TAYLOR: The Town of Taylor had a population of 2,390 as of July 1, 2025. Taylor, Alabama, is classified as a Class 8 municipality, meaning it’s a town with a population of 5,999 or fewer residents, based on Alabama law that categorizes municipalities by population size for various governmental functions.
A county is not responsible for police protection within municipalities, located within the county, that have established their own police force.
FROM ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Robert Lamb took the oath for Mayor of Taylor at 8:00 AM and by 8:45 AM Robert Lamb terminated James Braizer as Police Chief. Former Taylor Police Officer Tim Miller was present and told people he was there because he wanted to see James Brazier fired. Easy to prove a common plan, scheme and design on the part of Mayor Robert Lamb when he took office.
Robert Lamb’s vendetta is going to be costly to the City of Taylor and the Willful Neglect by the City Council Members is going to be costly. FACT CHECK ME!!!!
CODE OF ALABAMA 11-43-230
Every municipality shall provide a predisciplinary hearing prior to the suspension or termination of its law enforcement officers, provided nothing herein shall preclude a municipality from placing a law enforcement officer on leave with pay until the person or body holding the hearing has made its decision in the matter.
(b) Every municipality shall establish written due process procedures applicable to the predisciplinary hearing. At a minimum, this due process shall consist of written notice to the officer of the reasons for the termination or suspension. This notice shall be issued by the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer. The notice shall inform the officer that he or she has 10 days to request, in writing, a hearing before the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate. If the officer fails to request the hearing within 10 days from receiving the notice, the right to any hearing shall be deemed waived.
Section 11-43-231 “Law Enforcement Officer” Defined.
As used in this article, the term “law enforcement officer” shall mean an official who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission who has authority to make arrests and who is employed by any municipality in the state as a permanent and regular employee with law enforcement duties, including police chiefs and deputy police chiefs. The term does not include any person elected by popular vote, any person who is serving a probationary period of employment, or any person whose term of office has expired.
The mayor may remove any officer for good cause, except those elected by the people, and permanently fill the vacancy if the officer was elected by the council or appointed with its consent. In either of these cases, the mayor must report the dismissal to the council and state the reasons for the action to the council at its next regular meeting. If the council sustains the mayor’s act by a majority vote of those elected to the council, the vacancy must be filled as provided in Title 11 of the Code of Alabama. Again, Section 11-43-81 of the Code states that the appointee must be granted a hearing, which can be waived by the employee, before the dismissal becomes permanent.
WHY THIS IS BROUGHT OUT
RSN is not fixed or consumed with the actions of Mayor Robert Lamb, Taylor Alabama. RSN is holding the feet to the fire because the termination was only because Robert Lamb, who served as Ordinance Compliance Officer for Taylor acted as a personal vendetta. This is not proper and the members of the Taylor City Council have not fulfilled their lawful duties in preventing such personal vendetta.
HEY JAMES, CAN I BORROW SOME MONEY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE TAYLOR ALABAMA WILL BE PAYING YOU
Since November 3, 2025, you the residents of Taylor Alabama are apparently legally obligated to pay James Brazier back pay, to include Christmas bonus from November 3 to date. You can not only look to Mayor Robert Lamb but to the members of Taylor City Council. Who do not even know how many police officers the city even has.
If you remember when Ozark Mayor termiated Marlos Walker as Police Chief, in a political vendetta, they had to re-instate Walker because they did not do it legally. That is when the Ozark City Council realized not to listen to then Mayor Mark Blankenship. And thus the next election the registered voters of Ozark overwhelmingly kicked Mark Blankenship’s buttocks HARD. All the way to Florida!!!
FORMER TAYLOR MAYOR BILLY SNELL
He left the City of Taylor in good financial condition, with policies and procedures. So Billy, WHY DID YOU LEAVE TAYLOR ALL ALONE ??? It is not Billy Snell’s fault that you, the registered voters, elected as you did.
