[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of New
Lisbon 4-2-2001 as Secs. 2-4-1 to 2-4-6 and 2-4-8 to 2-4-12 of the 2001 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Union Airport Commission — See Ch. 201.
A.
How constituted. The Board of Review shall consist of the Mayor,
the City Clerk-Treasurer and all Alderpersons annually appointed by
the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation, at the annual organizational
meeting.
B.
Compensation. The members of the Board of Review shall receive a
salary as determined by the Common Council for each day or fraction
thereof that the Board is in session for the purpose of hearing and
considering testimony or making its report and determination.
[Amended 10-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
C.
Objections to valuations to be written. No person shall be permitted
to appear and make objection before the Board to the amount of valuation
of any property unless objection thereto shall first have been made
in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Board prior to the adjournment
of the public hearing by the Board.
D.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46, 70.47 and 70.48, Wis. Stats.
E.
Board's duty. The Board shall carefully examine the assessment roll
and correct all apparent errors in description or computation. It
shall add all omitted property but shall not raise or lower the assessment
of any property except after hearing, as provided by the statutes.
A.
Membership and terms. Pursuant to § 43.54, Wis. Stats.,
the Library Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the
Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council, to serve three-year
terms. One member shall be a school district administrator or his/her
representative. Up to two members may be residents of towns adjacent
to the City, and one member may be a member of the Common Council
whose term shall be for one year.
[Amended 10-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified
in § 62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats. The Zoning Board of Appeals
shall consist of five members and two alternate members appointed
by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council, for a
term of three years. The members shall be compensated as determined
by the Council and shall be removable by the Common Council for cause
upon written charges and upon public hearing. The Mayor shall designate
one of the members Chairperson.
B.
Powers.
[Amended 10-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
(1)
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(a)
To
hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is an error
in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the City's zoning or building code
regulations.
(b)
To
hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of City zoning and
floodplain zoning or building code regulations upon which the Zoning
Board of Appeals is required to pass.
(c)
To
permit the erection and use of a building or premises in any location
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards in harmony with the
general purposes of the zoning regulations, for such purposes which
are reasonably necessary for public convenience and welfare.
(2)
The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part,
or may modify any order, requirement, decision or determination appealed
from and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination
as in its opinion ought to be made. If a quorum is present, the Zoning
Board of Appeals may take action by a majority vote of the members
present. The grounds of every such determination shall be stated and
recorded.
C.
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall
be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as
the Board may determine. All hearings conducted by said Board shall
be open to the public. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall keep minutes
of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question
or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall
keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of
which shall be immediately filed in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer
and shall be a public record. The Board shall adopt its own rules
of procedure not in conflict with this section or with applicable
Wisconsin Statutes.
D.
Offices. The Common Council shall provide suitable meeting space
for holding the hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
E.
Appropriations. The Common Council shall appropriate funds to carry
out the duties of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Board shall
have the authority to expend, under regular procedures, all sums appropriated
to it for the purposes and activities authorized herein.
A.
Composition. The Plan Commission shall consist of the Mayor, who
shall be the presiding officer, one Alderperson and five citizens.
B.
Appointment.
(1)
Election of Alderperson member. At its annual meeting in April of
each year the Common Council shall, by a two-thirds majority vote
of its members, elect one of its number as a member of the City Plan
Commission for a period of one year from and after the first day of
May next ensuing.
C.
Record. The Plan Commission shall keep a written record of its proceedings,
to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with
the City Clerk-Treasurer. Four members shall constitute a quorum,
but all actions shall require the affirmative approval of a majority
of all of the members of the Commission.
D.
Duties.
(1)
Comprehensive Plan.[2]
(a)
The Plan Commission may make, adopt and, as necessary, amend,
extend or add to the Comprehensive Plan, subject to Common Council
confirmation, for the physical development of the City, including
areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Plan Commission's judgment,
bear relation to the development of the City. The Comprehensive Plan,
with the accompanying maps, plats and descriptive and explanatory
matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for such physical
development and may include, among other things, without limitation
because of enumeration, the general location, character and extent
of streets, highways, freeways, street grades, roadways, walks, parking
areas, public places and areas, parks, parkways, playgrounds, and
sites for public buildings and structures; the general location and
extent of sewers, water conduits and other public utilities, whether
privately or publicly owned; the acceptance, widening, narrowing,
extension, relocation, removal, vacation, abandonment or change of
use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces,
buildings, properties, utilities, routes or terminals; the general
location, character and extent of community centers and neighborhood
units; and a comprehensive zoning plan.
