[Adopted as Title 2, Chapter 4 of the Code
of Ordinances]
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 771]
A.
Composition. The Board of Review shall consist of
five city residents, public officials and/or public employees who
shall be annually appointed by the Mayor, confirmed by the Common
Council at the Council's organizational meeting and serve without
compensation. If an appointed member is unable to serve, the Mayor
may appoint an alternate member.
B.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review
shall be as prescribed in W.S.A. ss. 70.46 and 70.47.
C.
Meetings. The Board of Review shall meet annually
on the second Monday of May at the City Hall of the City of Rice Lake,
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, provided that adequate
notice of each adjournment is so given.
D.
Clerk. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall be the Clerk
thereof, shall administer oaths and shall keep an accurate record
of all its proceedings.
A.
Organization; terms.
(1)
There is hereby created, pursuant to W.S.A. ch. 43,
a Municipal Library Board for the City of Rice Lake, consisting of
a seven-member board in three classes. Three of such members shall
serve for a period of three years, two shall serve for two years and
two shall serve for a period of one year.
(2)
Terms of such members shall be from July first in
the year of their appointment, and thereafter each regular appointment
shall be for a term of three years. Not more than one member of the
Common Council body shall at any one time be a member of the Library
Board. All other members shall be residents of the City of Rice Lake.
Members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by
the Common Council. The Mayor shall appoint as one of the Library
Board members a 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 officers that they deem necessary to prescribe and adopt rules
and regulations for the operation of the library.
B.
Duties and powers. The Library Board shall have the
duties and powers as prescribed by W.S.A. ch. 43 and more particularly
set forth in W.S.A. s. 43.58.
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State Law Reference: W.S.A. s. 43.54.
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A.
Composition. The City of Rice Lake 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 Chairman of
the Board of Health.
C.
Power of appointment. The Board of Health may appoint
persons to aid it.
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 Rice Lake 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
Rice Lake. 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.
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be
appointed as specified in W.S.A. s. 62.23(7)(e). The Zoning Board
of Appeals shall consist of five members who are residents of the
city appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the Common
Council. Two alternate members shall also be appointed, subject to
Council confirmation. 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 Chairman.
B.
Powers.
(1)
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following
powers:
(c)
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 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.
(d)
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.
(2)
The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm,
wholly or in part, or may modify any order, requirement, decision
or determination as in its opinion ought to be made in the circumstances.
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 the Zoning Code. 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 one year 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.
[Amended 1-25-2000 by Ord. No. 00-3]
C.
Meeting and rules. All meetings of the Board shall
be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as the
Board may determine. All hearings conducted by 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
examinations 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 of hearings and the presentation 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.
A.
Composition. The Plan Commission shall consist of
the Mayor, the President of the Board of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries,
an Alderman and four citizens who are residents of the city.
[Amended 9-12-1995 by Ord. No. 808]
B.
Appointment.
(1)
The Alderman member of the Commission shall be elected
by a two-thirds vote of the Common Council and during each April thereafter.
(2)
Citizen members. The four 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.
Organization of Commission. The Mayor shall serve
as presiding officer. The Plan Commission shall organize by the election
of a Vice Chairman, Secretary and such other officers as may in its
judgment be necessary. All the members of the Plan Commission, other
than Aldermen, shall serve as such without compensation, except that
if the Common Council deems advisable, the Secretary may receive such
compensation as may be fixed from time to time by the Council and
provided for in the appropriation ordinance (annual budget).
D.
Record. The Plan 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.
E.
Duties.
(1)
The Master Plan.
(a)
The Plan Commission may 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 Plan 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 Plan 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 Plan Commission and the Common
Council in the performance of their duties.
(2)
Mandatory referrals to Commission. The Common Council
or officer of the city having final authority thereon shall refer
to the Plan 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 W.S.A. ch. 236;
the location, character and extent or acquisition, leasing or sale
of lands for public or semipublic 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.
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State Law Reference: W.S.A. s. 62.23.
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[Amended 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 13-09]
A.
Members.
(1)
The Board of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries shall consist of an
Alderman appointed annually by the Mayor, a member of the Board of
Education appointed annually by the Mayor, and six citizens who are
residents of the City appointed by the Mayor for four-year terms,
with the terms staggered so that no more than one citizen shall be
appointed each year.
[Amended 11-9-2021 by Ord. No. 21-08]
(2)
All appointments by the Mayor shall be subject to confirmation by
the Common Council. The Alderman member shall serve as Chairman. The
Community Service Department Director, or his or her designee, shall
be Secretary of the Board, shall take minutes, but shall not be a
voting member.
B.
Powers
and duties. The Board shall have all the powers conferred by law upon
park, recreational and cemetery boards in cities of the fourth class
and shall be chargeable with all the duties so required, such as to
recommend and supervise work and administration of all parks, cemeteries,
playgrounds and recreational activities used for such purposes within
the City. This charge shall include all properties which are used
for parks, cemeteries, playgrounds and recreational activities, even
if the said parks are not dedicated as parks to the City. The Board
of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries is specifically empowered and
directed to:
(1)
Govern, manage, control, improve and care for all public parks and
properties used as public parks located within or partly within and
partly without the corporate limits of the City and secure the quiet,
orderly and suitable use and enjoyment thereof by the people and also
to adopt rules and regulations to promote these purposes, including
use of public parks for such recreational activities as the Board
designates.
