The Trustees of the Village of Cambria 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 villages or cities 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, compel attendance of Trustees and punish nonattendance.
Members of the Village Board shall be residents of the Village at
the time of their election and during their terms of office.
[Amended 4-1-1991; 7-7-1997]
A. The President and other Trustees who make up the Village
Board, whether operating under general or special law, may by majority
vote of all the members of the Village Board determine that an annual
salary be paid the President and Trustees. Salaries heretofore established
shall remain until changed by ordinance and shall not be increased
during their terms of office.
B. Village Trustees shall receive per diem compensation
of $50 for regular board meetings attended and $40 for committee meetings
(which Trustees are appointed to) and special meetings attended; the
Village President shall receive the same meeting per diem compensations
as that for Trustees and an annual salary of $500.
[Amended 1-9-2017]
Special meetings of the Board may be called
by the Village President or by two Trustees by filing a written request
with the Village Clerk/Treasurer at least 24 hours prior to the time
specified for such meeting. The Clerk/Treasurer shall immediately
notify each Trustee of the time and purpose of such meeting. The notice
shall be delivered or mailed to each Trustee personally or left at
his usual place of abode. The Clerk/Treasurer shall cause an affidavit
of such notice to be filed in his office prior to the time fixed for
such special meeting. No business shall be transacted at a special
meeting except for the purpose stated in the notice thereof. Notice
to the public of special meetings shall conform to the open meeting
requirements of § 61.32 and Ch. 19, Subch. V, Wis. Stats.
All meetings shall be open to the public, unless
falling within a lawful exception of the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law.
Any general ordinance of the Village and any
regulation imposing any penalty shall be published either in its entirety
or as a notice as provided in § 61.50, Wis. Stats., or posted
according to state law, and shall be immediately recorded by the Village
Clerk/Treasurer in a book kept for that purpose. A printed copy of
such ordinance or regulation in any book, pamphlet or newspaper and
published or purporting to be published therein by direction of the
Village Board shall be prima facie proof of due passage, publication
and recording thereof.
When a question has been once decided, any member
of the majority or, in case of a tie, any member voting in the affirmative,
may move a reconsideration thereof; but if a motion to reconsider
be made on a day subsequent to that on which the ordinance question
was decided, a vote of the majority of the entire Board shall be required
to sustain it.
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 guilty of such disorderly
conduct except the Trustees.
The rules of this chapter 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 2/3 vote of all the members of the Board.