(b)
The Commission may adopt the Comprehensive Plan as a whole by
a single resolution or, as the work of making the whole Comprehensive
Plan progresses, may from time to time by resolution adopt a part
or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or
more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan.
The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition shall
be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than
a majority of all the members of the Plan Commission, subject to confirmation
by the Common Council. The resolution shall refer expressly to the
maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended by the Commission
to form the whole or any part of the plan, and the action taken shall
be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying
signature of the Secretary of the Commission, and a copy of the plan
or part thereof shall be certified to the Common Council. The purpose
and effect of the adoption and certifying of the Comprehensive Plan
or part thereof shall be solely to aid the Plan Commission and the
Common Council in the performance of their duties.
(2)
Mandatory referrals to Commission. The Common Council or officer
of the City having final authority thereon shall refer to the Plan
Commission, for its consideration and report before final action is
taken by the Council, public body or officer, the following matters:
the location of any statue or other memorial; the location, acceptance,
extension, alteration, vacation, abandonment, change of use, sale,
acquisition of land for or lease of land for any street, alley or
other public ways, park, playground, airport, area for parking vehicles,
or other memorial or public grounds; the location, extension, abandonment
or authorization for any public utility, whether publicly or privately
owned; all plats of lands in the City or within the territory over
which the City is given platting jurisdiction by Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.;
the location, character and extent or acquisition, leasing or sale
of lands for public or semipublic housing, slum clearance, relief
of congestion, or vacation camps for children; and the amendment or
repeal of any land use ordinance. Unless such report from the Commission
is made within 30 days, or such longer period as may be stipulated
by the Common Council, the Council or other public body or officer
may take final action without it.
(3)
Miscellaneous powers. The Commission may make reports and recommendations
relating to the plan and development of the City to public officials
and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional
and other organizations and citizens. It may recommend to the Common
Council programs for public improvements. All public officials shall,
upon request, furnish to the Commission, within a reasonable time,
such available information as it may require for its work. The Commission,
its members and employees, in the performance of its functions, may
enter upon any land, make examinations and surveys, and place and
maintain necessary monuments and markers thereon. In general, the
Commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it
to perform its functions and promote municipal planning in cooperation
with the Common Council.
E.
Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the remainder
of the unexpired term in the same manner as appointment for the full
term.
F.
Compensation. Compensation shall be as established by the Common
Council. Citizen members shall take the official oath as required
by § 19.01, Wis. Stats., said oath to be filed with the
City Clerk-Treasurer.
A.
Members. The Park and Pool Committee shall consist of an Alderperson
appointed annually by the Mayor and four citizens appointed by the
Mayor for four-year terms, with the terms staggered so that not more
than one citizen shall be appointed each year. All appointments by
the Mayor shall be subject to confirmation by the Common Council.
Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the
unexpired term in the same manner as appointment for the full term.
The Alderperson shall serve as Chairperson. The Committee shall, immediately
after May 1 of each year, elect one member as Secretary of the Committee
and may create and elect such other officers as may be deemed necessary.
B.
Powers and duties. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity
to the Common Council with respect to matters involving Riverside
Park and the City's swimming pool. The Committee shall also discharge
such other and further duties as may be determined by the Common Council.
C.
Record. The Park and Pool Committee shall keep a written record of
its proceedings, to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall
be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-1[1]]
The Police and Fire Commission shall consist of five citizens,
three of whom shall constitute a quorum. The Mayor shall annually,
between the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint
in writing, to be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, one
member for a term of five years. Effective with the appointment made
in the year 2001, the fifth member of the Commission shall be a Common
Council member who shall hold office as a Commission member as a yearly
appointment made by the Mayor and approved by the Council. No appointment
shall be made which will result in more than three members of the
Commission belonging to the same political party. The Commission shall
keep a record of its proceedings. The Police and Fire Commission shall
have the power and authority prescribed by § 62.13, Wis.
Stats., including the optional powers prescribed in § 62.13(6),
Wis. Stats., and this Code of Ordinances. All members of the Commission
shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $40 per meeting.
If a member of the Commission serves as Secretary, he or she shall
receive an annual prorated compensation of $300.
A.
Findings and purpose. The City of New Lisbon finds that the ownership
and operation of water and electric utilities by the City is in the
public interest. To that end, the City has long entrusted the management
of its water and electric utilities to an independent and nonpartisan
body, the New Lisbon Utility Commission. This section is intended
to recodify the powers of the Utility Commission.
B.