(2)
To govern, manage, and control the use of said public parks by the
public for various recreation activities and to provide for the orderly
recreational use of those properties which are designed for said uses.
(3)
To govern, manage, and control all cemeteries within the City, all
cemeteries which are publicly owned and to provide for the proper
maintenance and transfer of said lots within said cemetery to and
from City and citizens or to and from citizens to other citizens.
(4)
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 other 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 (only)
shall be accepted only after they have been recommended by the Board
to the Common Council and approved by said Common Council by resolution.
(5)
Buy or lease lands in the name of the City for park and recreational
and cemetery 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.
(6)
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 or other purposes.
(7)
Confer with recreational associations and groups and their representatives
for the purpose of maximizing use of public properties under management
and control of the Board for the specific recreational activities
for which the properties have been designed, constructed, maintained
and used.
(8)
Establish regulations to insure proper public use of parks and other
properties under the Board's control.
(9)
Do such other and further duties as may be necessary for the proper
carrying out of the purposes of the Board, to wit, governing, managing,
and controlling the use of all properties used as parks and for recreational
activities within the City of Rice Lake, and for the perpetual maintenance
of cemeteries of the City.
C.
Record.
The Board of Parks, Recreation and Cemeteries shall keep a written
record of its proceedings, to include all actions taken, a copy of
which will be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 7-7, Airport
Commission, as amended, was repealed 3-26-2013 by Ord. No. 13-01.
[Amended 1-25-2000 by Ord. No. 00-3]
The Police and Fire Commission shall consist
of five citizens who are residents of the city, three of whom shall
constitute a quorum. The Mayor shall annually, between the last Monday
of April and the first Monday of May, appoint, in writing, to be filed
with the Secretary of the Commission, one member for a term of five
years. No appointment shall be made which will result in more than
three members of the Commission belonging to the same political party.
The Commission shall keep a record of its proceedings. The Police
and Fire Commission shall have the power and authority prescribed
by W.S.A. s. 62.13 and this Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 7-9, Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Committee, was repealed 5-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-03.
A.
Appointment, qualifications and tenure of Commissioners.
(1)
The Mayor shall, with the confirmation of the Council,
appoint five persons who are citizens of the city as Commissioners
of the Housing Authority. No Commissioner may be connected in any
official capacity with any political party, nor shall more than two
be officers of the city.
(2)
The Commissioners who are first appointed shall be
designated by the Mayor to serve for terms of one, two, three, four
and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment.
Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A Commissioner
shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner
as other appointments. Three Commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
The Mayor shall file with the City Clerk-Treasurer a certificate of
the appointment or reappointment of any Commissioner, and such certificate
shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of
such Commissioner, if such Commissioner has been duly confirmed as
herein provided and has duly taken and filed the official oath before
entering upon his office. A Commissioner shall receive no compensation
for his services, but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses,
including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.
B.
Selection of officers. When the office of the first
Chairman of the Authority becomes vacant, the Authority shall select
a Chairman from among its members. The Authority shall select from
among its members a Vice Chairman, and it may employ a Secretary (who
shall be executive director), technical experts and such other officers,
agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and
shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. The
Authority may call upon the City Attorney or chief law officer of
the city for such legal services as it may require. The Authority
may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers
or duties as it may deem proper.
C.
The Rice Lake Housing Authority shall have all the
power and perform all of the duties conferred upon it by W.S.A. s.
66.40.
[Added 4-12-2011 by Ord. No. 11-04][1]
A.
Council
member. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation of the Common
Council, three alderpersons to the committee.
B.
Other members.
The designated Council members shall invite participation from groups
or individuals with an interest in economic development within the
City of Rice Lake. Examples of such groups are: Rice Lake Development
Corporation, Main Street Association, Tourism, Rice Lake Chamber of
Commerce, Barron County Economic Development Corporation, Rice Lake
School District, UW-BC and WITC. Membership is not limited to the
groups listed.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 7-11, Commission
on Aging, was repealed 3-28-2000 by Ord. No. 00-2.
[Amended 1-25-2000 by Ord. No. 00-3]
Three of the four citizen members of the Plan
Commission, who are designated by the Mayor, shall be the city's representatives
on the Extraterritorial Zoning Committee. Such Committee shall have
the power and authority prescribed by W.S.A. s. 62.23(7a)(c) through
(g).
[Amended 4-22-1997 by Ord. No. 838; 2-28-2023 by Ord. No. 23-05]
A.
Creation. Pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 66.0615(1m), the City
of Rice Lake has established a Tourism Commission.
B.
Composition. The Tourism Commission shall consist of five members.
The members shall consist of one Alderperson, a minimum of one representative
of the Wisconsin hotel and motel industry, and up to three members
at large. All members of the Tourism Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor, subject to Common Council approval, for one-year terms
and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. Members may be reappointed
for additional terms.
C.
