[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Mount Horeb. Amendments noted where applicable.]
(1)
Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the Village Board are usually
held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Unless otherwise
noticed, all meetings of the Board are held in the Municipal Building.
[Amended 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6; 7-2-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-08; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Government, Art.
V)]
(2)
Special meetings. Special meetings of the Village Board may be called
by any two Trustees, in writing, filed with the Clerk at least 24
hours prior to the time specified for such meeting, according to the
rules of the Open Meetings Law, § 19.81 et seq., Wis. Stats.
The Clerk shall immediately notify each Trustee of the time and purpose
of the meeting.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
The business of the Board shall be conducted in the following
order:
(1)
Call to order by presiding officer.
(2)
Roll call. If a quorum is not present, the meeting will adjourn,
or adjourn to a specific date.
(3)
Approve minutes of previous Board meetings and make corrections if
necessary.
(4)
New business, including the introduction of ordinances and resolutions.
(5)
Reports of committees.
(6)
Reports of Village officers.
In the absence of the Clerk, the Deputy Clerk shall act as Clerk
pro tem.
(1)
Village President to be presiding officer. The Village President
shall call the meeting to order. He shall preserve order and decorum,
decide all questions of order and conduct the proceedings of the meeting
in accordance with the parliamentary rules contained in Robert's Rules
of Order, current edition, unless otherwise provided by statute or
these rules. Any member shall have the right of appeal from a decision
of the President. No appeal is debatable, and the appeal may be sustained
by a majority of the members present, exclusive of the President.
(2)
In absence of President. If the President is absent at the designated
time for any meeting, the senior Trustee present, based on date or
original election as Trustee, shall call the meeting to order and
preside until the Board shall by motion select an acting President
for that meeting.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
(3)
Presiding officer may vacate chair. Whenever the presiding officer
shall desire to speak upon any question or make any motion, he shall
vacate the chair and designate a Trustee to preside temporarily.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Government,
Art. V)][1]
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Village Board shall
have the management and control of village property, finances, highways,
streets, navigable waters, and public service. The Board shall have
the power to act for the government and good order of the Village,
including its commercial benefit and the health, safety, welfare and
convenience of the public. The Board may carry its powers into effect
by license, regulation, suppression, borrowing, taxation, special
assessment, appropriation, fine, imprisonment, and other necessary
or convenient means. The powers conferred shall be in addition to
all other grants and are limited only by express language.
No ordinance or resolution shall be considered by the Board
unless presented in writing.
The deliberations of the Village Board shall be conducted in
the following manner:
(1)
No Trustee shall address the Board until he has been recognized by
the presiding officer. He shall address himself to the President and
confine his remarks to the question under discussion.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
(2)
When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition, the presiding
officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
(3)
No person other than a member shall address the Board, unless recognized
by the President.
(4)
No motion shall be discussed or acted upon unless and until it has
been seconded, unless the rules permit one Trustee to initiate action.
No motion shall be withdrawn without the consent of the person making
the same and the person seconding it.
(5)
Any member desiring to terminate debate on a matter already motioned
and seconded may call for a vote, in which event the President shall
call for a vote on the matter. If a majority of the members present
vote in the affirmative, the main question shall be taken 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
(6)
Any Trustee may demand an aye and nay vote on any matter, and such
vote shall be entered in the proceedings. Every member shall vote
when a question is put, unless a member has a conflict of interest
and, on the record, abstains from voting. The number of votes needed
for passage or approval shall be as required by the Wisconsin Statutes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Government, Art. V)]
(7)
A motion to adjourn shall always be in order and a motion to adjourn,
to lay on the table and a call for the previous question shall be
decided without debate.
It shall be in order for any member voting in the majority to
move for a reconsideration of the vote on any question at that meeting.
Reconsideration of the question shall be brought at the succeeding
regular meeting. A motion to reconsider being put and lost shall not
be renewed. A Trustee may not change his vote on any question after
the result has been announced.
These rules or any part thereof may be temporarily suspended
in connection with any matter under consideration by a recorded vote
of 2/3 of the members present.