Successor status. The Utility Commission established under this section
is a successor to the City's existing Utility Commission. It has all
the rights, duties, powers and interests which the existing Utility
Commission possesses, whether granted by ordinance, statute, contract
or otherwise. The existing Commissioners shall serve the remainder
of their present terms of office.
C.
Creation. There is hereby created an independent and nonpartisan
Utility Commission to manage and operate the electric and water utilities
of the City.
D.
Membership; terms. The Utility Commission shall consist of five Commissioners.
One of the five Commissioners shall be an Alderperson who shall serve
on the Commission without additional compensation and whose term shall
be for one year. The remaining four Commissioners shall be customers
of the Utility (either personally or through a business in which they
have an ownership interest), each of whom shall serve a five-year
term. These terms shall be staggered so that no more than one Commissioner's
term shall expire each year. The Mayor shall be an ex officio member
of the Commission without authority to vote.
E.
Appointments. The Mayor shall appoint and the Common Council shall
confirm the Commissioners at its annual organizational meeting for
terms to commence immediately thereafter. The position held by a Common
Council representative and any position for which a term expires in
a subsequent year shall be appointed/confirmed in a like manner. In
the case of a vacancy on the Commission during an appointed term,
the vacancy shall be filled by nomination of the Mayor and approval
by the Common Council for the remainder of the term.
[Amended 10-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
F.
Powers of Commission.
(1)
Charge and management. The Commission shall take entire charge and
management of the City's electric utility and water utility and any
other public utility authorized by the Common Council. The Commission
shall have full authority to supervise the operation of the utility
subject only to the general control and supervision of the Common
Council, with such general control and supervision being exercised
through the enactment and amendment of this section.
(2)
Manager. The Commission shall appoint a Utility Manager, fix his/her
compensation and duties and provide for the authority of the Manager
to act on behalf of the Commission.
(3)
Other employees; consultants. The Commission may employ and fix the
compensation of such other employees as the Commission deems necessary
or convenient for the management and operation of the City's utilities.
The Commission also may employ the services and fix the compensation
of such other agents or consultants as the Commission deems necessary
or convenient for the operation and management of the utilities.
(4)
Rates, rules and regulations. The Commission shall have the authority
to fix rates and establish rules and regulations for the governance,
management and operation of the utilities, subject to the jurisdiction
of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and establish rules
for the governance of its own proceedings.
(5)
Contract. The Commission shall have full authority to let bids and
enter into contracts in the name of the City, provided that such contracts
are necessary or convenient to the management and operation of the
utilities.
(6)
Other powers. The Commission shall have such other powers as are
necessary or convenient to the management and operation of the City's
public utilities, and the City intends that the Commission shall have
full authority respecting the utilities unless that authority is specifically
withheld by statute.
G.
Organization. The Commissioners shall choose from among their number
a President and Secretary and shall appoint a Utility Clerk who shall
perform the duties of a bonded cashier, shall keep accurate books
and accounts of utility revenues and expenses, and shall perform such
other duties as the Commission shall from time to time direct. The
Utility Clerk, before taking office, shall give a bond to the City
for the faithful performance of the duties of his/her office in such
amount as the Utility Commission shall direct. The bond shall be approved
by the Mayor and filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
H.
Utility expenses. Utility expenses shall be audited by the Commission
at its regular meeting and, if approved by its President and Secretary,
shall be paid by the City Clerk-Treasurer pursuant to § 66.0607(4),
Wis. Stats. The Commission may authorize the payment of labor, salaries
and such other regular expenses as the Commission may determine, including
but not limited to power and fuel bills, to be paid as they become
due, if approved by the President and Secretary.
I.
Receipts. All utility receipts shall be paid to the Utility Clerk
and be turned over by the Utility Clerk to the City Clerk-Treasurer
at least once a month. Utility funds shall be separately accounted
for by the water and electric utilities and shall be subject to disposition
as the Commission shall direct.
J.
Construction; definitions. This section shall be liberally construed
to effect its purpose. As used herein, the term "management and control"
or "management and operation" shall be construed broadly and shall
include, without limitation by enumeration, all authority related
to the utility properties of the City and all authority related to
purchasing, acquiring, leasing, constructing, adding to, improving,
conducting, controlling, operating, or managing the City's public
utilities, except as specifically withheld by statute.
K.
Compensation. All members of the Commission shall be entitled to
compensation at the rate of $40 per meeting. If a member of the Commission
serves as Secretary, he or she shall receive an annual prorated compensation
of $300.
[Added 12-15-2008 by Ord.
No. 2008-1]
[Added 10-17-2016 by Ord.
