CHAPTER 31:  TOWN COUNCIL

Section

General Provisions

   31.001   Term of office

   31.002   Residency required

   31.003   Powers and duties

   31.004   President

Meetings; General Provisions

   31.020   Open meetings

   31.021   Executive sessions

   31.022   Notice of meetings

   31.023   Agenda

   31.024   Record of meetings

   31.025   Quorum

   31.026   Clerk of Council; tie-breaking vote

Meetings; Rules of Procedure

   31.040   Presiding officer

   31.041   Quorum for conducting business

   31.042   Absence of President

   31.043   Duties of the President

   31.044   Duties of Council members

   31.045   Seconding of motions required

   31.046   Withdrawal of motions

   31.047   Division of questions

   31.048   Record of motions

   31.049   Vote

   31.050   Precedence of motion

   31.051   Undebatable motions and exceptions to order

   31.052   Motion to adjourn

   31.053   Motion to postpone indefinitely

   31.054   Motion to amend

   31.055   Amendments

   31.056   Reconsideration

   31.057   Visitors and petitioners

   31.058   Reports, communications, petitions and the like

   31.059   Adoption of Robert’s Rules of Order, revised

   31.060   Temporary suspension of rules; amendment of rules

Ordinances and Resolutions

   31.075   Majority vote; when required

   31.076   Two-thirds vote; when required

   31.077   Date of adoption; publication

   31.078   Record of ordinances

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 31.001 TERM OF OFFICE.

   Except as otherwise provided in I.C. 36-5-2-3(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), the term of office of a member of the Town Council is four years, beginning at 12:00 p.m. January 1 after the member’s election and continuing until the member’s successor is elected and qualified.

(I.C. 36-5-2-3(a))

§ 31.002 RESIDENCY REQUIRED.

   (A)   A member of the Town Council must reside within:

      (1)   The town as provided in the state’s Constitution, Article 6, § 6; and

      (2)   The district from which the member was elected, if applicable.

   (B)   A member of the Town Council who is elected by the voters of a district forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the district.

   (C)   A member of the Town Council who is elected by the voters of the entire town but is elected or selected as a candidate from a district forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the district.

   (D)   An at-large member of the Town Council forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the town.

(I.C. 36-5-2-6)

§ 31.003 POWERS AND DUTIES.

   The Town Council may:

   (A)   Adopt ordinances and resolutions for the performance of functions of the town;

   (B)   Purchase, hold and convey any interest in property for the use of the town; and

   (C)   Adopt and use a common seal.

(I.C. 36-5-2-9)