[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Neillsville as Title 2, Ch. 4, of the 1985 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Composition. The Board of Review shall consist of the Mayor, the City Clerk-Treasurer and the members of the Common Council.
B. 
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
C. 
Meetings. The Board of Review shall meet annually on the second Monday of May at the City Hall of the City of Neillsville, and notice of such meeting shall be published pursuant to the state statutes. The Board may adjourn from day to day or from time to time, until such time as its business is completed, providing that adequate notice of each adjournment is so given.
[Amended 1-24-1986 by Ord. No. 863]
A. 
Organization: terms.
(1) 
There is hereby created, pursuant to Ch. 43, Wis. Stats., a municipal Library Board for the City of Neillsville, consisting of a seven-member board in three classes, three of such members shall serve for a period of three years, two to serve for two years, and two to serve for a period of one year.
(2) 
Terms of such members shall be from July 1 in the year of their appointment, and thereafter each regular appointment shall be for a term of three years. All members shall be residents of the City of Neillsville, except that two members may be from adjoining towns. Members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to majority approval by the Common Council. The Mayor shall appoint as one of the Library Board members a School District Administrator, or his/her 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 officers that they deem necessary to prescribe and adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the library.
B. 
Powers and duties:
(1) 
The Library Board shall have the duties and powers prescribed by Ch. 43, Wis. Stats., and more particularly set forth in § 43.58, Wis. Stats.
(2) 
In addition, the Library Board shall submit yearly a line-by-line budget for approval by a majority of the Common Council.
(3) 
After Council approval of the line-by-line budget, transfer of funds by the Library Board may be made only by a 2/3 vote of the entire membership of the Library Board.
A. 
Composition. The City of Neillsville Board of Health shall consist of the Mayor and the Common Council serving as a committee of the whole.
B. 
Officers. The Mayor shall serve as the Chair of the Board of Health.
C. 
Power of appointment. The Board of Health may appoint persons to aid them.
D. 
Responsibilities.
(1) 
The Board of Health shall take such measures as shall be most effectual for the preservation of the public health. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health of the City of Neillsville to assume the general administration of health and sanitation laws and regulations in the City, to supervise the work of the Health Officer and to attend to the administration and enforcement of the health laws of the state and the rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Health and the ordinances of the City.
(2) 
Powers. The Board shall take such measures and make such rules and regulations as shall be necessary and effectual for the preservation and promotion of the public health in the City of Neillsville. All orders and regulations of the Board shall be published in the official newspaper and after publication, shall have the force and effect of ordinances, including penalty for violation.
[Amended 3-14-1995 by Ord. No. 927]
A. 
How constituted; terms. The Commission on Public Works/Utilities shall consist of the Mayor and the Common Council serving as a committee of the whole.
B. 
Organization. The members of the Commission on Public Works/Utilities shall, on the fourth Tuesday in April of each year, choose a President of the Commission from their number. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall be the Secretary of the Commission by virtue of his/her office. The Commission may establish such special committees and their membership as it may deem advisable to perform such duties as may be assigned to them.
C. 
Rules for, by Council. The Council may make such rules as the Council deems proper, not contravening this section, for the government of the Commission on Public Works/Utilities and the manner in which the business of said Commission shall be conducted.
D. 
Quorum; record; report. A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for doing business. They shall keep a record of all their proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any elector of such City.
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Duties and powers.
(1) 
In general. It shall be the duty of the Commission, under the direction of the Council, to superintend all public works and keep the streets, alleys, sewers and public works and places in repair.
(2) 
Unusual use of streets. No building shall be moved through the streets without a written permit therefor granted by the Commission on Public Works/Utilities, except where the Council has by ordinance authorized some other officer or officers to issue a permit therefor. The Commission shall determine the time and manner of using the streets for laying or changing water or gas pipes, or placing and maintaining electric light, telegraph and telephone poles therein; provided, that its decision in this regard may be reviewed by the Council.
(3) 
Restoring streets. In case any corporation or individual shall neglect to repair or restore to its former condition any street, alley or sidewalk excavated, altered or taken up, within the time and in the manner directed by the Commission, said Commission shall cause the same to be done at the expense of said corporation or individual. The expense thereof, when chargeable to a lot owner, shall be certified to the City Clerk-Treasurer by the Commission, and if not paid shall be carried into the tax roll as a special tax against the lot.
