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Town Code, Titles I and III; Indiana Code 36-5-2
The town's government is a three-member Town Council and a Clerk-Treasurer, the statutory Indiana town form: under IC 36-5-2 the council is the town's legislative body and its president the town executive; members serve four-year terms beginning at noon on 1 January after election; the council selects its president from its own members; and the clerk-treasurer is clerk of the council. The council's seats are elected at large — the county's official 2023 results print the offices as "TOWN OF ROSELAND COUNCIL AT-LARGE, Vote For 2" and "TOWN OF ROSELAND CLERK-TREASURER, Vote For 1," the whole town voting in a single precinct, Clay Township 1. The council meets at the town hall on the second Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. — its January 2024 minutes record Ordinance 01-2024 amending the code to exactly that cadence. The code's Title III carries the administration whole: Chapter 30 (Town Council), 31 (Town Officials — the clerk-treasurer's term, powers, compensation and deputies at §§31.15–31.18), 32 (Boards, Bureaus, Commissions and Departments), 33 (Police Department), 34 (Personnel), 35 (Finances) and 36 (Fees). Building regulation is delegated out: §§150.030–.031 designate the St. Joseph County Building Commissioner's office to act as the town's building commissioner.