CHAPTER 31: TOWN OFFICIALS

Section

   31.01   Clerk-Treasurer

   31.02   Deputies and employees of the Clerk-Treasurer

   31.03   Town Attorney

   31.04   Town Marshal

§ 31.01 CLERK-TREASURER.

   The Clerk-Treasurer and the Clerk-Treasurer's office of the town shall be administered pursuant to IC 36-5-6-1 et seq. The Clerk-Treasurer shall have all powers and duties assigned and authorized pursuant to the state statutes above described and others that may apply due to financial responsibility of that officer.

§ 31.02 DEPUTIES AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CLERK-TREASURER.

   (A)   The Clerk-Treasurer shall appoint the number of deputies and employees needed for the effective operation of the office, with the approval of the Town Council. The Clerk-Treasurer’s deputies and employees serve at the Clerk-Treasurer’s pleasure.

   (B)   If the town owns a utility and the Clerk-Treasurer is directly responsible for the billing and collection of that utility’s rates and charges, the Clerk-Treasurer shall appoint those employees who are responsible for that billing and collection. Those employees serve at the Clerk-Treasurer’s pleasure. (IC 36-5-6-7)

   (C)   The town authorizes the deputies and employees to be paid at a rate determined by the Town Council and set out in the salary ordinance.

(Ord. 2019-7, passed 12-4-19)

§ 31.03 TOWN ATTORNEY.

   The town shall employ a Town Attorney. The Attorney shall exercise the power and perform the duties assigned to the Attorney by state law, by town ordinance, or by the Town Council.