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
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))
(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)
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