(A) The authority and responsibility for administering this subchapter, and referral of complaints hereunder to the Commissioner as set forth in division (B) hereof, shall be vested in the chief elected official of the city.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of IC 22-9.5-4-8, the city, because of its lack of financial and other resources necessary to fully administer enforcement proceedings and possible civil actions under this subchapter, herein elects to refer all formal complaints of violation of the sections of this subchapter by complainants to the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (“Commission”) for administrative enforcement actions pursuant to IC 22-9.5-6. The chief elected official of the Town of Americana, Indiana, shall refer all said complaints to the Commission, as provided for under division (A) of this section, to said Commission for purposes of investigation, resolution and appropriate relief as provided for under IC 22-9.5-6.
(C) All executive departments and agencies of the city shall administer their departments, programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of this subchapter, and shall cooperate with the chief elected official and the Commission to further such purposes.
(D) The chief elected official of the city, or the chief elected official’s designee, shall provide information on remedies available to any aggrieved person or complainant requesting such information.
(Ord. 16-18, passed 10-4-16; Am. Ord. 2020-10, passed 7-21-20)