No. 09-16-01[1]]
A.
The New Lisbon Room Tax Commission is created pursuant to §
66.75, Wis. Stats.[2]The Commission shall have five members appointed by the
Mayor and approved by the City Council. At least one of the members
shall be a member of the City Council and one member shall be a representative
in good standing of the City of New Lisbon's hotel/motel industry.
All of the Commissioners shall serve one-year terms commencing with
the third Tuesday in April.
[2]
Editor's Note: See § 66.0615, Wis. Stats.
B.
The Commission shall monitor the collection of room taxes in the
City of New Lisbon pursuant to City Ordinance §§
63-35 to 63-53; contract with the New Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce
or other entity authorized by law for staff and support services to
develop and implement tourism promotions for the City of New Lisbon;
approve an annual budget in conjunction with the New Lisbon Area Chamber
of Commerce or other entity allowed by law to create a marketing plan
and other appropriate programs; and discharge all duties assigned
to it in § 66.75 et seq, Wis. Stats.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: See § 66.0615, Wis. Stats.
A.
Regular meetings; public notice. Every board, committee and commission
created by or existing under the ordinances of the City shall fix
a regular date, time and place for its meetings.
B.
Notice of meetings.
(1)
Every meeting of any board or commission of the City of New Lisbon
and/or any committee appointed or created by the Mayor or Common Council
of the City of New Lisbon shall be preceded by public notice and shall
be held in open session at a place acceptable to the public in accordance
with the provisions of Subchapter V, Open Meetings of Governmental
Bodies, of Ch. 19, Wis. Stats., unless otherwise authorized by law.
(2)
Such notice shall be given in writing to the official newspaper and
in addition thereto shall be posted in at least one location likely
to give notice to the public of such meeting.
(3)
A separate public notice shall be given for each meeting at a time
and date reasonably proximate to the time and date of the meeting,
but not less than 24 hours prior to the commencement of such meeting
unless otherwise authorized by law.
(4)
Such notice shall set forth the time, date, place and subject matter
of the meeting, including that intended for consideration at any contemplated
closed session which may be authorized by law, and may be in the following
form:
[Amended 10-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-1]
Notice of Meeting
City of New Lisbon, Wisconsin
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(commission)
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Please take notice that a meeting of the _____________________________
(commission) of the City of New Lisbon will be held on ___________,
20 ___, (date) at ______ p.m., (time) at the City Hall, in Room _______
to consider the following:
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1.
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(Agenda items set forth).
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2.
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Such other matters as authorized by law.
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Dated: ______________________
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(Commission)
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By
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The New Lisbon City Hall is accessible to the physically disadvantaged.
If special accommodations for physically, visually or hearing impaired
individuals are needed, please contact the New Lisbon City Clerk-Treasurer
at ___________________ (telephone).
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C.
Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission or committee
of the City of New Lisbon shall be notified by the secretary thereof
or designee that a meeting is to be held and the time and place of
such meeting and the subject to be considered thereat. No member shall
be intentionally excluded from any meeting by a failure to give proper
notice or a reasonable attempt to give proper notice to such member.
D.
Minutes to be kept. Every board, commission and committee shall keep
a record of the minutes of its proceedings and shall cause a signed
copy thereof to be filed by its secretary with the City Clerk-Treasurer
within one week of the meeting date. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall
furnish a copy of all minutes filed with him/her to the Mayor and
to each member of the Common Council. All such minutes shall be public
records.
A.
Residency. Except for the Utility Commission and Library Board, no
person not a resident of the City of New Lisbon shall be appointed
in a voting capacity to any City board, committee or commission. Any
such member who moves from the City shall be removed from such board,
commission or committee but may be appointed to serve in an ex officio
capacity.
B.
Attendance standard. Members of boards, committees and commissions
are required to attend a minimum of 2/3 of the meetings in each six-month
period of their respective bodies, unless excused by the membership
of their body. Failure to comply with this subsection may result in
the removal and replacement of the official found to be in noncompliance.
C.
Member subject to removal. Any member of any board or commission
who violates any provision of this section or who knowingly attends
a meeting held in violation hereof may be removed as a member of such
board or commission after being granted a public hearing by the appointing
authority and upon concurrence of the Common Council or after a public
hearing directly before the Common Council.
A.
Except as provided herein, the provisions of § 110-19 of this Code of Ordinances relating to rules of procedure for the Common Council, together with Robert's Rules of Order, shall as far as applicable also apply to committee, board and commission meetings.
B.
A simple majority of the members of a board, committee or commission
shall constitute a quorum.