(a) The Mayor shall be the chief administrator of the City and shall have control of the day-to-day operations of the following executive departments which are established.
(1) Department of Community Services. (Ord. D-1193, 1-8-96)
a) Plan Commission. (I.C., 36-7-4 et seq.).
b) Board of Zoning Appeals. (I.C., 36-7-4-900 et seq.).
(2) Engineering Department.
(3) Fire Department.
a) Fire Pension Board (I.C., 36-8-7 [1937 Fund]; I.C., 36-8-8 [1977 Fund]).
(4) Department of Law. (pursuant to I.C., 36-4-9-12—City Attorney and attorney for Plan Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals).
(5) Police Department.
a) Police Pension Board. (I.C., 36-8-6 [1925 Fund]; I.C., 36-8-8 [1977 Fund]).
(6) Street Department.
(7) Public Water and Public Wastewater Utilities. (Ord. D-1193, 1-8-96)
(8) Department of Parks and Recreation. (I.C., 36-10-3-1 et seq.) (Ord. D-673, §1, 10-1-90)
(9) Department of Redevelopment. (Ord. D-720, § 1, 8-5-91).
(10) Communications Center. (Ord. D-1193, 1-8-96).
(11) Office of the Controller (I.C., 36-4-9-6).
(b) The chiefs of the Fire and Police Departments and the heads of the Department of Community Services (pursuant to I.C., 36-4-9-2), Engineering Department, Department of Law, Office of the Controller, and the Communications Center are appointed by the Mayor and serve at his pleasure. (I.C., 36-4-9-6) (Ord. D-362, § II B, 3-22-83; Ord. D-1193, 1-8-96; Ord. D-2067-11, 11-7-11; Ord. D-2505-19, 12-16-19)
(`91 Code, § 2-3)
Statutory reference:
Mayor's authority to appoint officers, employees, boards and commissions in second class cities, see I.C., 36-4-9-6