Sullivan County, Indiana

Responsibilities  

In most Indiana counties, the county commissioners may adopt ordinances regulating behavior. Specifically, they have authority to pass ordinances in the following broad areas:

• To provide for traffic control. {IC 8-17-1-40}
• To establish minimum housing standards. {IC 36-7-8-4}
• To grant vacation pay, sick leave, paid holidays and other similar benefits to county employees. {IC 5-10-6-1}19
• To administer elections in conjunction with the county election board. {IC 3-5 and IC 3-6}
• To incorporate new towns and alter township boundary lines, on petition. {IC 36-6- 1} In most cases the county may exercise its regulatory powers only in the unincorporated areas of the county. As a general rule, although there are some exceptions, the county does not have jurisdiction to regulate behavior in the incorporated cities and towns of the county. An exception would be the adoption of ordinances restricting smoking as several counties have adopted county-wide smoking ordinances.

Meeting Schedule

Sullivan County Commissioners meet the 1st and 3rd Monday's of each month for their regular business meetings each starting at 7:00 pm. 

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