(A) The Town Council is the town legislative body.
(B) The Council consists of five members whose terms of office are four years, beginning at noon on January 1 after election and continuing until successors are elected and qualified.
(C) The Town Council shall provide by ordinance that its members are elected by the district or ward in which they reside or are elected at-large by the voters of the whole town.
(D) (1) Two of the five Town Council Member positions for the municipal election to be conducted in November 2011 will be elected to terms of three years beginning at noon on January 1, 2012.
(2) The remaining three Town Council member positions for the municipal election to be conducted in November 2011 will be elected to terms of four years beginning at noon on January 1, 2012.
(3) Thereafter, the two Town Council Member positions elected to terms of three years during the November 2011 election will be re-filled at the general election conducted in November 2014 to terms of four years, and the three Town Council Member positions elected to terms of four years during the November 2012 election will be re-filled at the municipal election in November 2015 to terms of four years.
(4) The positions currently occupied by Town Council members representing District Two and District Three have been designated by the Town Council as the positions that will be filled to terms of three years at the November 2011 municipal election.
(1991 Draft Code, § 3-1) (Ord. 11-2010, passed 8-27-2010)
Statutory reference:
Legislative districts, I.C. 36-5-2-5
Term of office of Council members, see I.C. 36-5-2-3
Town Council, see I.C. 36-5-2-2
Town legislative body and executive, see I.C. 36-5-2-1 through I.C. 36-5-2-11