[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Colby 10-5-1995 as Title 2, Ch. 4, of the 1995
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
How constituted. The Board of Review shall consist of the Mayor,
Clerk-Treasurer and the members of the Common Council or citizen appointees.
If the Common Council decides to appoint citizens to serve on the
Board of Review, such citizens shall be appointed for a staggered
three-year term by the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation.
B.
Compensation. The members of the Board of Review shall receive a
salary as determined by resolution of the Common Council for each
day or fraction thereof that the Board is in session for the purpose
of hearing and considering testimony or in making its report and determination.
C.
Objections to valuations to be written. No person shall be permitted
to appear and make objection before the Board of Review to the amount
of valuation of any property unless objection thereto shall first
have been made in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Board prior
to the adjournment of public hearing by the Board.
D.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
E.
Board's duty. The Board shall carefully examine the assessment roll
and correct all apparent errors in description or computation. It
shall add all omitted property but shall not raise or lower the assessment
of any property except after hearing, as provided by the Statutes.
A.
Organization; terms.
(1)
There is hereby created, pursuant to Ch. 43, Wis. Stats., a municipal
Library Board for the City consisting of seven members. Membership
shall consist of citizens appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation
by the Common Council. Pursuant to § 43.54(1), Wis. Stats.,
up to two members of the Library Board may be residents of towns adjacent
to the City.
(2)
Terms of such members shall be from July 1 in the year of their appointment,
and thereafter each regular appointment shall be for staggered terms
of three years. One member of the Common Council shall be appointed
as an ex officio liaison member of the Library Board. Citizen members
shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common
Council. The Alderman liaison member shall be appointed annually by
the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council. The Mayor
shall appoint as one of the Library Board members the school district
administrator, or his representative, to represent the public school
district or districts in which the library is located.
(3)
A majority of the membership of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(4)
As soon as practicable after the first appointments, at a date and
place fixed by the appointing officer, and annually thereafter, within
30 days after the time designated in this section for the beginning
of terms, the members of the Library Board shall organize by election
from among their number a President and such other offices that they
deem necessary to prescribe and adopt rules and regulations for the
operation of the library.
B.
Duties and powers.
(1)
The Library Board shall have the duties and powers as prescribed
by Ch. 43, Wis. Stats. and more particularly set forth in § 43.58,
Wis. Stats.
(2)
The Library Board shall control the expenditure of all moneys collected,
donated or appropriated for the library fund, and shall have charge,
control and custody of all lands, buildings, money or other property
devised, bequeathed, given or granted to or otherwise acquired or
leased by the City for library purposes. The Board shall audit and
approve all vouchers for the expenditure of the library and shall
present such vouchers to the City Clerk-Treasurer with a statement
thereon, signed by the secretary, that the expenditure has been incurred
and the Board has audited and approved the bill. The Clerk-Treasurer
shall thereupon draw his order upon the treasurer and the same shall
be paid as are other City orders.
C.
Compensation. No compensation shall be paid to Board members for
their service, but they may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary
expenses incurred in performing their duties outside the City if so
authorized by the Board.
D.
Librarian and assistants. The Board may appoint a librarian and such
other assistants and employees as it deems necessary, and prescribe
their duties and compensation.
E.
Claims. Any person having any claim or demand against the City out
of any act or omission of the Library Board shall file a written statement
thereof with the Board; and if the claim or demand or any part thereof
be disallowed, the claimant may bring an action against the City in
the manner that an action may be brought after the disallowance of
a claim by the Council.
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified
in § 62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats. The Zoning Board of Appeals
shall consist of five members, and two alternate members, appointed
by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council, for terms
of three years. The members shall be compensated as determined by
the Council and shall be removable by the Common Council for cause
upon written charges and upon public hearing. The Mayor shall designate
one of the members Chairman.
B.
Powers. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error
in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the City's zoning or building code
ordinances.[1]
(3)
To authorize, upon appeal in specific cases, such variance from the
terms of the City's zoning or building code regulations as will not
be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to special conditions,
a literal enforcement will result in practical difficulty or unnecessary
hardship, so that the spirit of the zoning code shall be observed,
public safety and welfare secured and substantial justice done; provided,
however, that no such action shall have the effect of establishing
in any district a use or uses not permitted in such district.
