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Village of Grantsburg, WI
Burnett County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Grantsburg at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Village government form. The Village of Grantsburg is a body corporate and politic with the powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions of Chapters 61 and 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, laws amending those chapters, other acts of the Legislature and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin.
B. 
Division of government.
(1) 
Legislative branch. The Village Board is the legislative branch of the Village government. Its primary business is the passage of law in the form of ordinances or resolutions which shall prescribe what the law shall be, not only in relation to the particular facts existing at the time but as to all future cases arising under it. The Village Board shall fix the salaries of all officers and employees of the Village and be charged with the official management of the Village's financial affairs, its budget, its revenues and the raising of funds necessary for the operation of the Village.
(2) 
Executive branch. The Village President shall be the chief executive officer. He shall take care that all Village ordinances and state laws are observed and enforced and that all Village officers, boards and commissions discharge their duties. When present, he shall preside at the meetings of the Village Board. He shall from time to time give the Village Board such information and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the Village.
A. 
Publication. When publication is used for official notices instead of a legal posting, the official newspaper of the Village of Grantsburg shall be the Burnett County Sentinel. The official newspaper is required to be used when such newspaper is published within the boundaries of the Village.
B. 
Legal posting. When legal posting is used instead of publication, legal posting shall be done by either of the following ways:
(1) 
The notice is posted in at least one public place likely to give notice to persons affected and is placed electronically on an Internet site maintained by the municipality; or
(2) 
The notice is posted in a minimum of three designated public places likely to give notice to persons affected. The following are the designated posting locations:
(a) 
United States Post Office, Grantsburg.
(b) 
Grantsburg Municipal Building (bulletin board inside.)
(c) 
Grantsburg Municipal Building (bulletin board outside.)
Candidates for all elective Village offices shall be nominated by nonpartisan primary election conducted as directed by Ch. 8, Wis. Stats., so far as applicable and specifically in accordance with § 8.05(4)(b), Wis. Stats.
All electors for all elections shall be required to be registered. The Village Clerk shall receive applications for registration at his office during regular office hours throughout the year, except that registration may also be completed at Village polling places on election days upon presentation of proper identification and proof of residency.
A. 
Authority. The Village of Grantsburg Village Board of Trustees ("Village Board") establishes this section pursuant to §§ 7.30(1)(a) and 7.32, Wis. Stats. Wisconsin law provides that a municipal governing body may provide for the selection of alternate election officials or the selection of two or more sets of officials to work at different times on election day and may permit the Village Clerk to establish different working hours for different election officials assigned to the same polling place. The law also provides that the Village Clerk may reduce the number of election officials to no fewer than three for an election if deemed necessary.
B. 
Purpose; authority of Clerk.
(1) 
This section is created by the Village Board so that, pursuant to § 7.30(1)(a), Wis. Stats., two or more shifts for elections inspectors on an election day shall be allowed and to permit the Village Clerk or his/her designee to establish different working hours for different officials assigned to the same polling place. The Village Clerk may appoint alternate election inspectors, as needed, to maintain adequate staffing on an election day.
(2) 
The Village shall allow the Village Clerk to reduce the number of election officials to no fewer than three for an election as deemed necessary at a particular election, pursuant to § 7.32, Wis. Stats.
C. 
Election procedure. Ordinances as to election procedure as previously adopted by the Village Board shall remain in effect in accordance with applicable Wisconsin Statutes.