The Village of Dane is a body corporate and politic with the
powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions
of Chapters 61 and 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, laws amending those
chapters, other acts of the legislature and the Constitution of the
State of Wisconsin.
The Trustees of the Village of Dane shall constitute the Village
Board. The Village Board shall be vested with all the powers of the
Village not specifically given some other officer, as well as those
powers set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
The Village Board, on behalf of the Village, may join with other
counties, villages, cities, towns or other governmental entities in
a cooperative arrangement for executing any power or duty in order
to attain greater economy or efficiency, including joint employment
of appointive officers and employees.
The Village Board has the power to preserve order at its meetings.
Members of the Village Board shall be residents of the Village at
the time of their election and during their terms of office.
[Amended 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-02]
The Village President shall be paid a stipend in the amount
of $300 per month. Each Village Trustee shall be paid a stipend of
$200 per month. Payments for Trustees and the Village President shall
be paid monthly. Salaries for elected officials heretofore established
shall remain until changed by ordinance and shall not be increased
or reduced during the term of a particular elected official.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-04]
A. Regular meetings. Unless the Village Board establishes otherwise
by resolution adopted by Village Board at a meeting of the Village
Board duly called and held, all regular meetings of the Village Board
shall be held on the first Monday of each calendar month at 6:30 p.m., except when the day so designated falls on a legal holiday,
in which case the regular meeting shall be held at such other date
and time as the Village Board shall designate at a meeting preceding
the meeting scheduled to fall on the designated legal holiday. When
the Village Board designates a date and time for the regular Board
meeting, notice thereof shall be posted at the Village Hall in the
Village of Dane. All meetings of the Board shall be held at the Village
Hall, unless specified otherwise in the minutes of the preceding meeting
or by written notice posted at the regular meeting place at least
three hours prior to any meeting.
[Amended 10-7-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-02]
B. Board minutes. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall keep a record of
all Board proceedings and cause the proceedings to be posted in three
designated places.
The following procedures shall be followed at public hearings
and may also be followed when citizen input is necessary during regular
items of business before the Board:
A. The presiding officer shall generally call on those persons who wish
to speak on the matter or call initially on those persons who wish
to speak for the proposition. Each person wishing to speak for the
proposition shall give his or her name and address.
B. Each person speaking initially on the matter or specifically on behalf
of the proposition shall be limited in time to five minutes.
C. The presiding officer shall then call on those persons who wish to
oppose the proposition if the presiding officer has first asked for
only those favoring the proposition to speak.
D. Each such person speaking in opposition to the proposition shall
give his or her name and address and shall also be limited to five
minutes.
E. Any person wishing to speak in rebuttal to any statements made may,
with the permission of the presiding officer, do so; provided, however,
such rebuttal statement shall be limited to three minutes by any one
individual.
F. When the presiding officer in his discretion is satisfied that the
proposition has been heard, he/she shall announce the fact that the
hearing is concluded.
Any member voting on the prevailing side may move for reconsideration
of any question, except those which cannot be reconsidered pursuant
to Robert's Rules of Order, most recent edition.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct shall occur in
any of the meetings of the Board, the President may cause the room
to be cleared of all persons causing such disorderly conduct.
The rules of §§
168-18 through
168-21 shall not be rescinded or amended unless the proposed amendment or motion to rescind has laid over from a regular meeting, and then it shall require a vote of 2/3 of all the members of the Board.
These rules shall not be suspended except by a two-thirds vote
of all the members of the Board.