(A) A county police force and county merit board are established and governed by I.C. 36-8-10, as now in effect and from time to time hereafter amended. The Merit Board is known as the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Merit Board. In this section, “Board” refers to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Merit Board and “Department” refers to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, unless otherwise indicated.
(B) The membership and meetings of the Board are governed by I.C. 36-8-10-3, as now in effect and as from time to time hereafter amended. The Board President and a Secretary elected pursuant to I.C. 36-8-10-3 will each serve for a term of one year. As compensation for the member’s service, each member is entitled to receive from the county a sum of $50 per day for each and every day, or fraction of a day, during which the member is engaged in transacting the business of the Board.
(C) The Department may establish group life and disability insurance coverage, a pension trust, a mortality reserve account, a disability reserve account and a dependent’s pension reserve account, subject to the requirements of and limitations under state and federal law.
(D) This section does not apply to a police officer whose sole duty is the service of civil process.
(Prior Code, § 36-8-10-3) (Ord. passed 7-29-1967, 2 CCM 730–732; Order of 10-7-1967, 2 CCM 769)