Officers. At the first meeting following the annual reorganization
meeting of the Common Council, the members of the Tourism Commission
shall elect the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, and Treasurer
of the Tourism Commission in accordance with the Tourism Commission's
bylaws. No member may serve two consecutive terms as Chairperson.
D.
Powers and duties.
(1)
The Tourism Commission shall have all of the powers and duties provided
under Wis. Stats. § 66.0615 and any other applicable statutes
and/or City ordinances. The Tourism Commission shall work toward the
goals of tourism promotion and tourism development in the City of
Rice Lake.
(2)
The Tourism Commission shall be responsible for creating and administering
a written room tax grant application process. The application must
include general guidelines, funding guidelines, eligibility criteria,
and information regarding payment of grant funds.
E.
Bylaws. The Tourism Commission shall establish bylaws to guide its
efforts to achieve the goals of tourism promotion and tourism development.
The Common Council must approve the Tourism Commission's bylaws
and any amendments to the bylaws. At least every five years, the Tourism
Commission's bylaws must be reviewed and approved by the Common
Council.
F.
Reporting. All minutes of the Tourism Commission must be received
by the City Clerk-Treasurer within 14 calendars days of approval of
such minutes by the Tourism Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 7-14, Citizens
Advisory Board, was repealed 3-28-2000 by Ord. No. 00-2.
B.
Composition of Commission. The Cable Commission shall
consist of five members appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation
by the City Council. One Commissioner shall be an Alderman of the
Common Council who shall serve as the Commission's Secretary. The
remainder of the members shall be selected from citizens at large.
[Amended 11-9-2021 by Ord. No. 21-09]
C.
Term of office. The Commissioners who are first appointed
shall be designated by the Mayor to serve for terms of one, two and
three years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter,
the term of office shall be three years. A Commissioner shall hold
office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified.
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner
as other appointments. The Alderperson shall be annually appointed
by the Mayor to a one-year term. All terms shall commence on May 1
of the year of appointment.
D.
Duties of the Commission are to:
(1)
Identify the future cable-related needs and interests
and review the performance of the cable operator under the franchise
during the current franchise term.
(2)
Negotiate future agreements.
(3)
Meet quarterly after the new franchise agreement is
consummated to ensure that the needs of the city cable subscribers
are met under the terms of the cable franchise agreement.
(4)
Regulate the activities and duties of the cable director.
(5)
Approve the Cable Commission annual budget.
(6)
Recommend to the City Council all matters of legislation
and regulation concerning cable television.
A.
Members. The Business Improvement District Board of
Directors shall consist of seven members appointed by the Mayor, subject
to confirmation by the Common Council. Representation upon the Board
of Directors shall be four owner-occupants and three non-owner-occupants.
Members of the Board of Directors shall either own or occupy properties
within the Business Improvement District that is subject to the special
assessment. Members of the Board of Directors shall serve staggered
three-year terms of office. Initially, appointments to the Board of
Directors shall consist of two members whose term shall expire in
April 1991, two members whose term shall expire in April 1992 and
three members whose term shall expire in April 1993.
B.
Powers and duties. The Business Improvement District
Board of Directors shall have the powers and duties as set forth in
W.S.A. s. 66.608(3). The Board of Directors shall also have the right
to create its own bylaws and elect its own officers if it so chooses.
A.
Membership. The ADA Compliance Committee shall consist
of seven members appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by
the Common Council. Members of the Committee shall serve staggered
three-year terms of office. Initially, the term of office for two
members of the Committee shall expire in April 1993, for two members
shall expire in April 1994 and for three members shall expire in April
1995. Committee members may be reappointed for additional terms of
office. Representation on the Committee shall be as follows:
(1)
One Alderman.
(2)
One member of the disabled community.
(3)
One member from sectors such as nonprofit entities,
housing or nursing homes or private transportation services.
(4)
One member from the health/medical profession.
(5)
Three citizen at large members who are residents of
the City of Rice Lake.
(6)
The city's ADA designated local government official
as an ex officio, nonvoting member.
B.
Powers and duties. The ADA Compliance Committee shall
have the following powers and duties:
(1)
It shall elect from its membership a Chairman and
Secretary and any other officers necessary to carrying out its responsibilities.
(2)
It may establish advisory or ad-hoc committees necessary
to carrying out its responsibilities.
(3)
It shall hear all ADA complaints appealed to it by
a complainant who is not satisfied by a decision rendered by the designated
local government official.
(4)
It shall establish ground rules or procedures for
hearing complaints, requests or suggestions from disabled persons
regarding access to and participation in public facilities, services,
activities and functions that the City of Rice Lake is involved with.
(5)
It shall hear all complaints in public, after adequate
notice is given, in an unbiased, objective manner.
(6)
It shall render a written decision, after hearing
testimony with regard to the complaint, within 30 days of notification.
(7)
It shall ensure that all proceedings are recorded,
transcribed and maintained for a period of five years.
(8)
It shall advise the Common Council and any other committee,
commission or board as to how best to meet various ADA provisions
regarding employment, municipal buildings and public transportation
or any other affected city services.
(9)
It shall perform any other duties and powers conferred
upon it by law or the Common Council of the City of Rice Lake.
