[Adopted 12-14-2015 by Ord. No. 15-12-01]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Village of Birnamwood, pursuant to § 61.195, Wis.
Stats., hereby elects not to be governed by those portions of §§ 61.19,
61.25 and 61.26, Wis. Stats., which are in conflict with this article.
The offices of Village Clerk and Village Treasurer are hereby
consolidated, and the duties of both offices shall be performed by
the person appointed as Village Clerk-Treasurer by the Village President,
subject to confirmation by the Village Board, commencing on May 1,
2016. The incumbent Village Clerk and Village Treasurer shall continue
to serve in their separate offices until the appointment and qualification
of a Village Clerk-Treasurer. If a vacancy occurs in either office
prior to the Clerk-Treasurer's appointment, the Village Board may
appoint the remaining incumbent to perform the duties of both offices.
The appointed Village Clerk-Treasurer shall hold office for
an indefinite term, subject to removal as provided in § 17.13,
Wis. Stats.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall perform all duties required
of both the offices of Clerk and Treasurer as provided by law and
those other duties as the Village Board directs to be executed by
the Clerk-Treasurer from time to time.
Annual audits shall be made of the records of the Clerk-Treasurer,
with the audit to be made by a certified public accountant.
All ordinances of parts of ordinances in direct conflict herewith
are hereby repealed. All ordinances imposing duties and responsibilities
upon the Clerk shall, effective January 1, 2016, be performed by the
Clerk-Treasurer, and all ordinances imposing duties and responsibilities
upon the Treasurer shall, effective January 1, 2016, be performed
by the Clerk-Treasurer.
This is a charter ordinance and shall take effect 60 days after
its passage and publication unless within such 60-day period a referendum
petition as provided by § 66.0101(5) Wis. Stats., shall
be filed, in which event this article shall not take effect until
it shall have been submitted to a referendum vote of the electors
and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
[Adopted 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-9-1]
The Treasurer of the Village of Birnamwood is exempted from
giving the bond specified in § 70.67(2), Wis. Stats.
The Village hereby obligates itself to pay, in case the Village
Clerk-Treasurer fails so to do, all state and county taxes that the
Treasurer is required to pay to the County Treasurer.