Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-2-2-13

Sec. 13. (a) The executive may employ a person:

only if the employment is expressly authorized by statute or is found by the executive to be necessary to the public interest.

(b) If a person's employment under subsection (a) is not expressly authorized by statute, the person's employment contract must be filed with the circuit court for the county and the person must file the person's claims for compensation with that court.  Any taxpayer may contest a claim under this section.

(c) A member of the executive who recklessly violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor and forfeits the member's office.