The Alderpersons of the City of Brodhead shall constitute the
Common Council. The Common Council shall be vested with all the powers
of the City not specifically given some other officer, as well as
those powers set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
[Amended by Charter Ordinance 10-23-1989; 10-10-2011; 12-9-2013]
A. There shall be six Alderpersons elected at large to the Common Council.
Each shall have a two-year term of office.
B. Three Alderpersons shall be elected in the annual spring election
of odd-numbered years. Three Alderpersons shall be elected in the
annual spring election of even-numbered years.
C. The provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes with reference to primaries
and municipal elections are hereby incorporated herein by reference
and shall apply.
D. The provisions of §§ 62.08 and 62.09(1), Wis. Stats.,
and Charter Ordinance October 23, 1989, concerning election of Alderpersons
from aldermanic districts, are made inapplicable in the City of Brodhead.
The Common Council at its first meeting subsequent to the regular
election and qualification of new members shall, after organization,
annually choose from its members a President who, in the absence of
the Mayor, shall preside at meetings of the Council and, during the
absence or inability of the Mayor, shall have the powers and duties
of the Mayor, except that he/she shall not have power to approve an
act of the Council which the Mayor has disapproved by filing objections
with the City Clerk-Treasurer. He/she shall, when so officiating,
be styled "Acting Mayor." The President of the Council shall be elected
for a one-year term of office.
[Amended 3-17-2015; 4-19-2016]
A. Standing committees.
(1) At the organizational meeting of the Common Council in each year
following the annual election, the Mayor shall appoint one Alderperson
and three citizens to each of the following committees, subject to
Council confirmation, which shall have such duties and responsibilities
as prescribed by the Mayor and this Code, and to make whatever recommendations
to the Council as they deem appropriate or as may be directed by the
Council:
(c)
Personnel and Insurance Committee.
(2) The Mayor may, from time to time, appoint such special committee or committees as he/she may deem advisable or as provided for by motion or resolution, appointing members pursuant to Subsection
A and stating the objective thereof, to perform such duties as may be assigned to them.
(3) The Mayor may declare the entire Council a committee of the whole
for informal discussion at any meeting or for any other purpose and
shall ex officio be Chairperson of the same.
B. Committee appointments.
(1) Committee appointments shall be made pursuant to §
95-4D of the Code of Ordinances. The chairperson of each committee shall be the Alderperson appointed by the Mayor to that committee. Each member shall serve as appointed unless excused by a majority of the members of the Council. The Mayor shall be an ex officio member of each standing committee.
(2) Committee members shall abide by §
15-10 in regard to residency and attendance.
C. Reference and reports.
(1) The Mayor may refer new business coming before the Common Council
to the appropriate committee, unless otherwise referred or disposed
of by motion of the Council.
(2) The committee to which any matter is referred should report its recommendation
thereon, in writing, at the first regular meeting after such reference,
unless there is no objection by the Council to further time being
taken. Action on the report of a committee shall be deferred until
the next regular meeting by the request of three Alderpersons present.
Members dissenting from a report of a committee may be so reported
when they request it.
(3) The Chairperson of the committee may report verbally to the Council
at the meeting at which the report of the committee is to be made.
Adoption of the committee report shall comprise final Council action
on any ordinance, resolution or other matter recommended for adoption
by the committee report.
(4) Formal committee recommendations will be placed on the agenda for
Council action only if they are submitted to the City Clerk-Treasurer
in written form by 12:00 noon of the Friday prior to the meeting at
which action is requested.
(5) All committees shall abide by §
15-9 regarding meetings and notice requirements.
D. Cooperation of City officers. All City officers shall, upon request
of the Chairperson of the committee, confer with the committee and
supply to it such information as may be requested in connection with
any matter pending before the committee.
The Common Council, on behalf of the City, may join with other
villages, towns, or cities 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 and joint purchasing programs.
The Common Council has the power to preserve order at its meetings,
compel attendance of Alderpersons and punish nonattendance. The Common
Council shall be judge of the election and qualification of its members.
The Mayor and Alderpersons who make up the Common Council, whether
operating under general or special law, may, by three-fourths vote
of all the members of the Common Council, determine that an annual
salary or per diem compensation be paid the Mayor and Alderpersons.
Except as provided in § 19.85, Wis. Stats., all meetings
of the Common Council, committees thereof, and City boards, committees
and commissions shall be open to the public.
The following procedures shall be followed at public hearings
and may also be followed when citizen input is necessary during regular
items of business before the Common Council:
A. The presiding officer shall generally call on those persons who wish
to speak on the matter or call initially on those persons who wish
to speak for the proposition. Each person wishing to speak for the
proposition shall give his or her name and address.
B. Each person speaking on the matter or on behalf of the proposition
shall be limited in time to five minutes.
C. The presiding officer shall then call on those persons who wish to
oppose the proposition if the presiding officer has first asked for
only those favoring the proposition to speak.
D. Each such person speaking in opposition to the proposition shall
give his or her name and address and shall also be limited to five
minutes.
E. Any person wishing to speak in rebuttal to any statements made may,
with the permission of the presiding officer, do so; provided, however,
such rebuttal statement shall be limited to three minutes by any one
individual.
F. When the presiding officer in his/her discretion is satisfied that
the proposition has been heard, he/she shall announce the fact that
the hearing is concluded.