Decatur department directors not required to live in Decatur Only Decaturâs Fire and Police Chiefs and city clerk will still have to live within city limits Decatur City Council is making changes to the city's residency rules By Madison Scarpino | March 15, 2021 at 7:01 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 7:04 PM DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Department heads within the Decatur City government no longer have to live within city limits. That decision was made at the March 15 City Council meeting. Before then, all Department Directors for the City of Decatur were required to live within city limits. The council voted 4 to 1 to change that.