Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-5-2-13 (2026)
Removal of town employee
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 13. The town executive must have the approval of a majority of the town council before the executive may discharge, reduce in grade under IC 36-8-3-4, or remove a town employee.
As added by P.L.34-1999, SEC.4.
IC 36-5-3Chapter 3. Town Budget Procedures and Compensation of Officers
and Employees
36-5-3-1Application of chapter
36-5-3-2Compensation for officers and employees; fixing
of annual compensation; determining increases or
decreases in compensation
36-5-3-3Formulation of budget estimate
36-5-3-4Report of budget estimates; ordinances fixing tax
rate and appropriations
36-5-3-5Additional appropriations; decrease; ordinances
36-5-3-6Waiver of compensation
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2017 · leading case: Cook v. Atlanta, Indiana Town Council, 956 N.E.2d 1176 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011).
Cook v. Atlanta, Indiana Town Council, 956 N.E.2d 1176 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011). “Ind.Code § 36-5-2-13 provides: "The town executive must have the approval of a majority of the town council before the executive may discharge, reduce in grade under IC 36-8-3-4, or remove a town employee.”
Shawn Durham v. Town of Galveston, Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “See I.C. § 36-5-2-13 (“[t]he town executive must have the approval of a majority of the town council before the executive may discharge .”
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