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(a) The Town Council president shall be ethics officer, except when the Town Council president is the subject of a complaint. If the event that the Town Council president is the subject of a complaint, then the Town Council vice-president shall be the ethics officer. The duties and responsibilities of the ethics officer shall be as set forth herein and any other duties and responsibilities given by the Town Council. The ethics officer shall serve with or without additional compensation, as determined from time to time by the Town Council, and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the furtherance of the ethics officer's duties and responsibilities.

(b) The ethics committee shall consist of five (5) residents of the Town who are not employees, officials, or current appointees to any St. John board or commission, whose nominations shall be made as follows:

(1) The president of Hyles-Anderson College, Crown Point, Indiana, shall nominate and appoint one Member for an initial term of two (2) years. The member appointed herein shall be a full-time or part-time faculty member of the college, board member of the college administrative board, or administrative staff employee;

(2) The president of the Hanover Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees shall nominate and appoint one member for an initial term of two (2) years. The member appointed herein shall be a member of the school board of trustees or a school administrative staff member;

(3) The board of directors of the St. John chamber of commerce shall nominate and appoint one member for an initial term of two (2) years;

(4) The president of the Lake Central School Corporation Board of School Trustees shall nominate and appoint one member for an initial term of one year. The member appointed herein shall be a member of the school board of trustees or a school administrative staff member; and

(5) The four (4) other appointed ethics committee members shall nominate and appoint a fifth member who shall serve for an initial term of one year.

After the initial appointments, all appointments shall be made for terms of two (2) years. No ethics committee member may serve more than three (3) two-year terms. The Town Council shall confirm and ratify the nominations made to the ethics committee.

(Ord. No. 1313, § 5, 11-11-03; Ord. No. 1341, § 4, 3-25-04; Ord. No. 1526, § 2, 11-18-10; Ord. No. 1533, § 1, 1-27-11)