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IN Code § 36-4-9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 9. City Departments, Boards, and Appointed Officers|36-4-9-8. Third Class Cities; Appointment of Officers, Employees, Boards, and Commissions; Notice of Change in Membership of Public Works and Safety Board

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies only to third class cities.(b) The city executive shall appoint:(1) a city civil engineer;(2) a city attorney;(3) a chief of the fire department;(4) a chief of the police department; and(5) other officers, employees, boards, and commissions required by statute.(c) The board of public works and safety consists of three (3) or five (5) members (as determined by the city executive). The members of the board of public works and safety are:(1) the city executive; and(2) two (2) or four (4) persons appointed by the executive.If the executive increases the number of board members from three (3) to five (5) members or decreases the number of board members from five (5) to three (3) members, the city shall publish notice under IC 5-3-1 of the increase or decrease in members and state the total number of members appointed to the board. IC 36-4-4-2 notwithstanding, a member may hold other appointive or elective positions in city government during the member's tenure. IC 36-4-11-2 applies to board member appointments under this section. The city clerk is the clerk of the board.(d) If the city legislative body adopts an ordinance under IC 36-4-12 to employ a city manager, the executive may appoint the city manager to a position on the board of public works and safety in place of the executive.(e) The city executive may appoint a public safety director to:(1) serve as the chief administrative officer of; and(2) oversee the operations of;the police department and fire department. The city executive shall determine the qualifications of the public safety director.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-6-14 part; 18-2-1-4.4 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.48; P.L.350-1983, SEC.1; P.L.68-1996, SEC.6; P.L.10-1997, SEC.31; P.L.141-2009, SEC.11; P.L.33-2010, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-4-9-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 9. City Departments, Boards, and Appointed Officers|36-4-9-11. Head of Department of Law; City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney; Eligibility for Appointment

Sec. 11. (a) In a second class city, the corporation counsel is the head of the department of law. The corporation counsel's first deputy is the city attorney, and the corporation counsel's second deputy is the assistant city attorney.(b) In a third class city, the city attorney is the head of the department of law.(c) To be eligible to be appointed as the head of the department of law, a person must meet the following requirements:(1) Be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana.(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), be a resident of the county in which the city is located.(3) For a third class city located in a county having a population of less than seven thousand (7,000), be a resident of Indiana.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-6-13 part; 18-2-3-1 part; 18-5-13-2.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.49; P.L.220-1991, SEC.1; P.L.12-1992, SEC.159; P.L.119-2012, SEC.190.
IN Code § 36-4-9-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 9. City Departments, Boards, and Appointed Officers|36-4-9-12. Head of Department of Law; Powers and Duties; Employment of Other Attorneys

Sec. 12. The head of the department of law shall:(1) manage the legal affairs of the city;(2) prosecute violators of city ordinances;(3) give legal advice to the officers, departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the city;(4) draft ordinances or other legal papers for the city and its departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies when requested by the proper officer;(5) maintain custody of the records of the department head's office and turn them over to the department head's successor in office;(6) make all title searches and examine all abstracts required in public work of any kind, including opening, widening, or changing a street, alley, or public place;(7) promptly commence all proceedings necessary or advisable for the protection or enforcement of the rights of the city or the public;(8) use all diligence to collect costs, fees, and recoveries within the scope of the department head's duties;(9) report, in writing, to the city executive all matters that the department head considers important; and(10) report, in writing, to the city fiscal officer all judgments for which the city is liable.Officers, departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the city may not employ attorneys without the authorization of the head of the department of law.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: Part new; 18-1-6-13 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.17, SEC.25; P.L.127-2017, SEC.137.
IN Code § 36-4-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to second and third class cities.[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.50.
IN Code § 36-4-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-2. City Clerk or City Clerk-Treasurer; Election; Fiscal Officer; Term of Office; Immunity

