[Adopted as §§ 3.01 to 3.04, 3.06 to 3.09,
3.13, 3.15 and 3.19 of the former City Code]
A.
Designation. Every state or national bank, savings and loan association,
savings and trust company, mutual savings bank, and credit union located
in this state which has qualified as a public depository with the
Secretary of Financial Institutions and has complied in all other
respects with Ch. 34, Wis. Stats., is hereby designated as a public
depository of the City to receive and hold such funds of the City
as may from time to time be deposited therein.[1]
B.
Local government pooled investment fund.
(1)
The City is authorized to participate in the Wisconsin Local Government
Pooled Investment Fund pursuant to § 25.50, Wis. Stats.
(2)
The City Treasurer is designated as the local official who may transfer
City funds to the State Treasurer for deposit in the fund.
[Amended by Ord. No. 87-31; 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
(3)
The State Treasurer is authorized to accept telephone requests for
withdrawal of City funds.
C.
Authorized and suitable investments. Authorized investments include
any investment stipulated in Wisconsin Statutes § 66.0603(1m).
In accordance with §§ 34.01(5) and 34.09, Wis. Stats.,
all Wisconsin banks, state and federal chartered, all financial institutions
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as well
as the Wisconsin Local Government Pooled Investment Fund, are authorized
depositories.
[Amended by Ord. No. 87-32; Ord. No. 98-68; 12-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-47]
D.
Delegation of authority. Management and administrative responsibility
for the investment program of the City is entrusted to the City Treasurer
under the direction of the Common Council. Individuals authorized
to engage in investment transactions on behalf of the City are the
Treasurer, the Mayor or those individuals designated by the Treasurer,
Mayor or Common Council.
[Added 12-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-47; amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
[Amended by Ord. No. 76-3; Ord. No. 92-76]
A.
Aggregate tax stated on roll. Pursuant to § 70.65, Wis.
Stats., the City Clerk shall, in computing the tax roll, insert only
the aggregate amount of state, county, school and local taxes in a
single column in the roll opposite the parcel or tract of land against
which the tax is levied or, in the case of personal property, in a
single column opposite the name of the person against whom the tax
is levied.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
B.
Use of abbreviated legal description. Pursuant to § 70.86,
Wis. Stats., the Council hereby authorizes the City Assessor to use
an abbreviated legal description system as set forth in § 70.25,
Wis. Stats., to prepare the assessment and tax rolls and to use on
the tax bills which are mailed to the owners of real estate within
the City.
A.
Bond eliminated. The City elects not to give the bond on the City
Treasurer as provided for by § 70.67(1), Wis. Stats.
B.
City liable for default of Treasurer. Pursuant to § 70.67(2),
Wis. Stats., the City shall be obligated to pay, in case the City
Treasurer shall fail to do so, all state and county taxes required
by law to be paid by such Treasurer to the County Treasurer.
[Amended by Ord. No. 87-34; 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
A.
Installments. If real estate taxes for a tax parcel assessed in the
City are $100 or less, they must be paid in full by January 31. If
they exceed $100, they may be paid to the City Treasurer in no more
than three installments, as follows:
[Amended by Ord. No. 97-79; 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
(1)
The first installment shall be 1/3 of the total real estate tax plus
the full amount of any installment payments on any special assessments,
special charges and/or special taxes and shall become due and payable
on the 31st day of January.
(2)
The second installment shall be 1/3 of the real estate taxes and
shall be due and payable on the 30th day of April.
(3)
The third installment shall be 1/3 of the total real estate taxes
and shall be due and payable on the 31st day of July. On any installment
date, the taxpayer may pay the balance of the taxes due.
B.
Delinquent installments; interest. Interest shall be computed per
§§ 74.12(10) and 74.47(1), Wis. Stats.
[Amended by Ord. No. 11-07]
No public board or commission having charge and management of
a City department, utility or public property, and which board or
commission may have authority by ordinance or statute to approve expenditures
against any fund whatsoever which is in the City treasury, shall grant
to any member of said board or commission any salary or wage which
is designated or intended to compensate such member or members for
services as a member or members of said board or commission, unless
such salary or wage shall have been first approved by a majority vote
of all members of the Common Council and the amount of such salary
or wage fixed by ordinance.
[Amended by Ord. No. 89-30; Ord. No. 97-40]
A.
At every regular meeting of the Common Council, the Treasurer shall
submit a list of all accounts payable needing Common Council approval.
An affirmative majority vote of those Alderpersons present at each
meeting shall permit the Treasurer to pay said accounts.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
B.
The Treasurer is also authorized to pay accounts without Council
approval in the following categories: wages, utility payments, withholding
taxes, insurance premiums, Wisconsin Retirement Fund payments, deferred
compensation payments, payments required on City indebtedness, and
any other expenditures previously approved by the Common Council by
resolution or acceptance of committee report or authorized by the
purchasing policy.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
C.
Section 66.0609, Wis. Stats., is hereby adopted except as amended
by the purchasing policy.
The calendar year shall be the fiscal year.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90-115A; Ord. No. 97-41]
A.
