The City of Marshfield (City) and the Village of Spencer (Village), Marathon and Wood County, Wisconsin, acting pursuant to § 61.34(1), Wis. Stats., are hereby authorized to and do establish a joint Municipal Court, as described in §
27-4, below.
The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote the general
health, safety, and welfare and to maintain required local uniformity
of the enforcement of the participating City and Village.
The scope of this chapter includes enforcement of all ordinances
adopted by the participating City and Village which ordinances are
in effect as of the effective date of this chapter, together with
all such ordinances adopted hereinafter and during the existence of
the described Municipal Court.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Ch. 755, Wis. Stats., there
is hereby created and established a Municipal Court for the joint
exercise of the power granted to the City of Marshfield and Village
of Spencer under § 755.01(1), Wis. Stats., to be designated
as the "Marshfield Area Municipal Court," said court to become operative
upon the date of the enactment of identical ordinances and ratification
of an operating agreement by each affected municipality. For purposes
of this requirement, the term "identical ordinances" shall refer to
ordinances which contain the same, exact substantive terms and conditions;
nonetheless, it shall not be required that each municipality number
or otherwise include this chapter within its respective code of ordinances
using the same, exact nomenclature.
The Municipal Judge shall collect all forfeitures, taxable costs,
and assessments in any action or proceeding, shall pay over such moneys
to the City of Marshfield Finance Director within seven days of receipt.
At such time, the Municipal Court shall report to the City of Marshfield
Finance Director the title, nature of offenses, and amount of judgments
imposed in actions and proceedings in which such monies were collected
in accordance with Wis. Stats. § 800.10(2). Should the Judge
at any time fail to so report and deposit, his or her salary shall
be suspended until such reports and deposits are made current.
In accordance with § 755.01(4), Wis. Stats., the City
of Marshfield and Village of Spencer shall enter into a joint operating
agreement to exercise the authority under § 755.01(1), Wis.
Stats.
This chapter, whose substantive terms shall be adopted by the
City of Marshfield and Village of Spencer, shall not be deemed to
have been amended by either of the governing boards unless and until
each of the governing boards shall adopt the same, exact ordinance
amending or creating this chapter.