[Amended 8-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-8-2]
The Administrator shall designate a Deputy Clerk or other designee
to serve as Clerk pro tem as needed or required. To the extent this
power of the Administrator conflicts with the power of the Clerk described
in § 61.19, Wis. Stats., the Village of Richfield elects
not to be governed by such statute and grants this power to the Administrator.
The deliberations of the Village Board shall be conducted in
the following manner:
A. When
a member is about to speak, he/she shall address the presiding officer,
and the presiding officer shall recognize the member entitled to speak.
When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition, the presiding
officer shall name the member who is to speak first. A member shall
confine his/her remarks to the question under discussion.
B. No
person other than a member shall address the Board, except by vote
of a majority of the members present, or during a period when the
presiding officer has opened the meeting for public discussion.
C. Any
member desiring to terminate debate may "call the question," in which
event the presiding officer shall announce the question substantially
as "Shall the question now be called?" If 2/3 of the members present
vote in the affirmative, the main question shall be voted upon without
further debate, its effect being to put an end to all debate and bring
the Board to a direct vote, first upon any pending amendments and
then upon the main question.
D. Any
Trustee may demand a roll call vote on any matter, and such vote shall
be entered in the proceedings.
E. The
President shall vote as a member of the Board.
F. No
member of the Board shall vote upon any proposed ordinance, order,
resolution or proposition in which he/she may be personally interested
other than as a citizen of the Village.
G. A
Board member may not change his/her vote on any question after the
result has been announced.
H. Any
member of the Board shall have the right to protest against any ordinance
of the Board which he/she may think injurious to the public or to
any individual and have his/her reasons for his/her protest entered
upon the records.
The presiding officer shall maintain order and decorum and may
order any person to leave a Village meeting if the person has conducted
himself/herself in a disorderly manner and persisted in such conduct
after being directed by the presiding officer to cease the conduct.
If the person refuses the presiding officer's order to withdraw,
the presiding officer may order a law enforcement officer to take
the person into custody until the meeting is adjourned.