(A) PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the town as referred to in I.C. 10-14-3-29(a) for purposes of declaring a local disaster emergency, and as referred to hereinafter, means the regularly designated President of the of the Town Council, except if he or she is unavailable, or incapacitated, then the regularly designated Vice-President of the Town Council shall serve as the Principal Executive Officer. If both the President and the Vice-President are unavailable or incapacitated, the office of Principal Executive Officer may be filled by a remaining Town Council member by the majority vote among the remaining Town Council members. If the President, Vice-President, and Town Council member receiving the first majority vote are unavailable or incapacitated, the office, of Principal Executive Officer may be filled by a remaining Town Council member by the majority vote among the two remaining Town Council members and the Town Clerk-Treasurer. If the Presidents, the Vice-President, the Town Council member receiving the first majority vote, and the Town Council member receiving the second majority vote are unavailable or incapacitated, the remaining Town Council member shall be considered the Principal Executive Officer. In the absence or incapacity of all Town Council members, the office of Principal Executive Officer shall devolve first upon the Town Clerk-Treasurer, and, second, upon the Town Marshall.
(B) The Principal Executive Officer of the town selected by the above procedure, if not a member of the Town Council, shall exercise all powers and fulfill all duties of the Principal Executive Officer under I.C. 10-14-3 et seq. until such time as a Town Council member shall no longer be unavailable or incapacitated, at which time the Town Council member holding the highest office and which is not unavailable or incapacitated, shall assume all the powers and duties as the Principal Executive Officer. The Principal Executive Officer of the town selected by the above procedure, if a member of the Town Council, shall exercise all powers and fulfill all duties of the Principal Executive Officer under. I.C. 10-14-3-29 et seq. until such time as the regularly designated President of the Town Council shall no longer be unavailable or incapacitated, at which time the regularly designated President of the Town Council shall resume all the powers and duties as the Principal Executive Officer.
(Ord. 2012-05, passed 7-5-2012)