(4) 
Water sewer utilities. The management, operation and control of the water utilities and sewage utilities (including plants, water mains, sewer lines, pumping stations, etc.) are vested in the Commission.
(5) 
Further duties. The Commission on Public Works/Utilities shall have charge of the water and sewer works of the City of Neillsville and all connections and appurtenances thereto. Said Commission shall be in charge of all matters pertaining or relating to water or sewer services not inconsistent with the ordinances of said City of the laws of the State of Wisconsin. They shall have charge of the help, laborers, engines, etc. working or located in or about the water works, purchasing of materials, supplies, and in connection with the work pertaining to said services. They shall make reasonable rules and regulations governing the use and control of the water and sewer services.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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 and subject to confirmation by the Common Council. The members shall serve without compensation 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 Chair.
B. 
Powers. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(1) 
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of Chapter 450, Zoning, of the City Code.
(2) 
To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the City of Neillsville zoning and floodplain zoning regulations upon which the Board of Appeals is required to pass.
(3) 
To authorize, upon appeal in specific cases, such variance from the terms of the City zoning 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 Chapter 450, Zoning, of this 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 Chapter 450, Zoning, of this Code, for such public utility 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 three 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 requirement of the Zoning Code. 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. No order of the Zoning Board of Appeals granting a variance shall be valid for a period longer than six months from the date of such order unless the land use permit is obtained within such period and the erection or alteration of a building is started or the use is commenced within such period.
C. 
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the Chair and at such other times as the Board may determine. All hearings conducted by the said Board shall be open to the public. The Board 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 public record. The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure not in conflict with this section or with the applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
D. 
Offices. The Common Council shall provide suitable offices for holding hearings and the preservation of records, documents, and accounts.
E. 
Appropriations. The Common Council shall appropriate funds to carry out the duties of the Board and the Board shall have the authority to expend, under regular procedure, all sums appropriated to it for the purpose and activities authorized herein.
[Amended 9-14-1999 by Ord. No. 965]
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Composition. The Planning Commission shall consist of the Mayor, the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Board, a Council member, and four citizens. The Director of Public Works shall be an ex officio member of the Commission.
B. 
Appointment.
(1) 
The Council member of the Commission shall be elected by a 2/3 vote of the Common Council, initially and during each April thereafter.
(2) 
Citizen members. The three regular citizen members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council. The original citizen members shall be appointed upon creation of the commission and shall hold office for a period of one, two and three years, respectively, from the succeeding first day of May and thereafter annually during the month of April such member shall be appointed for a term of three years.
C. 
Record. The Planning Commission shall keep a written record of its proceedings to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer. Four members shall constitute a quorum but all actions shall require the affirmative approval of a majority of all of the members of the Commission.
D. 
Duties.
(1) 
The Master Plan.
(a) 
The Plan Commission shall make, adopt and, as necessary, amend, extend or add to the Master Plan, subject to Common Council confirmation, for the physical development of the City including areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Planning Commission's judgment, bear relation to the development of the City. The Master Plan, with the accompanying maps, plats and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for such physical development, and may include, among other things without limitation because of enumeration, the general location, character and extent of streets, highways, freeways, street grades, roadways, walks, parking areas, public places and areas, parks, parkways, playgrounds, sites for public buildings and structures, and the general location and extent of sewers, water conduits and other public utilities whether privately or publicly owned, the acceptance, widening, narrowing, extension, relocation, removal, vacation, abandonment or change of use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces, buildings, properties, utilities, routes or terminals, the general location, character and extent of community centers and neighborhood units, and a comprehensive zoning plan.
(b) 
The Commission may adopt the Master Plan as a whole by a single resolution, or, as the work of making the whole Master Plan progresses, may from time to time by resolution adopt a part or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan. The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition shall be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of all the members of the Planning Commission, subject to confirmation by the Common Council. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended by the Commission to form the whole or any part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the secretary of the Commission, and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the Common Council. The purpose and effect of the adoption and certifying of the Master Plan or part thereof shall be solely to aid the Planning Commission and the Common Council in the performance of their duties.
