[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Black Earth 5-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-O-7 as §§ 2.04 and 2.05 of the 1990 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The Board of Review of the Village of Black Earth shall be composed of four members, being the Village Clerk-Treasurer and three members of the Village Board appointed annually by the Village President.
B. 
Confidential information.
[Added 7-6-2004 by Ord. No. 04-O-8]
(1) 
This subsection adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats. Income and expense information provided by a property owner to an assessor for the purpose of establishing the valuation for assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential and not a public record open to inspection or copying under § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Exceptions. An officer may make disclosure of such information under the following circumstances:
(a) 
The assessor has access to such information in the performance of his/her duties.
(b) 
The Board of Review may review such information when needed, in its opinion, to decide upon a contested assessment.
(c) 
Another person or body has the right to review such information due to the intimate relationship to the duties of an office or as set by law.
(d) 
The officer is complying with a court order.
(e) 
The person providing the income and expense information has contested the assessment level at either the Board of Review or by filing a claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37, Wis. Stats., in which case the base records are open and public.
[Amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 02-O-5; 10-9-2006 by Ord. No. 06-O-10]
A. 
Composition. The Plan Commission shall consist of seven members. All members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Village President, who shall also choose the presiding officer. The Village President may appoint himself or herself to the Commission and may appoint other Village elected or appointed officials, except that the Commission shall always have at least three citizen members who are not Village officials. Citizen members shall be persons of recognized experience and qualifications. The Village Board may by ordinance provide that the membership of the Commission shall be as provided thereunder.
B. 
Appointment. The members of the Commission shall be appointed to hold office for a period of three years, with staggered terms initially as follows: three members for three years, two members for two years and two members for one year. Appointments shall be made by the Village President during the month of April for terms that expire in April or at any other time if a vacancy occurs during the middle of a term. The presiding officer shall be a one-year appointment.
C. 
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 Village 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 Village Board confirmation, for the physical development of the Village, including areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Plan Commission's judgment, bear relation to the development of the Village. 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 Village Board. 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 Village Board. 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 Village Board in the performance of their duties.
(2) 
Matters referred to Plan Commission. The Village Board or officer of the Village having final authority thereon shall refer to the Plan Commission for its consideration and report before final action is taken by the Board, other public body or officer, on the following matters:
(a) 
The location of any statue or other memorial;
(b) 
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 way, park, playground, airport, area for parking vehicles, or other memorial or public grounds;
(c) 
The location, extension, abandonment or authorization for any public utility, whether publicly or privately owned;
(d) 
All plats of lands in the Village or within the territory over which the Village is given platting jurisdiction by Chapter 236, Wis. Stats.;
(e) 
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
(f) 
The amendment or repeal of any land use ordinance.
(3) 
Miscellaneous powers.
(a) 
The Commission may make reports and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the Village to public officials and agencies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and citizens.
(b) 
It may recommend to the Village Board programs for public improvements and the financing thereof.
(c) 
All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Commission, within a reasonable time, such available information as it may require for its work.
(d) 
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.
(e) 
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 Village Board.
(f) 
The Commission shall oversee community development block grants.
(g) 
The Village Board may refer to the Commission for its consideration and recommendation any matter pertaining to planning and development of land within the Village and within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of the Village. All plats or replats of any lands within the limits of the Village or any lands outside the Village and within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of the Village shall be submitted to the Commission for its recommendation to the Village Board before the same are approved by the Village Board.
E. 
Compensation. Compensation may be established by the Village Board for service on the Commission.
F. 
Organization. The Village Clerk-Treasurer will notify the members of their appointment. The Commission shall meet as needed. Such Commission shall elect a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Secretary and shall keep a written record of its proceedings, to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
G. 
Employees; budget. The Plan Commission shall have the power to employ experts and such staff as may be necessary and to pay for their services and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper, within the limits of the budget established by the Village Board or placed at its disposal through gift, and subject to any ordinance or resolution enacted by the Village Board. As far as possible, the Commission shall utilize the services of existing Village officials and employees.
[Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 02-O-5]
A. 
The Board of Appeals shall consist of five members appointed by the Village President subject to confirmation of the Village Board for terms of three years, except that of those first appointed one shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years. The members of the Board shall be removable by the Village President for cause upon written charges and after public hearing.
B. 
The Village President shall designate one of the members as Chairperson. The Board may employ a secretary and other employees.
C. 
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms of members whose terms become vacant.
D. 
The Village President may appoint, for staggered terms of three years, two alternate members of such Board, in addition to the five members above provided for. Annually the Village President shall designate one of the alternate members as first alternate and the other as second alternate. The first alternate shall act, with full power, only when a member of the Board refuses to vote because of interest or when a member is absent. The second alternate shall so act only when the first alternate so refuses or is absent or when more than one member of the Board so refuses or is absent. The above provisions with regard to removal and the filling of vacancies shall apply to such alternates.
[Added 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 02-O-5]
A. 
The Library Board shall consist of five members appointed by the Village President upon confirmation by majority vote of the Village Board. Upon their first appointment, the members shall be divided as nearly as practicable into three equal groups to serve for two-, three- and four-year terms, respectively. Thereafter, each regular appointment shall be for a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as regular appointments are made. One of the members shall include a school district administrator, or the administrator's representative, to represent the public school district or districts in which the public library is located. Not more than one member of the municipal governing body shall at any one time be a member of the Library Board.
B. 
No compensation shall be paid to the members of a Library Board for their services, except as follows:
(1) 
Members may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing duties outside the municipality if so authorized by the Library Board.
(2) 
Members may receive per diem, mileage and other necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties if so authorized by the Library Board and the municipal governing body.