County leaders asked to contact ACCA for any necessary Marriott Shoals room cancellations
The Marriott Shoals Hotel — the location for next month’s ACCA Legislative Conference — has been sold out of ACCA hotel rooms for weeks now, but our waiting list for rooms continues to grow. If you have a Marriott Shoals room reservation and discover before the event that you no longer need your room, we ask that you kindly notify registration@alabamacounties.org to cancel your room reservation. Please do not contact the hotel. Cancelling your room through the Association staff will ensure your room is provided to a fellow county leader — and at the discounted rate.
Reminder: County commissions authorized to set 2026 holiday schedule
As the holiday season and the close of 2025 draw near, the Association staff wants to remind county leaders that Alabama law grants county commissions the authority to annually established the county holiday schedule. Under Ala. Code Section 11-1-8, commissions may, by resolution, close county offices on state legal holidays or “for special circumstances deemed necessary or appropriate.” There is no statutory timeframe for establishing the county’s annual holiday schedule, which may be altered as necessary throughout the year, but an annual schedule is typically adopted no later than the commission’s first regular meeting in January. To access a sample resolution for setting the annual holiday schedule, click here — and for a list of state legal holidays, refer to Ala. Code Section 1-3-8.
Webinar for County Engineering Staff scheduled for Thursday afternoon
The November webinar for County Engineers and Engineering Staff will take place this Thursday at 2 p.m. central time. All County Engineers will be pre-registered for the webinar and should soon receive a confirmation email with the necessary information and access links to participate. Every individual involved in county engineering is encouraged to participate and to contact ACCA’s Policy and Member Services Assistant, Lisa Fiore, with any questions or issues related to webinar pre-registration.
ACCA offices closed tomorrow
The ACCA offices will be closed tomorrow, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The offices will reopen Wednesday, November 12, at 8:30 a.m. central time.