(A) If the Town Council consists of an even number of members from any cause, the Clerk-Treasurer shall ex officio be a member of the Council to the extent only that, in case of a tie, he or she shall cast the deciding vote.
(I.C. 36-5-2-8)
(B) The Clerk-Treasurer may administer oaths, take depositions and take acknowledgments of all instruments required by law to be acknowledged, and he or she shall have the custody of the seal of the town.
(I.C. 36-5-6-5 and 36-5-6-6(a)(7))
(C) The Clerk-Treasurer shall appoint the number of deputies and employees needed for effective operation of the office with the approval of the Town Legislative Body. The Clerk-Treasurer’s deputies and employees serve at the Clerk-Treasurer’s pleasure. The Town of Shirley owns their own utilities, the collection and billing of the utility rates are controlled by the town and serve at the Town Council’s pleasure.
(D) The Clerk-Treasurer has the power to solemnize marriages within the confines of the town.
(`95 Code, § 21.08)
Statutory reference:
Persons authorized to solemnize marriages, see I.C. 31-11-6-1