Sec. 2. (a) A city clerk shall be elected under IC 3-10-6 by the voters of each second class city, and a city clerk-treasurer shall be elected under IC 3-10-6 by the voters of each third class city.(b) The city clerk or clerk-treasurer is the clerk of each city.(c) The city controller appointed under IC 36-4-9-6 is the fiscal officer of each second class city, and the city clerk-treasurer is the fiscal officer of each third class city.(d) The city controller of a second class city is not liable, in an individual capacity, for any act or omission occurring in connection with the performance of the city controller's duty as fiscal officer of the second class city, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the controller's duty.(e) The term of office of a city clerk or clerk-treasurer is four (4) years, beginning at noon on January 1 after election and continuing until a successor is elected and qualified.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-2-1 part; 18-2-1-4.2 part; 18-2-1-4.4 part; 18-2-1-5 part; 18-2-1-6 part; 18-2-6-3 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.51; P.L.5-1986, SEC.52; P.L.67-2002, SEC.5.
IN Code § 36-4-10-2.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-2.5. Office Space Provided

Sec. 2.5. If office space exists in a building owned or leased by the city, the city executive and legislative body shall provide office space for:(1) the clerk or clerk-treasurer; and(2) the staff and records of the clerk or clerk-treasurer.As added by P.L.69-1995, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-4-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-3. Clerk; Eligibility; Residence

Sec. 3. (a) A person is eligible to be the clerk only if the person meets the qualifications prescribed by IC 3-8-1-28.(b) Residency in territory that is annexed by the city before the election is considered residency for the purposes of subsection (a), even if the annexation takes effect less than one (1) year before the election.(c) The clerk must reside within the city as provided in Article 6, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. The clerk forfeits office if the clerk ceases to be a resident of the city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-2-1.5 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.164; P.L.5-1986, SEC.53; P.L.3-1987, SEC.558.
IN Code § 36-4-10-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-4. Clerk; Duties

Sec. 4. The clerk shall do the following:(1) Serve as clerk of the city legislative body under IC 36-4-6-9 and maintain custody of its records.(2) Maintain all records required by law.(3) Keep the city seal.(4) As soon as a successor is elected and qualified, deliver to the successor all the records and property of the clerk's office.(5) Perform other duties prescribed by law.(6) Administer oaths when necessary in the discharge of the clerk's duties, without charging a fee.(7) Take depositions, without charging a fee.(8) Take acknowledgement of instruments that are required by statute to be acknowledged, without charging a fee.(9) Serve as clerk of the city court under IC 33-35-3-2, if the judge of the court does not serve as clerk of the court or appoint a clerk of the court under IC 33-35-3-1.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-3 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.36-1986, SEC.3; P.L.189-1988, SEC.1; P.L.33-1998, SEC.9; P.L.98-2004, SEC.160.
IN Code § 36-4-10-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-4.5. Third Class Cities; Fiscal Officer; Duties

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies to third class cities.(b) The fiscal officer is the head of the city department of finance. The fiscal officer shall do the following:(1) Receive and care for all city money and pay the money out only on order of the approving body.(2) Keep accounts showing when and from what sources the fiscal officer has received city money and when and to whom the fiscal officer has paid out city money.(3) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all city offices.(4) Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers, and employees shall be paid.(5) Manage the finances and accounts of the city and make investments of city money.(6) Prepare for the legislative body the budget estimates of miscellaneous revenue, financial statements, and the proposed tax rate.(7) Issue all licenses authorized by statute and collect the fees fixed by ordinance.(8) Serve as clerk of the board of public works by attending meetings, preparing agendas, and recording proceedings.(9) Perform all other duties prescribed by statute.(c) A fiscal officer is not liable in an individual capacity for an act or omission occurring in connection with the performance of the duties prescribed by subsection (b), unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the fiscal officer’s duties.As added by P.L.189-1988, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.35-1999, SEC.6.
IN Code § 36-4-10-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-5. Second Class Cities; Fiscal Officer; Duties

