(A) The Board of Commissioners creates the County Drainage Board.
(B) The Drainage Board consists of one County Commissioner and four resident freeholders of the county who are knowledgeable in drainage matters.
(C) The four qualified resident freeholders shall be selected, as provided by I.C. 36-9-27-5, based on their experiences in, work with, and knowledge of, drainage matters in the county.
(D) The terms of the four citizen members of the Drainage Board are for three years each.
(E) Every appointed member may serve any number of terms.
(F) The Board of Commissioners shall, on or after its second regular monthly meeting in November of each year, select one of the County Commissioners to serve for the next succeeding year on the Drainage Board, beginning January 1.
(G) As provided in I.C. 36-9-27, the Drainage Board shall:
(1) Receive compensation;
(2) Establish an operating budget; and
(3) Organize, elect officers and establish times and dates for regular meetings.
(H) Nothing in this section limits or interferes with the operation of the Drainage Board as provided by state law.
(Prior Code, § 36-9-27-5) (Ord. 78-599, passed 11-20-1978, 78 COM REC 599–600)