(2) 
Matters referred to the Commission. The Common Council or officer of the City having final authority thereon shall refer to the Planning Commission for its consideration and report before final action is taken by the Council, public body or officer, the following matters: The location of any statue or other memorial; the location, acceptance, extension, alteration, vacation, abandonment, change of use, sale, acquisition of land for or lease of land for any street, alley or other public ways, park, playground, airport, area for parking vehicles, or other memorial or public grounds; the location, extension, abandonment or authorization for any public utility whether publicly or privately owned; all plats of lands in the City or within the territory over which the City is given platting jurisdiction by Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.; the location, character and extent or acquisition, leasing or sale of lands for public or semi-public housing, slum clearance, relief of congestion, or vacation camps for children; and the amendment or repeal of any land use ordinance. Unless such report from the Commission is made within 30 days, or such longer period as may be stipulated by the Common Council, the Council or other public body or officer may take final action without it.
(3) 
Miscellaneous powers. The Commission may make reports and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the City to public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and citizens. It may recommend to the Common Council, programs for public improvements and the financing thereof. All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Commission, within a reasonable time, such available information as it may require for its work. The Commission, its members and employees, in the performance of its functions, may enter upon any land, make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and markers thereon. In general, the Commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions and promote municipal planning in cooperation with the Common Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
Composition. The Board of Park Commissioners of the City of Neillsville, known as the "Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Neillsville," shall consist of seven persons residing in the Neillsville School District to be chosen by the Mayor, including one Council member.
B. 
Appointment of members. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to appoint seven persons of said City who shall constitute such Parks and Recreation Board with one Council member. All appointments shall be for three years, except that the Council member shall be annually appointed. All appointments shall be subject to approval of the Common Council.
C. 
Powers and duties. The Parks and Recreation Board is empowered and directed:
(1) 
To govern, manage, control, improve and care for all public parks located within, or partly within and partly without, the corporate limits of the City and to secure the quiet, orderly and suitable use and enjoyment thereof by the people; also to adopt rules and regulations to promote these purposes.
(2) 
To acquire in the name of the City for park purposes by gift, purchase, devise, bequest or condemnation, either absolutely or in trust, money, real or personal property, or any incorporeal right or privilege, provided that gifts to the City of money or other property, real or personal either absolutely or in trust, for park purposes shall be accepted only after they have been recommended by the Board to the Common Council and approved by said Common Council by resolution.
(3) 
To buy or lease lands in the name of the City for park purposes within or without the City and with the approval of the Common Council; to sell or exchange property no longer required for its purposes.
(4) 
To execute every trust imposed upon the use of property or property rights by the deed, testament or other conveyance transferring the title of such property to the City for park purposes.
(5) 
Such other and further duties as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the purposes of said Board.
D. 
Record. The Parks and Recreation Board shall keep a written record of its proceedings to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
There is hereby created a Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the City of Neillsville, Wisconsin, pursuant to § 62.13, Wis. Stats. Said Board shall consist of five members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council. The Mayor in the first instance shall appoint five members of said Board for terms expiring upon the appointment of their respective successors in the years 1965 through 1970, both inclusive. Beginning with the year 1965, each appointment shall be made for the term of five years as provided by statute. Said Board shall have the power and authority prescribed by § 62.13, Wis. Stats.
[Amended 7-23-1985 by Ord. No. 859; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
The City of Neillsville Airport Committee shall consist of the Director of Public Works, one Council and three citizen members appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation. The citizen members shall have six-year terms of office. The Council member shall be annually appointed at the April organizational meeting of the Common Council. The term of the Director of Public Works shall coincide with the term of that office.
B. 
The Committee shall be responsible for managing the Neillsville Airport, under the general direction of the Common Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2-4-10, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 3-14-1995 by Ord. No. 927.
[Amended 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 963]
A. 
Appointment. There is hereby created a Board of Cemetery Commissioners consisting of five persons to be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Common Council. Their terms shall be for one year commencing on the first day of May after their appointment.
B. 
Cemetery sexton. The Cemetery Commission shall appoint a Cemetery Sexton who shall serve until removed by action of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners. He/she shall be responsible for the administration of this section and any supplemental rules and regulations adopted by the Board or the Common Council. As far as possible the Sexton shall utilize the services of existing City officials and employees.
C. 
Salary. The Cemetery Sexton and cemetery employees shall receive such salaries and/or wages as are determined by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners and approved by the Common Council.
