Ala. Code § 9-10-4
Upon completion of the membership of the board of directors and incorporation as provided in this article, the board members shall meet in an organizational session at the place of its main office and elect a chairman, vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, but the office of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. The board shall set a regular time and place for its meetings, and a majority of its members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business. All proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the corporation and recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the corporation, shall be received in all courts as evidence of the matters and things therein certified. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board of directors or pursuant to its authority, and no county commission shall have any power or authority over the board of directors.
Members of the board shall serve without compensation except reimbursement for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in their official duties, such expenses to be reimbursed from such funds as may be made available to the agency.
Ala. Code § 9-10-4 (1975)