On or before September 1 of each year, each officer, department or
board shall file with the City Treasurer:
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
(1)
An itemized statement of disbursements made to carry out the powers
and duties of the office, department or board during the preceding
fiscal year; and a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements
on account of any special fund under the supervision of the officer,
department or board during that year, and the condition and management
of those funds; and
(2)
Detailed estimates of the same matters for the current fiscal year
and for the ensuing fiscal year. The statements shall be presented
in the form prescribed by the City Treasurer and shall be designated
as the "departmental estimates" and shall be as nearly uniform as
possible for the main divisions of all departments.
B.
The Mayor shall consider the departmental estimates in consultation
with the department head and shall then determine the total amount
to be recommended in the budget for the department or activity.
C.
On or before September 20 of each year, the Mayor shall prepare and
submit to the Finance Committee a proposed budget of the City for
the ensuing fiscal year. The proposed budget shall include:
(1)
The expense of conducting each department and activity of the City
for the ensuing fiscal year and corresponding items for the current
year and last preceding fiscal year, with reasons for increases and
decreases recommended as compared with appropriations for the current
year.
(2)
An itemization of all anticipated income of the City from sources
other than general property taxes and bond issues, with a comparative
statement of the amounts received by the City from each of the same
or similar sources for the last preceding and current fiscal years.
(3)
An estimate of the amount of money to be raised from general property
taxes which, with income from other sources, will be necessary to
meet the proposed expenditures.
(4)
Other information as may be required by the Common Council, Finance
Committee and/or state law. The Finance Committee shall provide a
reasonable number of copies of the proposed budget for distribution
to citizens.
D.
The Finance Committee shall submit to the Common Council, after it
has reviewed the budget and made recommended changes, the draft of
an appropriation resolution providing for the expenditures proposed
for the ensuing fiscal year. On submission of the proposed appropriation
resolution to the Common Council, it shall be deemed to have been
regularly introduced to the body.
E.
The City Clerk shall publish as a Class 1 notice, under Ch. 985,
Wis. Stats., a budget summary in the form prescribed by the Mayor
and by § 65.90(3)(b), Wis. Stats. The notice shall also
indicate where the proposed budget in detail is available for public
inspection and the time and place at which a public hearing on the
proposed budget is to be conducted. The Common Council shall, not
less than 15 days after publication of the budget summary, hold a
public hearing on the proposed budget. Following the public hearing,
the proposed budget may be changed without the requirement of a two-thirds
vote as provided under § 65.90(5)(a), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
F.
Upon written recommendation of the Mayor, the Common Council may,
at any time, by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership, transfer
any portion of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation to any
other purpose or object. Notice of the transfer shall be given by
publication within 10 days thereafter in accordance with § 65.90(5)(a),
Wis. Stats.
[Amended by Ord. No. 79-40; Ord. No. 91-36; Ord. No. 97-41]
A.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the City, nor shall
any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except in
pursuance of the annual appropriation in the adopted budget or when
changed as authorized by Wisconsin Statutes. At the close of each
fiscal year any unencumbered balance of an appropriation shall revert
to the general fund and shall be subject to reappropriation, but appropriations
may be made by the Council, to be paid out of the income of the current
year, in furtherance of improvements or other objects or works which
will not be completed within such year, and any such appropriation
shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall
have been accomplished or abandoned.
B.
Council approval required for certain expenditures. The Common Council
may approve all expenditures as required by the purchasing policy.
C.
Mayor's approval required for certain expenditures. The Mayor may
approve all expenditures as defined by the purchasing policy.
A.
Statement of purpose. Within the City there are many fine institutions
such as colleges, churches, nursing homes, private clubs, rest homes,
old-age homes, and homes for the mentally and/or physically handicapped.
Most of these institutions own single- or multiple-family residences
for the benefit of their staffs. The City provides fire and police
protection, snow removal, garbage collection and other services to
these residences. These services are presently provided at no cost
to these residences since they are exempt from real estate taxation,
and therefore the cost of these services is paid by the non-tax-exempt
property owners in the City. By the adoption of this section it is
hereby declared to be the public policy of the City that the tax-exempt
residences referred to herein should pay a share of the cost of providing
municipal services from which they benefit.
B.
Property subject to service charge. All tax-exempt single-family or multiple-family residences and private clubs located within the City shall be subject to the service charge set forth in Subsection C. This service charge shall apply to all structures whose principal use is for residential housing, and structures for multiple usage incidental to the principal residential use and intended as housing shall be subject to the service charge. Residential housing which is partially exempt from taxation shall pay only a pro rata share of the service charge based upon the percentage of tax exemption.
C.
Amount of service charge. The annual service charge to be paid shall
be $400 per residence or club, effective January 1, 1991.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90-90]
D.
Payment of service charge. The City Treasurer shall mail a notice
of the service charge to the owners of record of the property in question
prior to June 1 of every year. After receipt of notice, payment shall
be made in full to the City Treasurer on or before September 1 of
any year, after which interest at 8% per annum will be charged.
[Added by Ord. No. 71-74A; amended by Ord. No.
87-37; 7-5-2022 by Ord. No. 22-63]
