The Town of Rome is a body corporate and politic, with those
powers granted by law. The Town shall be designated in all actions
and proceedings by its name, the Town of Rome.
The Town Meeting having, by resolution, directed the Town Board
to exercise all powers relating to villages and conferred on village
boards by Chapter 61, Wis. Stats., the Town shall have said powers
through its Board. This is a continuing grant of powers.
[Amended 10-4-2018 by Ord. No. 18-12]
Regular meetings of the Town Board shall be as scheduled and
noticed by the Town Board. All meetings of the Town Board shall be
held at the Municipal Building of the Town of Rome unless specified
otherwise in the minutes of the preceding meeting or by written notice
posted at the regular meeting place at least three hours prior to
any meeting. Pursuant to § 60.24(1)(a), Wis. Stats., the
presiding officer at meetings of the Town Board is the Town Chairperson.
If the Town Chairperson is not present at the time for the call to
order, the senior member of the Town Board present, based on date
of original election as a member of the Town Board, shall call the
meeting of the Town Board to order, and call the initial roll call.
The Town Board shall then, by motion, elect an acting Town Chair for
the meeting.
[Amended 10-4-2018 by Ord. No. 18-13; 5-16-2019 by Ord. No. 19-07; 4-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05; 8-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-15]
Contacting the Town Attorney shall be limited to the following
authorized persons: the Town Clerk/Treasurer, Town Administrator,
Town Chairperson, Police Chief, Fire Chief, Director of Public Works,
Water Utility Director, Town Assessor, Building Inspector, Zoning
Administrator, President of the Lester Public Library Board of Trustees
and the Chairperson of the Police and Fire Commission.
Any of the provisions of §§
95-6 through
95-9, inclusive, of this chapter may be suspended temporarily by a majority of the Town Board members present at any meeting.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition
commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the
Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words
used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number and words in the singular number
include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and
not merely directory:
PERSON
Includes a corporation, firm partnership, association, organization
and any other group acting as a unit as well as individuals, including
a personal representative, receiver or other representative appointed
according to law. Whenever the term "person" is used in any section
of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships
or associations, the work shall include the partners or members thereof,
and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members
thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
TOWN
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed
designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and
Town committees.
TOWN BOARD or BOARD
The present governing body of the Town or any successors
to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate
thereof.