Pursuant to the authority granted by Wis. Stats., § 755.01
and Ch. 755, there is hereby established the Municipal Court for the
Village of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Wis. Stats., § 755.01,
there is hereby created the office of Judge of the Municipal Court
for the Village of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. The Municipal Judge shall
reside in the Village of Blue Mounds.
The Village may conduct a formal review of the Municipal Court
during the first year of operation and no less than every two years
thereafter. The Municipal Judge shall provide regular monthly status
reports to the Board.
The Municipal Judge shall receive a salary based on a per court session. The court per session salary and administrative costs associated with such will be paid by the Village. No salary shall be paid to the Judge for any time during his/her term for which he/she has not executed and filed his/her official bond and oath as required by §
15-6 of this chapter.
Within 10 days after taking the oath prescribed by Wis. Stats.,
§ 755.03, the Municipal Judge shall file with the Village
Clerk/Treasurer the oath and a bond in the penal sum of $500, and
shall file a certified copy of the oath with the Office of Director
of State Courts.
The Municipal Judge shall have such jurisdiction as provided
by law and Wis. Stats., §§ 755.045 and 755.05, and
exclusive jurisdiction of violations of the Village's ordinances.
The court established pursuant to this chapter shall not be
abolished during a Municipal Judge's term, but may be abolished
effective at the conclusion of a Municipal Judge's term by ordinance.
If such ordinance is adopted, the Municipal Court shall have no jurisdiction
to undertake new Municipal Court matters at the conclusion of the
Municipal Judge's term.