(A) The authority and responsibility for properly administering this Ordinance and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commissioner as set forth in division (B) hereof shall be vested in the President of the Town Council of the Town of Brooklyn, Indiana, Indiana.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of I.C. 22-9.5-4-8, the Town of Brooklyn, Indiana, because of lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this chapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the sections of this chapter by complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to Title 22-9.5-6 of Indiana Code and the President of the Town Council of the Town of Brooklyn, Indiana, Indiana, shall refer all said complaints to the Commission as provided for under division (A) of this section to said Commission for purposes of investigation, resolution and appropriate relief as provided for under I.C. 22-9.5-6.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the Town of Brooklyn, Indiana, shall administer their departments, programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the President of the Town Council and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The President of the Town Council of the Town of Brooklyn, Indiana, or the President of the Town Council's designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 1999-3, passed 8-10-1999; Am. Ord. 2015-2, passed 4-21-2015)