Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-7-4-407

(1) study the subject and problems specified by the commission and recommend to the commission additional problems in need of study;

(2) advise the commission concerning how the subject and problems relate particularly to different areas and groups in the community;  and

(3) if invited by the commission to do so, sit with and participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the commission, when subjects of mutual concern are discussed.