Section 36-2-3-6 - Election of presiding officers; county auditor to serve as clerk; certain counties posting roll call votes on Internet web site; execution of orders by sheriff; employment of legal and administrative personnel(a) At its regular meeting required by section 7(b)(1) of this chapter, the fiscal body shall elect a president and president pro tempore from its members.(b) The county auditor is the clerk of the fiscal body and shall do the following:(1) Preserve the fiscal body's records in the county auditor's office.(2) Keep an accurate record of the fiscal body's proceedings.(3) Record the ayes and nays on each vote appropriating money or fixing the rate of a tax levy.(4) Record the ayes and nays on other votes when requested to do so by two (2) or more members.(5) This subdivision applies only to a county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) that maintains an Internet web site. The county auditor shall post on the county's Internet web site the roll call votes of the county fiscal body not later than three (3) business days after the following:(A) The date the roll call vote is taken if the county's software is able to generate a roll call vote.(B) If the county's software is not able to generate a roll call vote, the date the county fiscal body is first able to approve the minutes of the meeting at which the roll call vote was taken. The county auditor shall maintain the roll call vote information on the Internet web site for a period of four (4) years.
(c) The county sheriff or a county police officer shall attend the meetings of the fiscal body, if requested by the fiscal body, and shall execute its orders.(d) The fiscal body may employ legal and administrative personnel necessary to assist and advise it in the performance of its functions and duties.Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-6 part; 17-1-24-8; 17-1-24-8.5; 17-1-24-9; 17-1-28-6 part.
Amended by P.L. 204-2017,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 127-2017,SEC. 22, eff. 7/1/2017.As added by Acts1980 , P.L. 212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts1980 , P.L. 125, SEC.18; Acts1981 , P.L. 17, SEC.12; P.L. 131-1983, SEC.12.