The Alderpersons of the City of Amery shall constitute the City
Council. The City Council shall be vested with all the powers of the
City not specifically given some other officer, as well as those powers
set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
[Amended 7-10-2019 by Ord. No. 10-2019]
The City Council, at its first meeting subsequent to the regular
election and qualification of new members shall, after organization,
annually choose from its members a President who, in the absence of
the Mayor, shall preside at meetings of the Council and, during the
absence or inability of the Mayor, shall have the powers and duties
of the Mayor, except that he/she shall not have power to approve an
act of the Council which the Mayor has disapproved by filing objections
with the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer. He/she shall, when so
officiating, be styled "Acting Mayor." The President of the Council
shall be elected for a one-year term of office.
The City Council, on behalf of the City, may join with other
villages, towns, or cities or other governmental entities in a cooperative
arrangement for executing any power or duty in order to attain greater
economy or efficiency, including joint employment of appointive officers
and employees and joint purchasing programs.
The City Council has the power to preserve order at its meetings,
compel attendance of Alderpersons and punish nonattendance. The City
Council shall be judge of the election and qualification of its members.
[Amended 2-7-2024 by Ord. No. 03-2024]
A. Salary determination. The Mayor and Alderpersons who make up the
City Council, whether operating under general or special law, may,
by majority vote of all the members of the City Council, determine
that an annual salary or per diem compensation be paid the Mayor and
Alderpersons. Salaries hereto established shall so remain until changed
by ordinance and shall not be increased or diminished during their
terms of office. Unexcused absence will result in nonpayment for the
particular meeting missed.
B. Establishment
of salaries for elected officials.
(1) The
salary of the Mayor shall be $12,000 per year, said amount to be paid
quarterly.
(2) The
salary of an Alderperson shall be $5,000 per year, said amount to
be paid quarterly.
Except as provided in § 19.85, Wis. Stats., all meetings
of the City Council, committees thereof, and City boards, committees
and commissions shall be open to the public.
The following procedures shall be followed at public hearings,
and may also be followed when citizen input is necessary during regular
items of business before the City Council:
A. The presiding officer shall generally call on those persons who wish
to speak on the matter, or call initially on those persons who wish
to speak for the proposition. Each person wishing to speak for the
proposition shall give his or her name and address.
B. Each person speaking initially on the matter or specifically behalf
of the proposition shall be limited in time to five minutes.
C. The presiding officer shall then call on those persons who wish to
oppose the proposition if the presiding officer has first asked for
only those favoring the proposition to speak.
D. Each such person speaking in opposition to the proposition shall
give his or her name and address and shall also be limited to five
minutes.
E. Any person wishing to speak in rebuttal to any statements made may,
with the permission of the presiding officer, do so; provided, however,
such rebuttal statement shall be limited to three minutes by any one
individual.
F. When the presiding officer in his/her discretion is satisfied that
the proposition has been heard, he/she shall announce the fact that
the hearing is concluded.