[Adopted as Secs. 1.01 to 1.09 of the Codification]
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771; Ord. No. 1810]
Regular meetings of the Village Board shall be held in the Village
Hall, located at 5300 North Marlborough Drive in said Village, at
a time posted at least 24 hours in advance.
A.
On
the first and third Monday of each month, from September through May;
B.
On
the first Monday of each month during the months of June, July and
August; and
C.
On
any other day when the Village Board, at its last previous meeting,
adjourns to that date;
D.
Provided,
however, that if a particular Monday falls on New Year's Day (January
1), July 4, or Labor Day (first Monday in September), then such meeting
will be held on the succeeding Tuesday;
E.
Provided,
further, that said meetings may be held at other locations when required
because of space or other considerations, providing that the notice
of said meeting indicates the specific location;
F.
Provided,
further, that if unforeseen large attendance makes another location
which provides larger space preferable, then the meeting may be moved
to the other location, providing that notice be prominently posted
at the Village Hall which clearly indicates the new location. The
time of the meeting shall be delayed to allow for travel from the
Village Hall to the new location;
G.
Provided,
further, that the meeting may be cancelled 24 hours in advance by
concurrence of the President and Village Manager or Finance Manager,
for lack of current business, lack of quorum, coverage by a special
meeting, hardship, or emergency.
H.
Unless
a standing or special committee is responsible for an item of business
before the Village Board, the Village Board may take up any item of
business without the item having been referred to the Village Board
by a committee.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771; Ord. No. 1810]
A.
All
special meetings of the Village Board shall be held at the place where
regular meetings of the Board are held unless otherwise specified
in the call and notice of the special meeting. Special meetings may
be called by any two trustees in writing, filed with the Clerk-Treasurer,
who shall thereupon seasonably notify all of the trustees, including
the President, of the time, purpose and place thereof, by causing
written notice of such meeting to be delivered to each member of the
Board personally if he can be found, and if the President or Trustee
cannot be found, by leaving a copy of such notice at the usual place
of abode of such member in the presence of a member of the family
of such member of suitable age and discretion, or if no such family
member can be found, then by mailing such notice to such member by
registered mail; the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby required to cause an
affidavit showing the service of such notice as above provided for,
to be filed in his office prior to the time fixed for such special
meeting; the Clerk-Treasurer shall give such notice immediately upon
the call for such meeting being filed with him.
B.
Unless
a standing or special committee is responsible for an item of business
before the Village Board, the Village Board may take up any item of
business without the item having been referred to the Village Board
by a committee.
Special meetings may be held without the notice specified in § 1-2 of this chapter when all members of said board are present in person and consent in writing to the holding of said meeting, such written consent to be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer prior to the calling of said meeting.
Four trustees, including the Village President, shall constitute
a quorum, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time or compel
the attendance of absent members.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771]
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771]
A.
Control
of meeting. The President shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee
and shall have a vote as such. The President shall preserve order
and conduct the proceedings of the Board. A member may appeal from
the decision of the presiding officer. Such appeal is not debatable
and must be sustained by a majority of the members present, exclusive
of the presiding officer.
B.
Absence
of President. In the event of the absence, sickness or incapacity
of the Village President for any reason which prevents the President
from attending any meeting of the Village Board, or in the event the
President is away from the Village in time of emergency, the powers
and duties of the President shall be assigned and carried out during
such absence, sickness or incapacity of the President, by the longest-serving
trustee, or by the chairmen of Village committees, in the following
order:
C.
Participation
in debate. The presiding officer may speak upon any question or make
any motion if the presiding officer vacates the chair and designates
a trustee to preside temporarily.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771; Ord. No. 1810]
A.
Appointments.
All appointments to the Village Board committees may, at the Board's
option, be made by a majority vote of all of the members of said board,
and by a like vote the membership of such committees shall be changed
from time to time, but unless so changed all such appointments shall
terminate on the date of the annual Village election.
B.
Standing
committees. Standing committees shall be empowered to meet together
as a committee of the whole of the Village Board. The standing committees
of the Board shall consist of the following committees, which are
comprised of three Board members and two citizen members which shall
have general charge of and to which there shall be referred, when
deemed advisable, questions pertaining to the subject matter appearing
under the designation of said committees as follows:
(1)
Public works, utilities, and streets.
(a)
Construction and maintenance of streets and sidewalks.
(b)
Control of utilities in streets.
(c)
Snow and ice removal from streets and walks.
(d)
Streetlighting extensions and maintenance.
(e)
Sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and water main construction and maintenance
(f)
Administration and management of Village utilities and other public
utilities operating within the Village.
(g)
Mass transit facilities.
(h)
Capital program and project planning and recommendations.
(i)
Infiltration and inflow programs.
