Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-20-4-3

Sec. 3. (a) The township trustee shall determine the number of township assistance supervisors, investigators, assistants, or other necessary employees that are employed by the township to administer township assistance.

(b) The pay of township assistance supervisors, investigators, assistants, and other necessary employees shall be fixed by the township trustee subject only to the total budgetary appropriation for personnel services for the administration of township assistance approved by the township board.

(c) A township assistance supervisor, investigator, assistant, or other necessary employee who uses an automobile in the performance of the employee's work is entitled to the same mileage paid to state officers and employees.