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to second class cities.(b) The fiscal officer is the head of the city department of finance. The fiscal officer shall do the following:(1) Prescribe the form of reports and accounts to be submitted to the department.(2) Sign and issue all warrants on the city treasury.(3) Audit and revise all accounts and trusts in which the city is concerned.(4) Keep separate accounts for each item of appropriation made for each city department, including a statement showing the amount drawn on each appropriation, the unpaid contracts charged against it, and the balance remaining.(5) At the end of each fiscal year, submit under oath to the city legislative body a report of the accounts of the city published in pamphlet form and showing revenues, receipts, expenditures, and the sources of revenues.(6) Maintain custody of the records of the department and turn them over to the fiscal officer's successor in office.(7) Perform duties prescribed by statute concerning the negotiation of city bonds, notes, and warrants.(8) Keep a register of bonds of the city and of transfers of those bonds.(9) Manage the finances and accounts of the city and make investments of city money, subject to the ordinances of the legislative body.(10) Issue city licenses on payment of the license fee.(11) Collect fees as fixed by ordinance.(12) Pay into the city treasury, once each week, all fees and other city money collected by the department during the preceding week, specifying the source of each item.(13) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all city offices.(14) Prescribe the manner in which salaries shall be drawn.(15) Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers, and employees shall be paid.(16) Provide that all salaries are payable monthly, unless the legislative body establishes more frequent payments.(17) Notify the city executive of the failure of any city officer to collect money due the city or to pay city money into the city treasury.(18) Draw warrants on the city treasury for miscellaneous city expenditures not made under the direction of a department and not specifically fixed by statute.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-6-10 part; 18-1-6-11 part; 18-1-6-12 part; 18-2-1-11 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.189-1988, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-4-10-5.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-5.5. Employment of Attorneys or Legal Research Assistants

Sec. 5.5. (a) A clerk or clerk-treasurer may hire or contract with competent attorneys or legal research assistants on terms the clerk or clerk-treasurer considers appropriate.(b) Employment of an attorney under this section does not affect a city department of law established under IC 36-4-9-4.(c) Appropriations for the salaries of attorneys and legal research assistants employed under this section shall be approved in the annual budget and must be allocated to the clerk or clerk-treasurer for the payment of attorney's and legal research assistant's salaries.As added by P.L.69-1995, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.34-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-4-10-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-7. Third Class Cities; Clerk's Deputies and Employees

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to third class cities.(b) The clerk shall appoint the number of deputies and employees needed for the effective operation of the office, with the approval of the city legislative body. The clerk's deputies and employees serve at the clerk's pleasure.(c) If a city owns a utility and the clerk is directly responsible for the billing and collection of that utility's rates and charges, the clerk shall appoint those employees who are also responsible for that billing and collection. These employees serve at the clerk's pleasure.(d) Whenever the city court judge does not serve as clerk of the city court or appoint a clerk to serve as clerk of the city court under IC 33-35-3-1, the clerk shall serve as clerk of the city court.As added by P.L.189-1988, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.33-1998, SEC.10; P.L.98-2004, SEC.161.
IN Code § 36-4-10-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 10. City Clerk and Fiscal Officer|36-4-10-8. Training Requirements

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "training courses" refers to training courses, workshops, training institutes authorized by IC 5-11-14, formal academies, special seminars, and other in-service training related to an office described in section 2 of this chapter that are developed or offered under the rubric of a generally accepted professional association, association of governments or a state agency or department, or public university or affiliated center.(b) An individual elected or appointed to an office described in section 2 of this chapter on or after November 5, 2019, shall complete at least:(1) fourteen (14) hours of training courses within one (1) year; and(2) thirty-six (36) hours of training courses within three (3) years;after the individual is elected or appointed to an office described in section 2 of this chapter.(c) A training course that an individual completes:(1) after being elected or appointed to an office described in section 2 of this chapter; and(2) before the individual begins serving in an office described in section 2 of this chapter;shall be counted toward the requirements under subsection (b).(d) An individual shall fulfill the training requirements established by subsection (b) for each term to which the individual is elected or appointed to an office described in section 2 of this chapter.(e) This subsection applies only to an individual appointed to fill a vacancy in an office described in section 2 of this chapter. An individual described in this subsection may, but is not required to, take training courses required by subsection (b). If an individual described in this subsection takes a training course required by subsection (b) for an office described in section 2 of this chapter, the city shall pay for the training course as if the individual had been elected or appointed to an office described in section 2 of this chapter.(f) The:(1) city executive;(2) city legislative body; and(3) individual who holds the office described in section 2 of this chapter;shall use all reasonable means to ensure that the individual who holds the office described in section 2 of this chapter complies with the training requirements established by this section.(g) The individual who holds the office described in section 2 of this chapter shall maintain written documentation of the training courses that the individual completes toward the requirements of this section.(h) If a city reorganizes under IC 36-1.5, the individual who performs the functions of an office described in section 2 of this chapter for the city shall comply with the training requirements established by this section for the reorganized political subdivision.As added by P.L.257-2019, SEC.113.
IN Code § 36-4-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 11. City Deputies and Employees|36-4-11-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to second and third class cities.[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.52.
IN Code § 36-4-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 11. City Deputies and Employees|36-4-11-2. Appointments by City Executive; Exceptions; Suspension or Removal; Appointees Serving Remainder of Unexpired Term

