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Administrative
 
General 
Ordinance #117 - Abolishes Town Court 02/24/1964
Ordinance #187 - Repeal Outdated and Duplicate Ordinances 01/04/1982
Ordinance #271 - Establishes Ordinance Violations Bureau 08/07/1989
Ordinance #380 - Office Equipment 06/05/2000
Ordinance #03-411 - Meeting Administration 03/19/2003
Ordinance #14-522 - North East Tippecanoe Fire Territory 03/28/2014
  
Policies 
Resolution # - Town Hall - NonSmoking 06/05/1995
Ordinance #05-436 - Drug Free Workplace 06/13/2005
Ordinance #05-437 - Fair Housing 06/13/2005
Ordinance #2012-499 - Nepotism Policy 06/21/2012
Ordinance #14-521- Street Cut Permits 03/10/2014
Memorandum of Understanding-Draft 
Employees 
Ordinance #129 - Job Descriptions 04/08/1971
Ordinance #198 - Expenses for Organization Membership 08/02/1982
Ordinance #227 - Mileage Rate 06/03/1985
Employee Policies Manual 
Ordinance #11-490 - Pay-Down of Compensation and Vacation Time 03/29/2011
Ordinance #16-541 - Salary for 2016 01/11/2016
Ordinance #18-574 Fixing the Maximum Annual Salaries and Compensation for All Employees and Elected Officials 12/18/2018
  
  
Police 
Ordinance #166 - Deputy Marshall Position Established 10/01/1979
Ordinance #171 - Regulations for Marshal, Deputy Marshal, and Police Reserve 06/02/1980
Ordinance #260 - Abolishes Police Reserve System 06/05/1988
  
Elections 
Ordinance #130 - Voter Registration 09/13/1971
Ordinance #207 - Election of Town Board & Clerk 06/06/1983
Ordinance #2012-502 - Revised Town Ward Boundaries 11/12/2012
  
Water Conservancy 
Ordinance #157 - Establishes Water Conservancy District 04/18/1977
Ordinance #330 - Include Annexed Areas in Conservancy District 08/07/1995
  
Area Planning 
Ordinance #142 - Adopts Area Planning 04/02/1973
Ordinance #153 - Area Plan Representation 12/29/1975
Ordinance #234 - Area Plan Representation Amendment 03/03/1986
Ordinance #329 - Area Plan Representation 07/03/1995
Finance
 
Ordinance #301-A - Claim Payments by Fiscal Officer 06/01/1992
Ordinance #340 - Asset Capitalization Policy 12/02/1996
Ordinance #04-425 - Rainy Day Fund 03/08/2004
Ordinance #06-446 - Authorize Direct Deposit by State 06/12/2006
Ordinance #07-551 - Allows Payments by Clerk-Treasurer 01/24/2007
Ordinance #14-527 - Equipment Replacement Fund 07/29/2014
Public Health and Safety
 
Ordinance #11-A - Health Ordinance 05/06/1959
Ordinance #387 - Public Health and Safety 04/09/2001
Ordinance #04-428 - Public Health and Safety Amendments 05/10/2004
  
Animals 
Ordinance #252 - Domestic Animal Licensing Ordinance 03/07/1988
Ordinance #272 - Domestic Animal Licensing Ordinance (undated)
Ordinance #288 - Domestic Animals - Amendment 03/04/1991
Ordinance #2018-571 - Domestic Animals 08/27/2018
  
Trash 
Ordinance #231 - Prohibition of Burning Leaves 02/03/1986
Ordinance #265 - Abandoned Items Disposal Ordinance 08/07/1989
Ordinance #274 - Trash Disposal Ordinance 08/07/1989
Ordinance #444A-06 - Trash Left Near Curbs 07/10/2006
Ordinance #444B-06 Trash Receptacles Left Near Curbs 07/10/2006
Ordinance #12-504 - Replaces Composting Ordinance 12/10/2012
  
