The Alderpersons of the City of Bayfield shall
constitute the Common Council. The Common Council shall be vested
with all the powers of the City not specifically given some other
officer, as well as those powers set forth elsewhere throughout this
Code.
The Common Council at its first meeting subsequent
to the regular election and qualification of new members shall, after
organization, annually choose from its members a President who, in
the absence of the Mayor, shall preside at meetings of the Council
and, during the absence or inability of the Mayor, shall have the
powers and duties of the Mayor, except that he shall not have power
to approve an act of the Council which the Mayor has disapproved by
filing objections with the City Clerk. He shall, when so officiating,
be styled "Acting Mayor." The President of the Council shall be elected
for a one year term of office.
The Common Council, on behalf of the City, may
join with other villages, towns, or cities 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 and joint purchasing programs.
The Common Council has the power to preserve
order at its meetings, compel attendance of Alderpersons and punish
nonattendance. The Common Council shall be judge of the election and
qualification of its members.
[Amended 5-13-2013 by Ord. No. 370; 10-19-2015 by Ord. No. 378]
The Mayor and Alderpersons who make up the Common Council, whether
operating under general or special law, may, by majority vote of all
the members of the Common Council, determine that an annual salary
or per diem compensation be paid the Mayor and Alderpersons. The salaries
of all elected and appointed officials shall be as determined by the
City Council from time to time, provided the salary of the Mayor and
members of Council shall not be increased during their terms of office.
Except as provided in § 19.85, Wis.
Stats., all meetings of the Common Council, committees thereof, and
City boards, committees and commissions, shall be open to the public.