(A) The Town Clerk-Treasurer may administer oaths, take depositions, and take acknowledgments of instruments as required by law.
(B) The Town Clerk-Treasurer is the Clerk of the Town Council and whenever the Town Council has an even number of members, the Clerk-Treasurer is an ex-officio member for the purpose of casting the deciding vote to break a tie.
(C) The Town Clerk-Treasurer may perform all duties prescribed by law, which include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Receive and care for all town monies, and pay them out upon order of the Town Council;
(2) Keep accounts of all town monies;
(3) File monthly reports with the Town Council showing all receipts and disbursements of the town treasury for the preceding month;
(4) Maintain records which are open for inspection by the Town Council;
(5) Collect fines resulting from ordinance violations;
(6) Issue all licenses; and
(7) Attend all Town Council meetings and maintain a recording of its proceedings.
(D) The Clerk-Treasurer is both the Town Clerk and Town Fiscal Officer pursuant to I.C. 36-5-6-2.
('88 Code, § 2-1-2)
Statutory reference:
Duties and powers of Clerk-Treasurer, see I.C. 36-5-2-8, 36-5-6-5, 36-5-6-6