The City of Marshfield (City) and Villages of Spencer and Stratford (Villages), Marathon and Wood Counties, Wisconsin, acting pursuant to § 61.34(1), Wis. Stats., are hereby authorized to and do establish a joint Municipal Court, as described in §
30-4 below.
The purpose of this article shall be to promote the general
health, safety, and welfare and to maintain required local uniformity
of the enforcement of the participating City and Villages.
The scope of this article includes enforcement of all ordinances
adopted by the participating City and Villages which ordinances are
in effect as of the effective date of this article, together will
all such ordinances adopted hereinafter and during the existence of
the described Municipal Court.
Pursuant to the authority granted by Ch. 755, Wis. Stats., there
is hereby created and established a Municipal Court for the joint
exercise of the power granted to the City of Marshfield, Village of
Spencer, and Village of Stratford under § 755.01(1), Wis.
Stats., to be designated as the "Marshfield Area Municipal Court,"
said Court to become operative upon the date of the enactment of identical
ordinances and ratification of an operating agreement by each affected
municipality. For purposes of this requirement, the term "identical
ordinances" shall refer to ordinances which contain the same, exact
substantive terms and conditions; nonetheless, it shall not be required
that each municipality number or otherwise include this ordinance
within its respective Code of Ordinances using the same, exact nomenclature.
The Municipal Judge shall collect all forfeitures, taxable costs,
and assessments in any action or proceeding and shall pay over such
moneys to the City of Marshfield Finance Director within seven days
of receipt. At such time, the Municipal Court shall report to the
City of Marshfield Finance Director the title, nature of offenses,
and amount of judgments imposed in actions and proceedings in which
such monies were collected in accordance with § 800.10(2),
Wis. Stats. Should the Judge at any time fail to so report and deposit,
his or her salary shall be suspended until such reports and deposits
are made current.
In accordance with § 755.01(4), Wis. Stats., the City
of Marshfield, Village of Spencer, and Village of Stratford shall
enter into a joint operating agreement to exercise the authority under
§ 755.01(1), Wis. Stats.
This article, whose substantive terms shall be adopted by the
City of Marshfield, Village of Spencer, and Village of Stratford,
shall not be deemed to have been amended by any of the governing boards
unless and until each of the governing boards shall adopt the same,
exact ordinance amending or creating this article.