[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Maple Bluff as Ch. 2 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Officers and employees — See Ch. 47.
The Village Board shall consist of the Village
President and six Trustees.
A.
Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the Village
Board shall be held on the second Tuesday of each calendar month at
7:30 p.m. Any regular meeting falling on a legal holiday shall be
held on the next following secular day, at the same hour and place.
All meetings of the Board, including special and adjourned meetings,
shall be held in the Village Hall.
B.
Special meetings. Special meetings of the Village
Board may be called by any two Trustees in writing filed with the
Clerk-Treasurer who shall reasonably notify all Board members of the
time and place thereof. Notices of meetings may be given in writing
by either the President or the Clerk-Treasurer or by telephone to
Board members. Notice to the public shall comply with the requirements
of §§ 19.81 to 19.89, Wis. Stats.
C.
Adjournments. The Board may, by a majority vote of
those present, but not fewer than three affirmative votes, adjourn
from time to time to a specific date and hour.
A.
Designated. The Village President shall preside. In
the absence of the President, the Clerk-Treasurer shall call the meeting
to order and the Trustees present shall elect one of their number
President Pro Tem.
B.
Duties. The presiding officer shall preserve order
and decorum, decide all questions of order and conduct the proceedings
of the meeting in accordance with the parliamentary rules contained
in Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, unless otherwise provided
by statute or by these rules.
C.
Appeals from decisions. Any member may appeal from
a decision of the presiding officer. An appeal shall be sustained
by a two-thirds vote of the members, excluding the presiding officer.
A.
Roll call; procedure when quorum not in attendance.
As soon as the Board is called to order, the Clerk-Treasurer shall
proceed to call the names of the members, noting who is present and
who is absent, and record the same in the proceedings of the Board.
If there is not a quorum present, that fact shall be entered on the
journal and the Board may adjourn or the President or, in his absence,
the Clerk-Treasurer may issue a process to any constable or policeman
commanding him to summon the absentees immediately.
B.
Quorum. A majority of the members shall constitute
a quorum. The President shall be counted in computing a quorum.
The business of the Board shall be conducted
in the following order:
B.
Reading the minutes of the preceding meeting and approving
the same if correct or rectifying mistakes if any exist.
C.
Reports of standing committees.
D.
Reports of special committees.
E.
Reports of officers.
F.
Any business made the special order for the present
meeting.
G.
Unfinished business from the previous meeting.
H.
The reception and reference of petitions and communications.
I.
New business, including the introduction of ordinances
and resolutions.
In the absence of the Clerk-Treasurer, the Deputy
Clerk-Treasurer shall act as Clerk Pro Tem.
The deliberations of the Village Board shall
be conducted in the following manner:
A.
When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition,
the presiding officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
B.
No person other than a member shall address the Board,
except by vote of a majority of the members present.
C.
No motion shall be discussed or acted upon until it
has been seconded unless the rules permit one Trustee to initiate
action. No motion shall be withdrawn without the consent of the person
making the same and the person seconding it.
D.
When a question is under discussion, no action shall
be in order except the following motions, which shall have precedence
in the order listed:
E.
Any member desiring to terminate debate may move the
previous question, in which event the presiding officer shall announce
the question as "Shall the main question now be put?" If a majority
of the members present vote in the affirmative, the main question
shall be taken without further debate, its effect being to put an
end to all debate and bring the Board to a direct vote, first upon
any pending amendments and then upon the main question.
F.
Any Trustee may demand an aye and nay vote on any
matter, and such vote shall be entered in the proceedings. Every member
shall vote when a question is put unless the Board, by a majority
vote of those present, excuses him for special cause. A majority vote
of all members of the Board in favor of any proposed ordinance, resolution
or appointment shall be necessary for passage or approval unless a
larger number is required by statute. Except as otherwise provided
by these rules, a majority vote of those present shall prevail in
other cases.
G.
A motion to adjourn shall always be in order; and
a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table and a call for the previous
question shall be decided without debate.
Any member voting with the majority may move
for a reconsideration of the vote on any question at that meeting
or at the next succeeding regular meeting. A motion to reconsider
being put and lost shall not be renewed. A Trustee may not change
his vote on any question after the result has been announced.
A call of the Board may be requested at any
time by two or more members and absent members shall be sent for;
but a call shall not be made after voting has commenced. When a call
of the Board has been requested and ordered, the door shall be closed
until the report of the policeman has been received and acted upon
or until further proceedings under the call are dispensed with by
a majority of the entire Board.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct
occurs in any meeting of the Board, the presiding officer may cause
the room to be cleared of all persons guilty of such disorderly conduct
except the Trustees. If any Trustee is guilty of disorderly conduct,
the presiding officer may order the police to take him into custody
for the time being or until the meeting adjourns. Such member may
appeal from such order to the Board as in other cases.
All demands or accounts shall be acted upon
at the time of presentation unless one or more members demand a reference.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
See Chapter 6, Boards, Commissions and Committees.
[Amended 3-8-2011]
A.
Publication.
All ordinances of the Village shall be signed by the President and
countersigned by the Village Clerk; and if any penalty or forfeiture
is thereby imposed, the ordinance shall be published in its entirety
in the official paper of the Village as a class 1 notice under chapter
985 of the Wisconsin Statutes, or as a notice as hereafter provided.
All ordinances shall be immediately recorded by the Clerk-Treasurer
in a book kept for that purpose; and if the ordinance or notice thereof
was published, the affidavit of publication shall also be so recorded.
A printed copy of such ordinance or resolution in any book, pamphlet
or newspaper and published or purporting to be published therein by
direction of the Village Board shall be prima facie proof of due passage,
publication if so required, and recording thereof. In lieu of publication
of the entirety of any ordinance required to be published, the Village
Clerk may record a notice thereof as A Class 1 notice under Chapter
985 of the Wisconsin Statutes, which contains the following:
(1)
The
number and title of the ordinance;
(2)
The
date of enactment;
(3)
A summary
of the subject matter and main points of the ordinance; and
(4)
Information
as to where the full text of the ordinance can be obtained, including
the telephone number of the Village Clerk, street address where the
ordinance may be viewed, and a website, if any, at which the ordinance
may be accessed.
B.
Effective
date. Unless otherwise provided, all ordinances shall take effect
and be in force from and after adoption and execution by the President
and Village Clerk, except that if publication of the ordinance or
notice thereof is required, the ordinance shall take effect on the
day after the publication or a later date if expressly prescribed.
These rules shall not be rescinded or amended
unless the proposed amendment or motion to rescind has laid over from
a regular meeting, and then it shall require a vote of 2/3 of all
the members of the Board.
These rules or any part thereof may be temporarily
suspended in connection with any matter under consideration by a recorded
vote of all of the members present.
[Added 2-11-1992]
A.
An advisory referendum shall be held for any change
in legal status (including modification of or relief from the dedication,
rezoning or sale) of any of the Village's public parks and/or the
creation of a multifamily residential district. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the granting of a conditional use permit for multifamily
uses in an "A" Business District or the creation of a PUD which authorizes
multiple-family uses are not subject to an advisory referendum.
[Amended 3-14-2017]
B.
The advisory referendum shall be held following public
hearing and recommendation by the Plan Commission and precede any
action taken by the Village Board.