(j)
Recommendations regarding selection of public works director and
engineering consultants.
D.
Village
Manager. The Village Manager shall be a member ex officio of each
committee but without vote.
On all questions, it shall be in order to call for a division
or for the ayes and noes, if made previous to the decision of the
President.
Every member shall vote when a question is put, unless the Board
shall excuse him.
No member shall speak more than twice on the same question except
by leave of the Board.
Every petition or other writing of any kind, addressed to the
Village Board or to the Clerk-Treasurer or other Village officer for
references to the Village Board, shall be delivered by the Clerk-Treasurer
or such other Village officer to the President or Acting President
as soon as convenient after receipt of same, and in any event, prior
to or at the opening of the next meeting of the Village Board following
receipt of same. Every such petition, or other writing, and every
paper, communication or other proceeding which shall come before the
Board for action may be referred by the President or Acting President,
without motion, to the appropriate committee or officer, unless objected
to by some member of the Board.
When a question is in debate, no action shall be in order except:
to adjourn; to lay on the table the previous question; to postpone
to a certain date; to refer to a standing, select or special committee;
to amend; to postpone indefinitely; and these several motions shall
have precedence in the order in which they stand.
It shall be in order for any member if in the majority to move
for the reconsideration of any vote in question at the same meeting
or at the next succeeding regular or adjourned meeting. A motion to
reconsider being put and lost shall not be renewed.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1771]
Any member desirous of terminating the debate may call the question.
If a majority of the members present vote in the affirmative, the
main question shall be put to a vote without further debate, and its
effect shall be to put an end to all debate and bring the Board to
a direct vote, first upon any pending amendment and then upon the
main question.
The deliberations of this board while in session shall be governed
by the manual of parliamentary practice commonly known as "Robert's
Rules of Order," except when otherwise limited or modified by this
chapter.
No business shall be considered by the Board unless presented
by a member of the Board and properly noticed under the Wisconsin
Open Meetings Law.[1]
[Amended by Ord. No. 1823]
When required by law or ordinance, notices including agendas
and minutes of meetings shall be published by posting in at least
one public place in the Village likely to give notice to persons affected
and electronically on the Village Internet website, and at two additional
locations and in a published newspaper if required by statute based
on the nature of the meeting or actions taken.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1823]
A.
The Village Board is empowered to declare by ordinance or resolution
an emergency existing within the Village whenever conditions arise,
either within the Village or within other municipalities or areas,
by reason of war, conflagration, flood, heavy snow storm, blizzard,
catastrophe, disaster, riot or civil commotion, acts of God, and including
conditions, without limitation or restriction because of enumeration,
which impair transportation, food or fuel supplies, medical care,
fire, health or police protection or other vital facilities of the
Village, or endanger the health or police protection or other vital
facilities of the Village, or endanger the health, welfare or safety
of persons or property in the Village. The period of such emergency
shall be limited by such ordinance or resolution to the time during
which such emergency conditions exist or are likely to exist. Even
though none of the conditions exist which authorize a declaration
of an emergency under this provision, an emergency may be declared
if there are reasonable grounds for belief that any one or more of
said conditions is impending or threatened.
B.
The emergency power of the Village Board herewith conferred shall
include such general authority to order, by ordinance or resolution,
whatever is necessary and expedient for the health, safety, welfare
and good order of the Village in such emergency, and shall include
such authority as is necessary and expedient without limitation or
restriction because of enumeration and shall include the power to
bar, restrict or remove all unnecessary traffic, both vehicular and
pedestrian, from the streets and highways in the Village, notwithstanding
any provision of Chapters 341 to 349, Wis. Stats., or any other provisions
of law, or ordinances of this Village.
C.
The President or Acting President shall exercise by proclamation
all of the powers herewith conferred upon the Village Board which
within the discretion of the President or Acting President are necessary
and expedient for the purposes herein set forth whenever, because
of such emergency conditions, the Village Board shall be unable to
meet with promptness or because of the existence or threat of such
conditions the action is reasonably necessary prior to a meeting of
the Village Board. Any such proclamation by the President or acting
President shall be subject to ratification, alteration, modification
or repeal by the Village Board as soon as the Village Board shall
be able to meet, but such ratification, alteration, modification or
repeal by the Village Board shall not affect the validity or force
or effect of any such prior proclamation by the President or acting
President.
D.
Public notice of the adoption of any ordinance or resolution or the
issuance of any proclamation pursuant to the authority above given
shall be given promptly in a manner which reasonably can be considered
will advise the residents of the Village of the adoption of such resolution,
ordinance or issuance of such a proclamation, such as, but not limited
to, news accounts or advertisements in the press, on television and
over radio stations and posting in places in the Village likely to
give notice to persons affected, and electronically on the Village
Internet website.
