The Village of Baldwin is a body corporate and politic with the powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions of Chs.
61 and 66, Wis. Stats., laws amending those chapters, other acts of the legislature and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. The Trustees of the Village of Baldwin 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
counties, villages, cities, towns 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.
The Village Board has the power to preserve order at its meetings.
Members of the Village Board shall be residents of the Village at
the time of their election and during their terms of office.
The President and Board of Trustees, whether operating under
general or special law, may by a three-fourths vote of all the members
of the Village Board determine that a salary be paid the President,
Trustees and other Village officials. The compensation for an elective
Village office shall be established before the earliest time for filing
nomination papers for the office or, if nomination papers are not
used, before the caucus date determined under § 8.05(1)(a),
Wis. Stats. After that time or date, no change may be made in the
compensation for the office that applies to the term of office for
which the deadline or date applies. The compensation established for
an elective office remains in effect for ensuing terms unless changed
by ordinance or resolution.
Any member voting on the prevailing side may move for reconsideration
of the vote on any question at that meeting or the next succeeding
regular meeting, except those which cannot be reconsidered pursuant
to Robert's Rules of Order, Revised. A Trustee may not change
his vote on any question after the result has been announced.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct shall occur in
any of the meetings of the Board, the President may, following a warning,
cause the room to be cleared by a law enforcement officer of all persons
causing such disorderly conduct.
The rules of §§
165-17 through
165-19 shall not be rescinded or amended unless the proposed amendment or motion to rescind has laid over from a regular meeting, and then it shall require a vote of 2/3 of all the members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 two-thirds vote
of all the members of the Board.