Ala. Code § 11-43C-35: Mayor - Compensation; Expense Allowance.

(a) The mayor elected hereunder shall receive an annual salary of forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000). Thereafter, the mayor’s salary shall be established as provided in Section 11-43C-18, but in no event shall the salary be more than forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000). Additionally, the mayor shall receive in 2006, an expense allowance in the amount of seven hundred dollars ($700) per month; in 2007, an expense allowance in the amount of one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per month; and in 2008, an expense allowance of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per month.

(b) Commencing with the next term of office, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11-43C-18, the mayor shall receive an annual salary of sixty-six thousand dollars ($66,000). Additionally, the mayor shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) per month in lieu of the expense allowance provided in subsection (a).