General 
Ordinance #176 - Abandoned and Stolen Vehicles 09/08/1980
Ordinance #312 - Open Container Prohibition 01/04/1994
Ordinance #320 - Prohibits Discharge of Firearms 11/07/1994
Ordinance #321 - Nuisances (undated)
Ordinance #379 - Noise 05/01/2000
Ordinance #02-410 - Juvenile Curfew 01/13/2003
Ordinance #2008-459 - Requires Address Numbers 04/22/2008
Ordinance #2009-467 - Snow Removal from Sidewalks 05/11/2009
Ordinance #10-487A - Sidewalks - Repair Standards and Policy 12/13/2010
Ordinance #11-491A - Abandoned Vehicles (Nuisance Amendment) 09/12/2011
Ordinance #2012-497 - Vegetative Nuisances 05/14/2012
Ordinance #13-515 - Fireworks 12/09/2013
Ordinance #2018-569 - Burning 08/13/2018
Ordinance #2018-570 - Grass and Vegetation 07/09/2018
Licensing and Permits
 
Ordinance #119 - Mobile Home Park Regulations and Licensing 08/02/1965
Ordinance #138 - Liquor Retailer's Permit 08/07/1972
Ordinance #219 - Licensing for Peddlers and Salesman Amendment 11/05/1984
Ordinance #276 - Licensing for Peddlers and Salesman 08/07/1989
Ordinance #14-521 - Street Cut Permits 03/10/2014
Property
 
Ordinance #241-B - Rename 225 to Tecumseh Street 12/01/1986
Ordinance #2008-459 - Requires Address Numbers 04/22/2008
Ordinance #2009-467 - Snow Removal from Sidewalks 05/11/2009
Ordinance #10-487A - Sidewalks - Repair Standards and Policy 12/13/2010
  
Boundaries 
Ordinance #164 - Town Boundaries 01/08/1979
  
Annexations 
Ordinance #101 - Annexation 12/05/1960
Ordinance #273 - Annexation 08/07/1989
Ordinance #323 - Annexation 11/07/1994
Ordinance #324 - Annexation 03/06/1995
Ordinance #327 - Annexation 07/03/1995
Ordinance #331 - Annexation 11/06/1995
Ordinance #333 - Annexation 04/01/1996
Ordinance #337 - Annexation 08/12/1996
Ordinance #339 - Annexation 12/02/1996
Ordinance #341 - Annexation 05/05/1997
Ordinance #346 - Annexation 11/03/1997
Ordinance #347-97 - Annexation 11/03/1997
Ordinance #07-453A - Annexation - Town Park 06/19/2007
Ordinance #14-523 - Annexation of Shawnee Ridge 05/12/2014
  
Vacated 
Ordinance #225 - Vacates and Alley 02/04/1985
Ordinance #283 - Vacate an Alley 07/10/1990
Ordinance #284 - Vacate a Portion of a Street 07/10/1990
Ordinance #291 - Vacate an Alley 04/01/1991
Ordinance #292 - Vacate an Alley 04/01/1991
Ordinance #293 - Vacate an Alley 04/01/1991
Ordinance #309 - Vacate an Alley 07/06/1993
Ordinance #318 - Vacating Unused Public Alleys 06/06/1994
Ordinance #391-A - Vacate Portion of a Public Way 08/13/2001
  
Building Regulations 
Ordinance # - Building Permits 06/02/1975
Ordinance #230 - Unsafe Building Ordinance 10/07/1985
Ordinance #325 - Building Code 04/03/1995
Ordinance #326 - Unsafe Buildings 04/03/1995
Ordinance # - Designate Building Commissioner 04/03/1995
Ordinance #343 - Contractor Bonds 08/04/1997
Ordinance #03-416 - Building Site Procedures 06/09/2003
Ordinance #2012-496 - Updating the Unsafe Building Ordinance 05/14/2012
  