Sec. 2. (a) The city executive shall make the appointments prescribed by law. If an emergency requires additional employees for a city office, board, commission, department, institution, or utility, the executive may also appoint those employees.(b) This subsection does not apply to appointments made under IC 20. An executive may not make an appointment between midnight December 31 and noon January 1 of the last year of the executive's final term of office.(c) This subsection does not apply to appointments made under IC 20. The executive may remove from office a board or commission member appointed by a prior executive if the appointment was made on or after the date of the general election and:(1) the prior executive was a candidate for nomination as a party's candidate for election to the office of executive at the primary election held during the last year of the prior executive's term of office and the prior executive was not nominated at that election; or(2) the prior executive was a candidate for another term of office as executive at the general election held during the last year of the prior executive's term of office and the prior executive was not elected to another term of office at that election;and if the executive notifies the appointee of the removal and sends a written statement of the reasons for the removal to the city legislative body.(d) The executive may suspend or remove from office any officers, deputies, or other employees of the city appointed by the executive or a prior executive, by notifying them to that effect and sending a written statement of the reasons for the suspension or removal to the city legislative body.(e) A person appointed by the executive to fill a vacancy caused by a removal under subsection (c) serves the remainder of the unexpired term of the appointee removed from office under subsection (c).(f) Notwithstanding any other law, if the term of a member of a board who was appointed by the executive expires and the executive does not make an appointment to fill the vacancy, the member may continue to serve on the board for only sixty (60) days after the expiration date of the member's term.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-6-2 part; 18-2-1-9 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.185-1988, SEC.3; P.L.68-1996, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-4-11-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 11. City Deputies and Employees|36-4-11-3. Departments; Appointment of Deputies and Other Employees; Dismissal

Sec. 3. A department may appoint deputies and other employees at its pleasure, unless a statute provides otherwise. A department may dismiss deputies and other employees, but if thirty (30) days have passed since the department head was appointed, the department head must file with the city clerk a written statement of the reasons for dismissing any employee other than:(1) a deputy; or(2) a foreman, inspector, or laborer temporarily employed by the department of public works.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-4 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.138.
IN Code § 36-4-11-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 11. City Deputies and Employees|36-4-11-4. City Clerk; Appointment of Deputies and Employees

Sec. 4. The city clerk may appoint the number of deputies and employees authorized by the city legislative body. The clerk's deputies and employees serve at the clerk's pleasure.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-5-1 part; 18-2-7-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.139.
IN Code § 36-4-11-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 11. City Deputies and Employees|36-4-11-5. Second Class Cities; City Fiscal Officer; Appointment of Deputy

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies only to second class cities.(b) The city legislative body may, by ordinance, authorize the city fiscal officer to appoint a deputy. The fiscal officer is responsible for the official acts of the fiscal officer's deputy.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-12 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.140.
IN Code § 36-4-12-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally|Chapter 12. City Managers for Third Class Cities|36-4-12-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to third class cities.As added by P.L.10-1997, SEC.32.