Editing Fishers, Indiana (section)

==Law and government==
Despite its large size, Fishers, unlike nearby [[Noblesville, Indiana|Noblesville]] and [[Carmel, Indiana|Carmel]], retained the status of a [[town]] for several years. Until 2012, Fishers used a [[council–manager government]] with a seven-member [[town council]] and a clerk-treasurer, all elected at-large for four years. The town council held both [[Legislature|legislative]] and [[Executive (government)|executive powers]] while the clerk-treasurer was responsible for financial matters. The council elected a council president (the final president being John Weingardt) and vice president yearly. The council employed and oversaw a town manager responsible for municipal personnel, budget, and day-to-day operations of the town government.

After the changes approved in the November 2012 referendum, the town became a "second-class city",<ref name="SBOA: Cities and Towns" /> with an elected mayor, city clerk and nine-member city council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ordinance No. 100713A |url=http://www.fishers.in.us/DocumentCenter/View/916 |access-date=23 October 2013 |publisher=Town of Fishers}}</ref> on January 1, 2015, following the election of the new officers in the 2014 general election.<ref>{{cite web |title=State Legislation Amendment Sets New Date of First Mayoral Election in Fishers |url=http://www.fishers.in.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=35 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703171745/http://www.fishers.in.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=35 |archive-date=3 July 2013 |access-date=23 October 2013 |publisher=Town of Fishers}}</ref>