No. 94-697, p. 1351, §1.)