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Saint John council adopts ordinance to establish Fire Merit Board under Indiana code
Summary
The Town Council unanimously approved Ordinance 18-71 to establish a Fire Merit Board and suspended standard reading rules to adopt it on the same night, citing Indiana Code 36-8-3-5 et seq.
The Town Council of Saint John adopted Ordinance 18-71 on July 23 to establish a Fire Merit Board for the town, citing Indiana Code 36-8-3-5 et seq. Council members voted 5-0 to approve the ordinance after a motion, a suspension of the rules, and readings equal to first and second readings recorded in the meeting.
The council made a motion to approve Ordinance 18-71, then moved to suspend the rules to consider the ordinance the same night. After a vote to suspend the rules passed, the council approved Ordinance 18-71 by voice vote and then again on second reading; the chair announced the ordinance carried 5-0. No public testimony or substantive debate on the ordinance’s provisions appears in the meeting minutes supplied in the meeting record.
Council members present expressed procedural support for the ordinance. The ordinance text and any implementing administrative procedures were not read into the record in detail during the meeting. The council did not discuss timelines for appointing members to the Fire Merit Board during the item on the record.
Because the ordinance cites Indiana Code 36-8-3-5 et seq., the council identified statutory authority for establishing a merit board tied to municipal fire departments; the meeting record does not include the ordinance text or an implementation schedule.
