The Town of Sellersburg Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners shall be authorized and given the following duties and responsibilities:
(A) To appoint, subject to the qualifications of employment determined by the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners and approved by the Sellersburg Town Council, as many persons necessary to serve in the police department of the town.
(B) Make general and special rules for the governing and discipline of the town police department and make special orders to the department through the Chief of Police, who is the executive head of the department.
(C) The Chief of Police is the executive of the town’s police department, who shall, subject to the qualifications established by the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners and the town legislative body, appoint civilian employees which are necessary to carry on the work of the police department.
(D) The hiring of any police officer for the town shall be the Town Council, subject to the criteria which has been established by the Town Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners as well as the qualifications and procedures set forth under I.C. 36-8-3.5-12.
(E) From a list of eligible candidates the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners and the Chief of Police shall each make a recommendation in regard to the most qualified candidate for the position, which shall then be submitted to the Town Council for review and selection. The Town Council shall have the sole discretion in hiring the recommended candidate or candidates which shall then be submitted to the Town Council for review and selection if appropriate.
(F) The Town Council has hereby elected the herein section not to delegate to the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners the powers and duties set forth under I.C. 36-8-9-4(a), (b), or (d).
(G) The Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners constitutes the Safety Board of the town as authorized under I.C. 36-8-3-4.1.
(H) The Board of Metropolitan Police as the Safety Board is authorized to take all action to perform all duties as authorized under I.C. 36-8-3-4 and 36-8-3-4.1.
(Ord. 2004-020, passed 9-13-04)