§ 36-9-25-6 — Commissioners; meetings; officers; quorum; approval of actions; adoption of rules

Indiana § 36-9-25-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 25: Sanitation Department in Certain Cities

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(a) Within six (6) months after the date this
chapter is adopted by ordinance, or within thirty (30) days after the
commissioners are appointed in a county that is listed in section 3(b)(3)
of this chapter, the board shall hold a meeting for the purpose of
organization. The board shall choose one (1) of its members to be
president and another to be vice president, who shall perform the usual
duties of those offices. The officers serve for a period of one (1) year
or until their successors are elected and qualified. The municipal fiscal
officer shall perform the same duties with the funds and accounts of the
board as with the funds and accounts of the other executive
departments of the municipality, except as otherwise provided in this
chapter. The fiscal officer receives no additional compensation for
performing these duties.
(b) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum,
and the concurrence of a majority is necessary for any action of the
board. The board shall hold regular meetings at the times it fixes and
may call special meetings at the times and upon the notice that it fixes
by rule or resolution. All meetings must be open to the public. The
board may adopt the rules that it considers necessary to conduct its
meetings and business and to control and manage the property under
its jurisdiction.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection
(a) formerly 19-2-14-2 part; 19-2-28-5 part; 19-2-28.5-3 part;
subsections (b), (c), (d) formerly 19-2-14-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.98. Amended by Acts
1982, P.L.1, SEC.66; P.L.12-1992, SEC.182.