At the regular meeting of the governing body of the municipality next succeeding the completion of the canvass and the statement and proclamation of result, such governing body shall adopt a resolution setting forth the question submitted at the election, the number of votes cast for the question and the number of votes cast against the question. If the number of votes cast for the question exceeds the number of votes cast against the question at such election, such resolution shall further declare that the citizens of the State of Alabama who are inhabitants of the territory, the boundaries of which are coterminous with the boundaries of such municipality, are incorporated as the "Improvement Authority of _____."
Ala. Code § 39-7-10 (1975)