(A) The town shall have a nepotism and a contracting with the town policy that complies with the minimum requirements of I.C. 36-1-20.2 (hereinafter, "nepotism policy") and I.C. 36-1-21 (hereinafter, "contracting with the town by a relative policy") and implementation of these policies will begin.
(B) The town finds that both I.C. 36-1-20.2 and I.C. 36-1-21 specifically allow a unit to adopt requirements that are more stringent or detailed as are necessary.
(C) The town further finds that a single member of the Town Council cannot act for the Council to make work assignments, compensation, grievances, advancement or performance evaluation decisions without prior authority of a majority of the Town Council and, therefore, without such authority, he or she will not be in the direct line of supervision. See I.C. 36-5-2-9.4.
(D) The town finds that a single member of certain town affiliated governing bodies with authority over employees in the town cannot act for the governing body to make work assignments, compensation, grievances, advancement or performance evaluation decisions without prior authority of a majority of the governing body, when a statute provides that a majority is needed to act and, therefore, without such authority, the single member will not be in the direct line of supervision. See I.C. 36-7-4-400 and I.C. 36-10-3.
(Ord. 2023-30, passed 12-4-2023)