Sec. 8. (a) The city-county legislative body shall appoint a clerk for a term of one (1) year. The clerk serves at the pleasure of the legislative body and continues in office until the clerk’s successor is appointed and qualified.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-3-4-8

     (b) The clerk is the clerk of the consolidated city. The clerk shall do the following:

(1) Act as secretary to the legislative body.

(2) Send out all notices of its meetings.

(3) Keep all its records.

(4) If the consolidated city maintains an Internet web site, post on the consolidated city’s Internet web site the roll call votes of the consolidated city’s legislative body not later than three (3) business days after the following:

(A) The date the roll call vote is taken if the consolidated city’s software is able to generate a roll call vote.

(B) If the consolidated city’s software is not able to generate a roll call vote, the date the city-county legislative body is first able to approve the minutes of the meeting at which the roll call vote was taken.

The clerk shall maintain the roll call vote information on the Internet web site for a period of four (4) years.

(5) Present ordinances and resolutions to the executive under section 15 of this chapter.

(6) Perform other duties connected with the work of the legislative body that are delegated to the clerk by the legislative body.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-3-5; 18-4-5-2(d) part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.114; P.L.204-2017, SEC.3.