[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Cambria 3-7-1988 as Title 2, Ch. 2 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Trustees of the Village of Cambria shall
constitute the Village Board. The Village Board shall be vested with
all the powers of the Village not specifically given some other officer,
as well as those powers set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
A.
Election, term, number. The Village of Cambria shall
have six Trustees in addition to the President, who is a Trustee by
virtue of his or her office as President. The six Trustees shall constitute
the Village Board. Three Trustees shall be elected at each annual
spring election for a term of two years, commencing on the third Tuesday
of April in the year of their election.
B.
Appointment as President. A Village Trustee shall
be eligible for appointment as Village President to fill an unexpired
term.
A.
Election. The Village President shall be elected at
the annual spring election in odd-numbered years for a term of two
years, commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the year of his
or her election.
B.
Duties. The Village President shall by virtue of his
office be a Trustee and preside at all meetings of the Board, have
a vote as Trustee, and sign all ordinances, rules, bylaws, regulations
and commissions adopted or authorized by the Board and all orders
drawn on the treasury. He shall maintain peace and good order, see
that the Village ordinances are faithfully obeyed, and in case of
disturbance, riot or other apparent necessity appoint as many special
marshals as he shall deem necessary, who for the time being shall
possess all the powers and rights of constables.
[Amended by 6-4-2007]
A.
Committee appointments. At the organizational meeting
of the Village Board, the Village President shall appoint Trustees
to each of the following standing committees:
(1)
Administration Committee (three Board members and
one alternate Board member).
(a)
Review and finalize annual budget for public
hearing and Village Board approval.
(b)
Monitor expenditures.
(c)
Review requests for nonbudgeted or emergency
expenditures.
(d)
Review and recommend Village Board action regarding
proposed legislation impacting upon the Village and its residents.
(e)
Review existing ordinances or proposed amendments
to the Code, for recommendation to the Board.
(f)
Interpret the meaning or intent of any existing
ordinance and, if necessary, request formal clarification by the Village
Attorney.
(g)
Recommend for Village Board consideration policies
and procedures for more efficient municipal operations.
(h)
Recommend for Board adoption, resolutions expressing
the policy of the Village regarding matters for which a formal declaration
of official policy is required.
(i)
Review and recommend Village Board action regarding
the Village's insurance coverage and risk management program.
(j)
Work to resolve differences between an employee
and his supervisor.
(k)
Recommend safety programs designed to minimize
the Village's liability exposure.
(l)
Review questions regarding personnel policies
and administration.
(m)
Consider any other matters which may be referred
by the Village Board.
(2)
Village Property Committee (three Board members and
one alternate Board member).
(a)
Review and approve any unusual requests for
use of Village-owned facilities.
(b)
Review and recommend any proposed changes, remodeling,
additions, etc., to Village facilities.
(c)
Recommend for Board adoption policy guidelines
for use of Village parks.
(d)
Consider any other matters which may be referred
by the Village Board.
(4)
Public Property Committee (three Board members and
one alternate Board member).
(6)
Public Sanitation Committee (three Board members and
one alternate Board member).
(a)
Take such measures as shall be cost effectual
for the preservation of the public health.
(b)
Assume the general administration of health
and sanitation laws and regulations in the Village.
(c)
Provide overall administration of refuse collection.
(d)
Consider any other matters which may be referred
by the Village Board.
B.
President to designate chairmen.
(1)
The President shall designate the chairman of each
standing committee. All committee appointments except designation
of chairmen shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of
the Board.
(2)
All Board members must serve on at least two standing
committees.
(3)
The Village President may declare the entire Board
a committee of the whole for informal discussion at any meeting or
for any other purpose and shall ex officio be Chairperson of the same.
(4)
The Village Board may, from time to time, appoint
such special committee or committees as it may deem advisable or as
provided for by motion or resolution stating the number of members
and object thereof to perform such duties as may be assigned to them.
C.
Committee reports. Each committee shall at the next
regular Board meeting submit a report on all matters referred to it.
Such report shall recommend a definite action on each item and shall
be approved by a majority of the committee. Any committee may require
any Village officer or employee to confer with it and supply information
in connection with any matter pending before it.
A.
General. The Village Board shall be vested with all
the powers of the Village not specifically given some other officer.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Village Board shall have
the management and control of the Village property, finances, highways,
streets, navigable waters and the public service, and shall have the
power to act for the government and good order of the Village, for
its commercial benefit and for the health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the public, and may carry its powers into effect by license, regulation,
suppression, borrowing, taxation, special assessment, appropriation,
fine, imprisonment and other necessary or convenient means. The powers
hereby conferred shall be in addition to all other grants and shall
be limited only by express language.
B.