Plan Adoptions 
Ordinance #295 - Adopt Transportation Plan 10/07/1991
  
Subdivision Control 
Ordinance #169 - Subdivision Control 03/03/1980
Ordinance #170 - Subdivision - Amendments 04/07/1980
Ordinance #221 - Subdivision Control Amendment 03/04/1985
Ordinance #258 - Unified Subdivision Ordinance Amendment 07/05/1988
Ordinance #259 - Unified Subdivision Ordinance Amendment 07/05/1988
ORD 2019-574 USO #11 02/11/2019
  
Zoning 
Ordinance #155 - Rezone 02/02/1976
Ordinance #349-97 - NUZO (undated)
Ordinance #14-530 - Adopting Fee Schedule 10/14/2014
ORD 2018-568 UZO #93 06/11
Traffic
 
Ordinance #107 - Traffic 05/16/1962
Ordinance #177-B - Traffic Ordinance Amendments 11/03/1980
Ordinance #270 - Traffic Ordinance 08/07/1989
  
Parking 
Ordinance #266 - Parking Violations Fines Ordinance 08/07/1989
Ordinance #278 - Parking Violations Fines Ordinance Amendment 12/04/1989
Ordinance #308 - Parking 06/07/1993
Ordinance #348 - Parking Fines - Amendments 01/05/1998
Ordinance #13-516 - Trailer Parking in Non-Designated 12/09/2013
Ordinance #14-531 - No Parking Area, S. Railroad South of North Street 11/03/2014
  
Speed Limits 
Ordinance #109 - Railroad Traffic Speed Limit 03/08/1963
Ordinance #175 - Speed Limits 09/08/1980
Ordinance #249 - Railroad Speed Limits Ordinance 12/07/1987
Ordinance #14-532 - Times for School Zone Speed Limits 11/03/2014
  
Load Limits 
Ordinance #150 - Truck Regulations and Load Limits 10/07/1974
Ordinance #306 - Vehicular Load Limits 03/01/1993
Ordinance #307 - Load Limits - Amendment 05/03/1993
Utilities
 
Sewage 
Ordinance #143 - Well Regulations and Etc. 04/02/1973
  
Rates 
Ordinance #131 - Sewer Rates 09/13/1971
Ordinance #133 - Sewage Rates 10/26/1971
Ordinance #2008-463 - Sewage Rates 05/12/2008
Ordinance #12-498 - Sewage Works Rates and Charges 05/21/2012
Ordinance #13-509 - Clarifying the Sprinkling Credit 05/13/2013
  
Regulations 
Ordinance #134 - Sewage-Connection and Discharge Regulations 10/26/1971
Ordinance #136 - Sewage Works Amendments 12/06/1971
Ordinance #262 - Sewer Ordinance 02/06/1989
Ordinance #14-533 - Fines for Sewer Violations 11/03/2014
  
Tap-Ons 
Ordinance #285 - Sewage Tap-On Fees - Amendment 10/01/1990
Ordinance #305 - Sewage Tap-on - Amendments 01/04/1993
  
Bonds 
Ordinance #132 - Sewage Works Bond 10/04/1971
Ordinance #255 - Sewage Works Bond (Amended & Restated) 06/01/1988
Ordinance #313 - Sewage Bond Revisions 11/30/1993
Ordinance #12-495 - Sewage Works Bond Issue 05/21/2012
  
Stormwater 
Ordinance #09-469 - Stormwater Permit Fees 06/08/2009
Ordinance #09-493 - Revised Comprehensive Stormwater Management 02/13/2012

