(A) All officers, officials, boards, or other official entities of the town government shall be construed to have:
(1) All powers or duties prescribed for, or conferred on, such officers, officials, boards, or official entities by statute;
(2) All powers or duties expressly prescribed or conferred such officers, officials, boards, or official entities by the duly enacted ordinances of the town; and
(3) All powers or duties implied by the nature of, and necessary or dispensable to, the proper and efficient performance of their governmental or corporate function or duties of office.
(B) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or other valid ordinances of the town of the fact that a particular power or duty is not expressly set forth in any ordinance of the town and conferred on a town officer, official, board, or other official entity, does not mean or imply that the power or duty does not exist or has been denied or withheld.
(1996 Code, § 2-36)
Statutory reference:
Home rule, see I.C. 36-1-3-1 et seq.