(4)
To permit the erection and use of a building or premises in any location
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards in harmony with the
general purposes of the zoning code, for such purposes which are reasonably
necessary for public convenience and welfare.
(5)
The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part,
or may modify any order, requirement, decision or determination appealed
from, and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination
as in its opinion ought to be made. The concurring vote of four members
of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be necessary to reverse any order,
requirement, decision or determination appealed from or to decide
in favor of the applicant on any matter on which it is required to
pass, or to effect any variation in the requirements of City zoning
ordinances. If a quorum is present, the Board of Appeals may take
action under this subsection by a majority vote of the members present.
The grounds of every such determination shall be stated and recorded.
Per § 62.23(7)(e)7, Wis. Stats., the Zoning Board of Appeals
may permit, in appropriate cases, and subject to appropriate conditions
and safeguards in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the
zoning code, a building or premises to be erected or used for such
public utility purposes in any location which is reasonably necessary
for the public convenience and welfare.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
C.
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall
be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as the
Board may determine. All hearings conducted by the Board shall be
open to the public. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall keep minutes
of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question,
or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall
keep records of its examination and other official actions, all of
which shall be immediately filed in the office of the Board and shall
be a public record. The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure
not in conflict with this section or with applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
D.
Offices. The Common Council shall provide suitable meeting space
for holding the Zoning Board of Appeals' hearings.
The Colby-Abbotsford Police Commission shall be appointed and serve pursuant to § 120-1 of the Code of the City of Colby.
A.
Regular meetings. Every board, committee and commission created by
or existing under the ordinances of the City shall fix a regular date,
time and place for its meeting.
B.
Notice of meetings.
(1)
Every meeting of any board or commission of the City of Colby and/or
any committee appointed or created by the Mayor or Common Council
of the City of Colby shall be preceded by public notice and shall
be held in open session at a place acceptable to the public in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 19, Subchapter V, Open Meetings of
Governmental Bodies, Wis. Stats., unless otherwise authorized by law.
(2)
Such notice shall be given in writing to the official newspaper and,
in addition thereto, shall be posted in at least one location likely
to give notice to the public of such meeting.
(3)
A separate public notice shall be given for each meeting at a time
and date reasonably proximate to the time and date of the meeting,
but not less than 24 hours prior to the commencement of such meeting
unless otherwise authorized by law.
C.
Form of notice. Such notice shall set forth the time, date, place
and subject matter of the meeting, including that intended for consideration
at any contemplated closed session which may be authorized by law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
D.
Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission or committee
of the City of Colby shall be notified by the secretary thereof or
designee that a meeting is to be held, and the time and place of such
meeting and the subject to be considered thereat. No member shall
be intentionally excluded from any meeting by a failure to give proper
notice or a reasonable attempt to give proper notice to such member.
E.
Minutes to be kept. Every board, commission and committee shall keep
a record of the minutes of its proceedings and shall cause a signed
copy thereof to be filed by its secretary with the City Clerk-Treasurer
within one week of the meeting date. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall
furnish a copy of all minutes filed with him/her to the Mayor and
to each member of the Common Council. All such minutes shall be public
records.[1]
A.
Residency. No person not a resident of and not residing in the City
of Colby shall be appointed to any City board or commission, except
that the Library Board, pursuant to state law, may have as members
up to two persons who reside in towns adjacent to the City. Any board
or commission member who moves from the City shall immediately be
removed from such board or commission.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.
Attendance standard. Members of boards, committees and commissions
are required to attend a minimum of 2/3 of the meetings of their respective
bodies in each six-month period, unless excused by the membership
of their body. Failure to comply with this subsection may result in
the removal and replacement of the official found to be in noncompliance.
A.
Except as provided herein, the provisions of § 95-19 of the Code of the City of Colby relating to rules of procedure for the Common Council, together with Robert's Rules of Order, shall as far as applicable also apply to committee, board and commission meetings.
B.
A simple majority of the members of a committee or commission shall
constitute a quorum.
