[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Wales 4-17-1989 as §§ 1.10 and 1.11 of the 1989 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Board of Review shall consist of the Village
President, the Village Clerk and three Trustees appointed by the Village
President. The other three Trustees shall be alternate members of
the Board of Review.
A.
Established. There is hereby established a Village
Plan Commission in accordance with §§ 61.35 and 62.23,
Wis. Stats.
B.
Membership. The Village Plan Commission shall consist
of up to 10 members who shall serve without compensation. One member
shall be the Village President by virtue of office, and one shall
be a Village Trustee appointed by the Village Board each May. The
other members shall be citizens of recognized experience and qualifications
appointed by the Village President subject to confirmation by the
Village Board. Members shall be removable as provided by law.
[Amended 2-7-2000[1]]
C.
Presiding officer. The presiding officer shall be
the Chairman of the Commission, who shall not be a Trustee or the
Building Inspector.
D.
Secretary. The position of Secretary shall be held
by the Deputy Clerk by virtue of office.
[Amended 2-7-2000]
F.
Terms. Terms of the citizen members shall commence
on the third Tuesday of May and shall be for staggered three-year
periods.
G.
Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired
term in the same manner as appointments for the full term.
H.
Organization.
(1)
The Plan Commission shall organize and adopt rules
for its own government in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2)
Meetings shall be held monthly on the last Tuesday
of each month and shall be open to the public.
(3)
A majority of members shall constitute a quorum, and
all actions of the Plan Commission shall require approval of a majority
of those members present.
[Amended 2-7-2000]
(4)
A written record shall be kept showing all actions
taken, resolutions made, findings, determinations, transactions and
recommendations made, and a copy shall be filed with the Village Clerk
as a public record.
I.
Powers. The Village Plan Commission shall have such
powers as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions and
promote municipal planning.
(1)
Such powers shall include the following:
(a)
To make reports and recommendations relating
to the plan and development of the municipality to public officials,
agencies and utilities and organizations and citizens.
(b)
To recommend public improvement programs and
financing thereof to the Village Board or Village President.
(c)
To request available information from any public
official to be furnished within a reasonable time.
(d)
To employ experts and a staff and to pay for
their services, supplies, equipment and such other expenses not to
exceed the appropriations and regulations made by the Village Board.
(2)
Members and employees of the Commission may enter
upon any land in the performance of their duties.
J.
Duties. The Village Plan Commission shall have the
following functions and duties:
(1)
To make and adopt a master plan for the physical development
of the Village, including any areas outside of its boundaries, in
accordance with § 62.23(2) and (3), Wis. Stats.
(2)
To make and recommend an official map to the Village
Board in accordance with § 62.23(6), Wis. Stats.
(3)
To prepare and recommend a zoning map to the Village
Board in accordance with § 62.23(7), Wis. Stats.
(4)
To prepare and recommend a zoning ordinance to the
Village Board in accordance with § 62.23(7), Wis. Stats.
(5)
To prepare and recommend a land division ordinance
to the Village Board in accordance with § 236.45, Wis. Stats.
(6)
To make any changes to the master plan it deems necessary
or desirable and to recommend any changes or amendments to the Village
Board it deems necessary or desirable concerning the official map,
zoning map, zoning ordinance and land division ordinance.
(7)
To consider and report or recommend on all matters
referred to it.
K.
Referrals. The Village Board or other public officer,
board or commission shall refer to the Village Plan Commission for
its consideration and report before final action is taken the following
matters:
(1)
Location, use, design, vacation, abandonment, sale,
acceptance, extension, alteration, lease and acquisition of all public
structures, buildings, utilities, lands, ways and waters in accordance
with § 62.23(5), Wis. Stats.
(2)
All annexations or incorporations to the Village.
(3)
All divisions of land within the Village's platting
jurisdiction.
(4)
All proposed or requested changes and amendments to
the Village's master plan, official map, zoning map, zoning ordinance
and land division ordinance.
L.
Additional powers and duties. The Village Plan Commission
shall have all additional powers and duties granted or assigned by
the Village Board or by Village ordinance. All the powers and duties
granted or assigned by the Wisconsin Statutes and any amendments thereto
are hereby granted or assigned to the Commission, and such statutes
are hereby adopted by reference.
[Added 5-5-2008[1]]
A.
Appointment. The Park Commission shall consist of
a total of seven members. One member shall be a member of the Board
of Trustees whose appointment to the Park Commission shall coincide
with his term on the Board of Trustees. Of the remaining six members,
a minimum of four shall be electors and citizens of the Village. All
members of the Park Commission shall be appointed by the Village President,
subject to confirmation by the Village Board. Members shall be removable
as provided by law. Each member shall serve a three-year term, the
terms to be staggered by the appointment of two members each year
so as to provide continuity of membership.
B.
Proceedings. The Park Commission shall annually elect
a Chairman and Secretary who shall keep a record of its proceedings
and file the same with the Village Clerk. The Commission shall establish
policies for its operations.
C.
Supervision and control of parks. The Park Commission
shall supervise, control and regulate all public parks in the Village
and regulate the planting, setting out, transplanting, maintaining,
protecting and caring for of shade trees, shrubbery, grass, athletic
fields, and pathways and sledding hills in the public parks in the
Village. The Park Commission may improve and ornament the parks, prevent
the encumbering or obstructing of such parks and generally may govern
and regulate the use of such parks under the direction and the approval
of the Village Board.
D.
Village employees to serve the Commission. The Park
Commission may request such help and employees as may be necessary
for the improvement, protection and development of public parks in
the Village. Payment for services rendered and materials acquired
for that purpose will be with sums appropriated to it for that purpose
by the Village Board. All such expenditures shall be paid by Village
orders upon vouchers certified to by the Park Commission.
E.
Changes in parks subject to Park Commission approval.
No trees, shrubbery or buildings, additions or any infrastructure
changes or alterations shall be made in and upon any of the parks
of the Village except with the approval of and under the direction
of the Park Commission and the Village Board.
F.
Finances. The Park Commission shall submit to the
Village Board by a date specified by the Village Board each year a
proposed program and budget for the ensuing year. The Park Commission
shall not contract any liability in excess of the budget appropriated
unless specifically authorized by the Village Board. All moneys received
for the purposes of the Commission, whether from the general fund
or from approved donations or from such reasonable fees as may be
charged for activities, facilities or services, shall be deposited
in the general fund of the Village and segregated on the books of
the Village. The Village Treasurer shall act as the Treasurer of the
Park Commission without additional compensation. Expenditures shall
be made only upon approval of the Village Board.
