A. ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS AND DUTIES.
1. To exercise general supervision of and make regulations for the administration of the affairs of the Commission.
2. To prescribe uniform rules pertaining to investigations and hearings.
3. Supervise fiscal affairs and responsibilities of the Commission.
4. Prescribe the qualifications of appointment; remove and fix the compensation of the employees of the Commission, such compensation to be in conformity to and in compliance with salaries and compensations therefore fixed by the Town Council.
5. Delegate to employees authority to perform ministerial acts in all cases except where action of the Commission is necessary.
6. Keep an accurate and complete record of all departmental proceedings; record and file all bonds and contracts and assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all papers and documents of the Commission except as provided in Section 3.
7. Make recommendations and an annual report to the Town Council concerning the operation of the Commission and the status of planning within its jurisdiction.
8. Prepare, publish, and distribute reports, ordinances, and other material relating to the activities authorized under this act.
9. Adopt a seal and certify to all official acts.
10. Sue and be sued collectively by its legal name styled according to the, ". . . Town of New Palestine Plan Commission," service of process being had on the president of the Commission; no cost shall be taxed against the Commission or any of its members in any action.
11. Invoke any legal equitable or special remedy for the enforcement of the provisions of the act or Ordinance or its action taken thereunder.
12. Prepare and submit an annual budget in the same manner as other departments of the town government and shall be limited in all expenditures to the provisions made therefore by the Town Council.
13. If deemed advisable, establish an advisory committee or committees.
14. To perform such duties and responsibilities as are delegated to the Plan Commission by this Zoning Ordinance.