[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Coloma 6-30-1994 as Title 3, Ch.
2, Secs. 3-2-1 to 3-2-5, of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
The Village of Coloma provides fire-protection services through an arrangement with the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department, a nonprofit corporation organized under Ch. 213, Wis. Stats.
B.
The real estate and physical building housing the equipment and apparatus
of the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department is owned by the Village
of Coloma and will continue and shall remain available to the Combined
Coloma Volunteer Fire Department on such terms and conditions as the
Village of Coloma deems appropriate.
The Village of Coloma has entered into a fire-protection agreement
with the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department and the Town of
Coloma.
Joint Board of Fire Commissioners. The Combined Volunteer Fire
Department is administered by a Joint Board of Fire Commissioners
which consists of 9 members of which three shall be from the Village,
appointed by the Village President and approved by the Village Board
of Trustees.
A.
Financial support. The financial procedure and payments for the services
provided by the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department are determined
by the agreement which provides in part that the Joint Board of Fire
Commissioners of the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department shall
submit a final budget for the ensuing year which the Secretary-Treasurer
of the Fire Department forwards to the Village of Coloma and the Town
of Coloma. Upon approval of the budget by both the Board of Trustees
of the Village and the Coloma Town Board, the Village Clerk/Treasurer
provides for payment to the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department
from either the general fund or by a tax levy on the Village property
owners.[1]
B.
Financial statement. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Combined Coloma
Volunteer Fire Department shall submit a complete financial statement
covering the operations and fiscal status of the Fire Department annually
which statements shall be verified by audit.
C.
Claims. Upon notification by the Combined Coloma Volunteer Fire Department
of a potential claim arising under § 60.557 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, the Village agrees to pursue said claim and further agrees
that any funds received by virtue of said claims shall be remitted
directly to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Combined Coloma Volunteer
Fire Department for such use as it deems proper.
Withdrawal from the fire-protection services with the Combined
Coloma Volunteer Fire Department may be made upon the giving of a
sixty-day notice to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Combined Coloma
Volunteer Fire Department stating the withdrawal from the agreement.
Such withdrawal from the agreement will not release any responsibility
to pay any preexisting indebtedness to and incurred by the Combined
Coloma Volunteer Fire Department pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the agreement in effect.
