(A) There is hereby established, in addition to all specific appointment requirements set forth in either the Indiana Code or by enabling ordinances of the town, a general Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy. Such policy is set forth in division (D) below.
(B) The Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy requirements are supplemental to the legal requirements for appointment to various boards and commissions, as set forth in the individual appointment statutes governing the same, or the individual enabling ordinances of the town establishing the same. Where there is conflict between the supplemental regulations established hereby and state law or local enabling ordinances, the state law or enabling ordinance provisions shall prevail and supercede these Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy requirements. In the event that any of the adopted Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy requirements herein are contrary to any provision of applicable state law or local enabling ordinance establishing such board or commission and providing for appointment thereto, then such requirement of the newly adopted Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy established hereby shall be deemed null, void and of no legal effect.
(C) The Boards and Commissions Appointment Policy established hereby shall be provided to all applicants seeking consideration for appointment to any board or commission in the town at the time of submission of such application, which policy receipt shall be acknowledged by a duly executed receipt instrument for the same which shall be maintained in the records of the town pertaining to the appointment application procedure.
(D) Appointment Policy Requirements. The Town Council believes that it is good public policy to provide minimum requirements for candidates to position openings on all boards and commissions of the town. These policy requirements are guides for all appointed positions by the Town Council and the Town Council President.
(1) Each candidate must file a complete application with the Town Clerk-Treasurer prior to the announced deadline.
(2) Each candidate must be available for interviews.
(3) Each candidate must reside within the municipal corporate boundaries of the town unless other statutory provisions provide otherwise. Residency must be validated by the candidate in the form of driver’s license, voter registration record, or other acceptable means.
(4) The voting records of the candidate will be checked at the Lake County Voter Registration Board. A letter from the precinct chairman where the candidate resides may be necessary if the voter records cannot determine party affiliation, if party affiliation is a necessary requirement for board/commission position.
(5) All candidates appointed are expected to attend all regular and special meetings of the commission or board to which they are appointed. Attendance records will be kept and reviewed from time to time. Continued and regular service to the commission or board will be a significant consideration for reappointment purposes.
(6) Appointed candidates are expected to dress and act appropriately in all public meeting venues. As an appointed citizen, the candidate represents the town in all his or her actions and dealings with the public being served.
(7) All questions concerning duties, expectations, regulations, laws and the like are to be directed to one of the following people:
(a) The commission or board president being served;
(b) The Town Council President; or
(c) The Town Manager.
All of these individuals seek to assist informed, responsible and upstanding appointees to represent the town and its residents.
(Ord. 843, passed 1-14-03)