(A) The city hereby adopts the city home rule ordinance pursuant to I.C. 36-1-3-1 et seq.
(B) The city may exercise any power or perform any function necessary to the public interest in the conduct of its internal affairs, which is not prohibited by the State Constitution or the United States Constitution, or denied or preempted by any other law or is not vested by any other law in any other city, county, or state entity, special purpose district, or municipal or school corporation.
(C) The city shall support all actions, projects, and programs in the public interest of its citizens, if those actions, projects, and programs are authorized under home rule powers, or the performance of those functions are reasonable and practical under the circumstances.
(D) The Common Council may budget and appropriate funds to provide for city membership and the membership of city elected and appointed officials and members of its boards, councils, departments, or agencies in local, regional, state, and national associations of a civic, educational, or governmental nature, which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of city operations.
(E) The Common Council may budget and appropriate funds to pay the expenses of duly authorized representatives to attend the meetings and functions of organizations to which the city belongs.
(1986 Code, § 36-1-3-1)
Statutory reference:
Application of home rule chapter, see I.C. 36-1-3-1