Resolutions

Administrative
 
Policies 
Resolution # - Town Hall - NonSmoking 06/05/1995
Resolution #08-24 - Adopts Mosquito Misting Policy 03/10/2008
Resolution #08-27 - Non-Employee Travel Reimbursement 11/10/2008
Resolution #09-32 - Identity Theft Prevention 04/13/2009
Resolution #12-52 - ADA Plan 12/10/2012
Resolution #12-51- ADA Coordinator and Procedures 12/10/2012
Resolution #12-50 - Accessibility Guidelines 12/10/2012
Resolution #13-56 - Credit Card Policy 05/13/2013
Resolution #14-59 - Opposing Limestone Quarry Near Americus 08/11/2014
Resolution # 18-85 - Opposing Placement of Power Lines 11/12/2018
Resolution # 19-97 Internal Controls 02/11/2019
Resolution # 19-100 ADA Plan Update 02/21/2019
  
Employees 
Resolution #08-23 - Adopts Employee Policies Manual 03/10/2008
Resolution #10-45 - Overtime Compensation 12/13/2010
Resolution #11-46 Pay-Down of Accumulated Compensation Time 03/29/2011
  
Grant Related 
Resolution #10-39 - Declaring Blighted Structure (Lions) 02/15/2010
Finance
 
Resolution #96-1 - Adopts County Income Tax 03/25/1996
Resolution # - Creates Donation Fund 10/07/1996
Resolution #09-32 - Identity Theft Prevention 04/13/2009
Resolution #13-57 - Transfer Resolution 12/09/2013
Resolution #14-65 - Transfer Resolution 12/08/2014
Resolution #15-66 - Additional Appropriations 02/23/2015
Resolution #15-67 - Establishes Cumulative Capital Development Fund 06/08/2015
Resolution #15-67A - Filing Request for Excess Maximum Levy 09/21/2015
Resolution #15-68 - Maximum Levy Increase Justification 10/12/2015
Resolution #15-69 - Petition to Appeal for Increase Above Maximum Levy 10/12/2015
Resolution #15-68A - Transfer Resolution 11/09/2015
Resolution #18-92 - Legal Review 08/27/2018
Public Health and Safety 
Resolution # - Town Hall - NonSmoking 06/05/1995
Resolution #08-24 - Adopts Mosquito Misting Policy 03/10/2008
  
Annexations 
Resolution #96-2 - Accept Streets in Annexed Territories 08/05/1996
Resolution #07-15 - Fiscal Plan for Annexation (07-453A) 06/19/2007
Resolution #2013-58 - Requesting Consent to Annex 06/10/2012
Resolution #2013-57 - Adopting Fiscal Plan (Annexation - Shawnee Ridge) 06/10/2012
Resolution #14-58 - Adopting a Fiscal Plan for Annexation 05/12/2014
Resolution #14-60 - Amending the Fiscal Plan 08/11/2014
Resolution #14-61A - Begin Dates for Non-Capital Services 10/14/2014
Resolution #14-62 - Adopting a Fiscal Plan for Annexation 10/14/2014
  
Vacated 
Resolution #09-31 - Right to Encroach on Town Right-of-Way 02/09/2009
  
Signage 
Resolution #07-14 - Attractions Signage 05/14/2007
Resolution #07-16 - Attractions Signage 06/19/2007
Resolution # 08-26 - Potawatomi Historic Trail Signage 09/08/2008
  
Building Regulations 
Resolution #03-19 - Bonding for Improvement Permits 03/19/2003
  
Plan Adoptions 
Resolution #05-2 - Adopts Transportation Plan for 2025 03/14/2005
Resolution #06-05 - Adopts Transportation Plan for 2030 06/12/2006
Resolution #06-7 - Adopts Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan 10/10/2006
Resolution #07-17 - Amends Comprehensive Plan 07/17/2007
Utilities
 
Sewage 
Resolution #05-03 - Authorize Waste Hauling Contract 04/11/2005
  
WWTP Rehabilitation Project 
Resolution #10-38 - Intent to Reimburse from Bonds 03/08/2010
Resolution # - Signatory Authorization (SRF) 2010 04/29/2010
Resolution # - PER Acceptance 04/29/2010
Resolution # - Signatory Authorization (SRF) 2012 03/12/2012
Resolution #12-49B - Contingent Notice of Contract Award 06/12/2012