CHAPTER 5: TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section

   1-5-1   Election, appointment, and removal

   1-5-2   Determination of vacancy

   1-5-3   Salaries of Council and Mayor

   1-5-4   Mayor, duties and powers

   1-5-5   Council meetings

   1-5-6   Rules of order

§ 1-5-1 ELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND REMOVAL.

   (A)   Election and term of officers. The officers of the town are a Mayor and four Council members, all of whom shall be elected, and all of whom shall serve four-year terms.

   (B)   Appointment; term; removal. The Clerk-Treasurer, Police Chief, Attorney, Municipal Judge, Community Events Director, Maintenance Supervisor, Water Department Supervisor, and Fire Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the governing body, for a term of four years or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, and may be removed by the Mayor and governing body for incompetency or neglect of duty at any time during the four-year term. All other appointments, except the appointment of members of a board or commission, and removals shall be made by the Mayor with consent of the governing body, or as consent is required by statute or ordinance. The governing body shall determine the method of appointing members of a board or commission unless the method of appointing such members is specified by separate statute or ordinance.

   (C)   Appointment procedure. Unless necessitated by a vacancy to occur sooner, the Mayor shall make the appointments of the officials in division (B) above with the Council’s approval at the first regular meeting in January, one year from the date of the Mayor’s term in office.

(Prior Code, § 1-5-1) (Ord. 315, passed 6-27-1996; Ord. 364, passed 3-1-2012; Ord. 397, passed 2-17-2022; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)

§ 1-5-2 DETERMINATION OF VACANCY.

   A vacancy in an elected office within the town shall be determined to exist at such time as the Council, by motion, finds that the incumbent:

   (A)   Dies;

   (B)   Resigns;

   (C)   Is determined by a court having jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent;

   (D)   Is disqualified from holding office for any reason specified by law;

   (E)   Is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or constituting a breach of his or her oath of office;

   (F)   Refuses to take the oath of office;

   (G)   Refuses to give or renew an official bond if required by law;

   (H)   Had his or her election voided by a court decision; or

   (I)   No longer resides within the town limits.

(Prior Code, § 1-5-2) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)

§ 1-5-3 SALARIES OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

   (A)   Council. Members of the Town Council shall receive salaries as follows: $50 for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Council and any other meeting or function which the Town Council has authorized the Council member to attend as a representative of the Town Council.

   (B)   Mayor. The Mayor of the town shall receive a salary as follows: $400 per month, to be paid in 12 monthly installments.

(Prior Code, § 1-5-3) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)

§ 1-5-4 MAYOR, DUTIES AND POWERS.

   Unless otherwise provided, the Mayor shall:

   (A)   Preside at all meetings of the Town Council;

   (B)   Have superintending control of all officers and affairs of the town;

   (C)   Take care that there is compliance with ordinances and laws;

   (D)   Administer oaths;

   (E)   Sign commissions and appointments;

   (F)   Sign all bonds, contracts, and other obligations required to be signed in the name of the town; and

   (G)   Have one vote on all propositions coming before the Town Council and be considered a Council member for purposes of this code, unless such classification is clearly contrary to law.

(Prior Code, § 1-5-4)