[Amended 5-11-1999 by Ord. No. 964]
A. 
Composition. The Commission on Economic Development shall consist of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed each year for a term of three years, subject to Council confirmation, with one member being the current acting Mayor.
B. 
Duties.
(1) 
To confer with and advise the Mayor, Common Council and Planning Commission on all matters concerning the industrial development of the City.
(2) 
To advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities of the City within the means provided by any appropriations made therefor by the Council.
(3) 
To collect data and information as to the type of industries best suited to the City.
(4) 
To develop, compile and coordinate information regarding available areas suitable for industrial development.
(5) 
To encourage the proper zoning and orderly development of areas suitable for industrial development and to promote the interest of economic development of such areas of the City.
(6) 
To aid the Common Council and Planning Commission in the attraction of new industries and in the encouragement of expansion by existing industries and businesses.
(7) 
To cooperate with all industries and businesses in the City in the solution of any community problems which they might have, and to encourage the management of such concerns to have a healthy and constructive interest in the City's welfare.
(8) 
To periodically survey the overall condition of the City from the standpoint of determining whether the City has a community climate and furnishes such services and facilities as are conducive to industrial and economic expansion.
(9) 
To confer with and advise the Mayor and Common Council on the management of the City's industrial park and the leasing, sale or use of other City-owned properties for industrial purposes.
[Amended 3-14-2023 by Ord. No. 1073]
The Mayor, subject to Council confirmation, shall appoint five persons to the Grants Committee for three-year terms of office. Two members shall be appointed one year, and one member in each of the following two years. In addition, a Council member shall also be a member of the Committee. In cooperation with the Mayor and Common Council, the Committee shall seek any and all grants for which the City may be eligible, apply for, or assist in the application of such grants and, as determined appropriate, help in the administering of grants received by the City of Neillsville.
[Added 11-10-2016 by Ord. No. 1054]
A. 
Composition. The Tourism Commission of the City of Neillsville shall consist of five persons, of which at least one person must be an owner or operator of a lodging facility within the City of Neillsville. All other members of the Commission can be either citizens of Neillsville and/or elected officials.
B. 
Appointment. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to appoint five members. All appointments shall be for one-year terms. All appointments shall be subject to approval of the Common Council.
C. 
Powers and duties. The Tourism Commission is empowered and directed to:
(1) 
Annually elect a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a treasurer.
(2) 
Meet on a regular basis as needed for tourism promotion and tourism development.
(3) 
Receive from the City of Neillsville 70% of the room tax collected each year.
(4) 
Monitor the spending of the room tax funds received.
(5) 
Contract with another organization to perform the functions of a tourism entity.
(6) 
Report any delinquent room tax collections or inaccurate room tax expenditures to the Common Council.
(7) 
Assure that all of the room tax revenues received by the Commission are spent on tourism promotion and tourism development, as defined in § 66.0615(1)(fm), Wis. Stats.
(8) 
Assure the organization contracted with provides all necessary information to the City Clerk-Treasurer to timely meet the room tax reporting requirements.
[Amended 7-12-2022 by Ord. No. 1068]
A. 
Composition. The Personnel Committee shall have four members, consisting of the Mayor and three Council members. The Personnel Committee shall be appointed each year by the Mayor, subject to approval of the Common Council.
B. 
Duties. The Personnel Committee shall have the authority to recommend matters to the Common Council or Finance Committee, as appropriate, in the following matters:
(1) 
Development, review and implementation of personnel policies and procedures in accordance with all local, state and federal laws.
(2) 
Changes to local ordinances regarding employment to assure compliance with local, state and federal laws, as well as the needs of the municipality.
(3) 
Compensation for employees with suggested rate ranges for each position.
(4) 
Salaries, hourly wages, fringe benefits, health insurance, worker's compensation and percentage participation.
(5) 
Adjustments to non-union employee wages.
(6) 
Union contract negotiations.
(7) 
Best practice plans for training employees and department heads for inclusion in the annual budget.
(8) 
Policies to create and maintain personnel files as required by law.
(9) 
Human resources policies.
(10) 
Prospective employees for hire.
(11) 
Grievances of employees as required by the personnel policy.
(12) 
Information technology policies for hardware, software and cyber security.
C. 
Record. The Personnel Committee shall keep a written record of its proceedings to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.