As provided in § 7.15, Wis. Stats., the City Clerk shall have charge of and supervise all elections held in the City.
Election officials for each polling place shall be appointed
pursuant to §§ 7.30, 7.31 and 7.32, Wis. Stats.
All candidates for elective City office shall file nomination papers pursuant to § 8.10, Wis. Stats.
[Amended by Ord. No. 531]
The polls of the City shall open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00
p.m. for all elections.
[Amended by Ord. No. 479; 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 554]
The polling place for all four wards shall be the multipurpose
room of the Nekoosa Area Senior/Community Center on Crestview Lane.
The boundaries of the City are set forth on the Official Map
of the City, and the legal description of said boundaries is on file
in the office of the City Clerk.
[Amended 7-12-2011 by Ord. No. 559]
(1)
The boundaries of the four wards of the City are set forth on the Official Ward Map of the City,[1] pursuant to the description set forth in this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Official Ward Map is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2)
For the purpose of this section, the term "ward" as set forth in § 5.15, Wis. Stats., is used to define the area which an Alderman will represent.
(3)
The boundaries
of the wards in the City of Nekoosa shall be as follows:
[Amended 1-14-2022 by Ord. No. 615[2]]
(a)
Ward 1: all census blocks in the City of Nekoosa lying northerly
and westerly of the following described line: commencing at the intersection
of State Highway 173 and County Highway G, thence east along State
Highway 173/Wood Avenue to the intersection of State Highway 173/Wood
Avenue and Birch Street, thence north along Birch Street to the intersection
of Birch Street and West Buehler Avenue, thence east along West Buehler
Avenue to the intersection of West Buehler Avenue and State Highway
173/Cedar Street, thence north along State Highway 173/Cedar Street/North
Cedar Street to the intersection of North Cedar Street and West 3rd
Street, thence east along West 3rd Street to the intersection of West
3rd Street and Ashland Avenue, thence north along Ashland Avenue to
the intersection of Ashland Avenue and West 5th Street, thence east
along West 5th Street to the intersection of West 5th Street and Garrison
Avenue, thence north along Garrison Avenue to the intersection of
Garrison Avenue and Cranmoor Road, thence east along Cranmoor Road
and the easterly extension thereof to the west end of the railway
yard, thence south along the west end of the railway yard to the intersection
of the west end of the railway yard and the westerly extension of
2nd Street, thence east along the westerly extension of 2nd Street
to the terminus of 2nd Street, thence northerly to a point on Wilhorn
Road where the easterly railroad track crosses, thence east along
Wilhorn Road to the intersection of Wilhorn Road and State Highway
73/Prospect Avenue, thence northerly along State Highway 73/Prospect
Avenue to the boundary between the City of Nekoosa and the Village
of Port Edwards.
(b)
Ward 2: commencing at the intersection of State Highway 173/Market
Street and North Cedar Street, the point of beginning, thence east
along State Highway 173/Market Street to the intersection of State
Highway 173/Market Street and Point Basse Avenue, thence north along
Point Basse Avenue to the intersection of Point Basse Avenue and 1st
Street, thence east along 1st Street to the intersection of 1st Street
and State Highway 73/Prospect Avenue, thence southwesterly along State
Highway 73/Prospect Avenue to the intersection of State Highway 73/Prospect
Avenue and State Highway 173/Market Street, thence southeasterly along
State Highway 73/Prospect Avenue to the west bank of the Wisconsin
River, thence northerly along the west bank of the Wisconsin River
to the boundary between the City of Nekoosa and the Village of Port
Edwards, thence west along the boundary between the City of Nekoosa
and the Village of Port Edwards to the intersection of the boundary
between the City of Nekoosa and the Village of Port Edwards and State
Highway 73/Prospect Avenue, thence southerly along State Highway 73/Prospect
Avenue to the intersection of State Highway 73/Prospect Avenue and
Wilhorn Road, thence west along Wilhorn Road to a point on Wilhorn
Road where the easterly railroad track crosses, thence southerly to
the terminus of 2nd Street, thence west along the westerly extension
of 2nd Street to the intersection of the westerly extension of 2nd
Street and the west end of the railway yard, thence north along the
west end of the railway yard to the intersection of the west end of
the railway yard and the easterly extension of Cranmoor Road, thence
west along Cranmoor Road and the easterly extension thereof to the
intersection of Cranmoor Road and Garrison Avenue, thence south along
Garrison Avenue to the intersection of Garrison Avenue and West 5th
Street, thence west along West 5th Street to the intersection of West
5th Street and Ashland Avenue, thence south along Ashland Avenue to
the intersection of Ashland Avenue and West 3rd Street, thence east
along West 3rd Street to the intersection of West 3rd Street and North
Cedar Street, thence south along North Cedar Street to the point of
beginning.
(c)
Ward 3: all census blocks in the City of Nekoosa lying southerly
and westerly of the following described line: commencing at the intersection
of State Highway 173 and County Highway G, thence east along State
Highway 173/Wood Avenue to the intersection of State Highway 173/Wood
Avenue and Birch Street, thence north along Birch Street to the intersection
of Birch Street and West Buehler Avenue, thence east along West Buehler
Avenue to the intersection of West Buehler Avenue and State Highway
173/Cedar Street, thence north along State Highway 173/Cedar Street
to the intersection of State Highway 173/Cedar Street and State Highway
173/Market Street, thence east along State Highway 173/Market Street
to the intersection of State Highway 173/Market Street and South Section
Street, thence south along South Section Street to the boundary between
the City of Nekoosa and the Town of Port Edwards.
(d)
Ward 4: all census blocks in the City of Nekoosa lying east of South
Section Street and south of State Highway 173/Market Street, also
all census blocks bounded by 1st Street on the north side, State Highway
73/Prospect Avenue on the East Side, State Highway 173/Market Street
on the south side and Point Basse Avenue on the west side.
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided: "All ward descriptions
are plain language equivalents of the adopted ward map representation
which takes precedence over these descriptions."
The City is hereby divided into four aldermanic districts, comprised from the four wards, as described in § 1.46 of this article, as follows:
