[Adopted 8-21-2001 by Ord. No. 862 (Sec. 7-9-2 of the 2009 Code of Ordinances)]
Pursuant to Chapters 62 and 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes and,
without limitation, § 62.11(5), Wis. Stats., the City of
Lake Mills ("City") hereby exercises its authority to create a municipal
communications utility.
The communications utility shall be responsible to plan, acquire,
construct, extend, improve, maintain, operate, lease, dispose of,
regulate, and manage a communications system to be constructed in
order to provide, among other things, telecommunications, data, fiber
optic, Internet, cable television, video and information services
to the City, its departments, the school district, and the public
generally in and around the Lake Mills area.
The communications utility shall be under the charge and management
of the Lake Mills City Council, which may exercise all powers necessary
or desirable to effect its purposes.
The City hereby finds that a municipal communications system
will provide public benefits by providing for the continued growth
and economic development of the City and is, thereby, in the best
interests of the City. The City hereby further finds that a municipal
communications system is in the public interest as a means of facilitating
the provision of telecommunications, data, fiber optic, Internet,
cable television, video and information services to the City, its
departments, the school district, and the public generally in and
around the Lake Mills area.
