[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Vinland
as Title 2, Ch. 2, of the 2004 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Meeting shall have the powers prescribed by §
60.10, Wis. Stats., which section is incorporated herein by reference.
A.
Requirement. The Town of Vinland shall hold an Annual Town Meeting
as provided in this section.
B.
C.
Where held.
(2)
The Annual Town Meeting shall be held at the location of the last
Annual Town Meeting unless the location is changed by the Town Board.
If the Town Board changes the location, it shall publish a Class 2
notice under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats., stating the location of the meeting,
not more than 20 days nor less than 15 days before the date of the
meeting.
D.
Adjournment. The Annual Town Meeting may be recessed to a time and date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the date of the meeting originally scheduled under Subsection B. Business not acted on at the annual meeting, or within the 30 days allowed for adjourning and reconvening the meeting, shall be left to the next annual meeting or taken up by a Special Town Meeting convened under § 60.12, Wis. Stats.
F.
Jurisdiction. The Annual Town Meeting may transact any business over
which the Town Meeting has jurisdiction.
G.
Poll list. The Annual Town Meeting may require the Clerk of the Town
Meeting to keep a poll list with the name and address of every elector
voting at the meeting. If an elector of the Town obtains a confidential
listing under § 6.47(2), Wis. Stats., and presents an identification
card issued under § 6.47(3), Wis. Stats., the Clerk shall
record the identification serial number of the elector in lieu of
the elector's address.[3]
A.
Who may convene. A Special Town Meeting may be convened if:
B.
Time, date and purpose to be stated. If a Special Town Meeting is requested or called under Subsection A, the time, date and purpose of the meeting shall be stated in the request or as part of the call.
C.
Notice. The Town Clerk shall, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days
before the date of a Special Town Meeting, publish a Class 2 notice
of the meeting under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats. The notice shall state the
purpose, date, time and location of the meeting. If the notice is
posted instead of published, the same time and content requirements
apply.
D.
E.
Adjournment. A Special Town Meeting may be recessed to a time and
date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the
date of the originally scheduled meeting.
F.
Jurisdiction. Any business which may be transacted at an Annual Town
Meeting may be transacted at a Special Town Meeting.
A.
Who presides.
(1)
If present, the Town Board Chairperson shall chair the Town Meeting, as defined in § 128-1. If the Town Board Chairperson is absent, another Town Board Supervisor shall chair the Town Meeting. If no Town Board Supervisor is present, the Town Meeting shall elect the Chairperson of the Meeting.
(2)
If the Annual Town Meeting is held in a year when the office of Town Board Chairperson is filled by election, the person holding the office on the day prior to the date of the election to fill the office shall preside at the Annual Town Meeting and is entitled to receive the per diem which is ordinarily paid to the presiding officer. If such person is absent or refuses to serve as the presiding officer, the presiding officer shall be chosen under Subsection A(1) above.
B.
Duties. The Town Meeting Chairperson shall conduct the Meeting's
proceedings in accordance with accepted parliamentary procedure.
C.
Enforcement authority. The Town Meeting Chairperson shall maintain
order and decorum and may order any person to leave a Town Meeting
if the person has conducted himself or herself in a disorderly manner
and is persistent in such conduct after being directed by the Chairperson
to cease the conduct. If the person refuses the Chairperson's order
to withdraw, the Town Meeting Chairperson may order a constable or
other law enforcement officer to take the person into custody until
the meeting is adjourned.
A.
Qualified voters. Any qualified elector of the Town, as defined under
Ch. 6, Wis. Stats., may vote at a Town Meeting.
B.
Definition. A "qualified elector," as defined under Ch. 6, Wis. Stats.,
means an individual who is a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older,
and who has been a resident of the Town for at least 10 days on the
date a Town Meeting is held.
C.
Method of action; necessary votes. All actions of a Town Meeting
shall be by vote. All questions shall be decided by a majority of
the electors voting.
D.
Order of business. At the beginning of the Town Meeting, the Town
Meeting Chairperson shall state the business to be transacted and
the order in which the business will be considered. No proposal to
levy a tax, except a tax for defraying necessary Town expenses, may
be acted on out of the order stated by the Town Meeting Chairperson.
E.
Reconsideration of actions.
(2)
No action of a Town Meeting may be reconsidered at a subsequent Town
Meeting held prior to the next Annual Town Meeting unless a Special
Town Meeting is convened under§ 60.12(1)(b) or (c), Wis.
Stats., and the written request or the call for the Meeting states
that a purpose of the Meeting is reconsideration of the action.
The Town Clerk shall serve as a Clerk of the Town Meeting. If
the Town Clerk is absent, the Deputy Town Clerk, if the Town has one,
shall serve as the Town Meeting Clerk. If the Deputy Clerk is absent,
the Town Meeting Chairperson shall appoint a Clerk of the Meeting.
The Clerk of the Town Meeting shall keep a poll list if required by
the Annual Town Meeting under§ 60.11(7), Wis. Stats. The
Town Meeting minutes shall be signed by the Clerk of the Town Meeting
and filed in the office of the Town Clerk within five days after the
Meeting.
