The Town Board of the Town of Buchanan is hereby
increased from a three-member Board of Supervisors to a five-member
Board of Supervisors consisting of a Town Board Chairperson and four
Town Board Supervisors.
Each of the seats of the Town Board of Supervisors
shall be numbered but shall be elected at large. Supervisor No. 2,
presently, shall, as of the spring election in 1997 and thereafter,
become Supervisor No. 3.
A. The Town Board Chairperson and seats on the Town Board
of Supervisors numbered 1 and 3 shall be elected every odd year for
a two-year term.
B. The two new seats on the Town Board of Supervisors
shall be designated seats No. 2 and No. 4 and be first elected at
the spring election in 1997 for a one-year term, commencing with the
second Tuesday of April. Thereafter, seats of the Town Board of Supervisors
numbered 2 and 4 shall be elected each even-numbered year for a two-year
term.
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes, this increase
in the membership of the Town Board does not create any vacancy on
a Town Board prior to the spring election of 1997.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2007-13]
The presiding officer at any meeting of the
Town Board is the Town Chairperson. If the Town Chairperson is not
present at the time for the call to order, the senior member of the
Town Board present, based on date of original election as a member
of the Town Board, shall call the meeting of the Town Board to order,
call the initial roll, and preside as Acting Town Chairperson until
the Town Chairperson is able to preside at the meeting. If two or
more members of the Town Board have the same date of original election,
the member who received the greatest number of votes at time of his/her
election shall serve as the Town Chairperson. The Acting Town Chairperson
shall serve as Town Chairperson during any short-term absences of
the Town Chairperson until the return of the Town Chairperson or a
vacancy is determined and filled pursuant to law.