The Town Marshal and Deputies shall have the following duties:
(A) To serve and protect the citizens of the town;
(B) To uphold and enforce the laws of the United States and state and the ordinances of the town;
(C) To provide assistance to state and county officers when requested;
(D) To obtain and maintain all training necessary as required by the state;
(E) To maintain all equipment in proper working order;
(F) To provide, in January of each year, an inventory to the Town Council of all clothing and equipment;
(G) To provide, at the first Town Council meeting in January, April, July and October, an inventory of all evidence or property seized and held by the Department, and a description of how each item of evidence was disposed of;
(H) To remain within the limits of the Town Marshal Department's budget;
(I) The Marshal shall work a 40-hour week as set forth above. Further, the Marshal shall arrange for coverage by Deputy Marshals from 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night through 4:00 a.m. on Sunday morning and 8:00 p.m. on Sunday night through 4:00 a.m. on Monday morning, or if no Deputy Marshal is available, to arrange for coverage by the Sheriff's Department;
(J) Not engage in any other activity, employment, business or trade that takes priority over the officer's obligations to the Department, or the town, or that would limit his or her effectiveness in the discharge of his or her official duties, or that would tend to reflect discredit upon the Department;
(K) Request permission for vacations, absences or leaves in advance from the Town Council;
(L) When injured or ill, immediately notify the Town Marshal, or if it's the Town Marshal who is ill or injured, notify the Clerk-Treasurer or a member of the Town Council, if able to do so, and later shall give notice of the probable date of his or her return to duty;
(M) Keep himself or herself neat, clean and presentable at all times, unless his or her duty assignment requires otherwise;
(N) To be in uniform while on duty;
(O) To appear in court when summoned, and if the appearance in court is related to the duties as an officer of the town, the employee may take equal time off of his or her next regularly scheduled shift;
(P) To provide the Town Council with a report at each Town Council meeting of the Department's activities including all reports of violations or complaints received by the Department, and what was done to resolve the report or complaint, including the date that the report or complaint was received, and the date that it was resolved;
(Q) To provide copies of paperwork submitted to ILEA for purposes of maintaining certification by ILEA and to show that officer(s) have met all annual training requirements, to the Town Council on an annual basis; and
(R) To sign in at the beginning of each shift, and to sign out at the end of each shift, by radio to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher.
(Ord. 2006-4, passed 10-10-2006; Am. Ord. 2018-0515A, passed 5-15-2018)