Acquisition and disposal of property. The Village
Board may acquire property, real or personal, within or without the
Village, for parks, libraries, historic places, recreation, beautification,
streets, waterworks, sewage or waste disposal, harbors, improvement
of watercourses, public grounds, vehicle parking areas and for any
other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous
to the Village, by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites;
may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain
buildings on such property for instruction, recreation, amusement
and other public purposes; and may sell and convey such property.
Condemnation shall be as provided by the Wisconsin Statutes.
C.
Acquisition of easements and property rights. Confirming
all powers granted to the Village Board and in furtherance thereof,
the Board is expressly authorized to acquire by gift, purchase or
condemnation under the Wisconsin Statutes any and all property rights
in lands or waters, including rights of access and use, negative or
positive easements, restrictive covenants, covenants running with
land, scenic easements and any rights for use of property of any nature
whatsoever, however denominated, which may be lawfully acquired for
the benefit of the public or for any public purpose, including the
exercise of powers granted under §§ 61.35 and 62.23,
Wis. Stats.; and may sell and convey such easements or property rights
when no longer needed for public use or protection.
D.
Village finances. The Village Board may levy and provide
for the collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any
tax or special assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied
that the same was unjust or illegal; and generally may manage the
Village finances. The Village Board may loan money to any school district
located within the Village or within which the Village is wholly or
partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet
the immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the Board
of the school district may borrow money from such Village accordingly
and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond
August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding
1/2 of the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the local school clerk.
The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined by the Village
Board.
E.
Construction of powers. Consistent with the purpose
of giving to villages the largest measure of self-government in accordance
with the spirit of the Home Rule Amendment to the Constitution, the
grants of power to the Village Board in this section and throughout
this Code shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights, powers
and privileges of villages to promote the general welfare, peace,
good order and prosperity of the Village and its inhabitants.
The Village Board, on behalf of the Village,
may join with other villages or cities in a cooperative arrangement
for executing any power or duty in order to attain greater economy
or efficiency, including joint employment of appointive officers and
employees.
The Village Board has the power to preserve
order at its meetings, compel attendance of Trustees and punish nonattendance.
Members of the Village Board shall be residents of the Village at
the time of their election and during their terms of office.
[Amended 4-1-1991; 7-7-1997]
A.
The President and other Trustees who make up the Village
Board, whether operating under general or special law, may by majority
vote of all the members of the Village Board determine that an annual
salary be paid the President and Trustees. Salaries heretofore established
shall remain until changed by ordinance and shall not be increased
during their terms of office.
B.
Village Trustees shall receive per diem compensation
of $50 for regular board meetings attended and $40 for committee meetings
(which Trustees are appointed to) and special meetings attended; the
Village President shall receive the same meeting per diem compensations
as that for Trustees and an annual salary of $500.
[Amended 1-9-2017]
A.
Regular meetings. Regular meetings of the Village
Board shall be held on the first Monday of each calendar month at
7:30 p.m. local time, or at such other times as the Board may direct.
Any regular meeting falling on a legal holiday shall be held on the
next following Monday. All meetings of the Board shall be held at
the Village Hall, unless specified otherwise in the minutes of the
preceding meeting or by written notice posted at the regular meeting
place at least three hours prior to any meeting. In any event, all
Board meetings shall be held within the boundaries of the Village.
B.
Annual organizational meeting. The Village Board shall
hold an annual organizational meeting at its first regular or special
meeting after the spring election for the purpose of organization.
Special meetings of the Board may be called
by the Village President or by two Trustees by filing a written request
with the Village Clerk/Treasurer at least 24 hours prior to the time
specified for such meeting. The Clerk/Treasurer shall immediately
notify each Trustee of the time and purpose of such meeting. The notice
shall be delivered or mailed to each Trustee personally or left at
his usual place of abode. The Clerk/Treasurer shall cause an affidavit
of such notice to be filed in his office prior to the time fixed for
such special meeting. No business shall be transacted at a special
meeting except for the purpose stated in the notice thereof. Notice
to the public of special meetings shall conform to the open meeting
requirements of § 61.32 and Ch. 19, Subch. V, Wis. Stats.
All meetings shall be open to the public, unless
falling within a lawful exception of the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See §§ 19.81
to 19.98, Wis. Stats.
A.
Four members of the Village Board shall constitute
a quorum, but a lesser number may adjourn or compel attendance of
absent members if a majority is not present. The President shall be
counted in computing a quorum.
B.
When the presiding officer shall have called the members
to order, the Village Clerk/Treasurer shall proceed to call the roll
in alphabetical order, noting who is present and who is absent, and
if, after having gone through with the call, it shall appear that
a quorum is not present, the fact shall be entered in the minutes,
and the members present may adjourn to a later date in the month;
if they do not establish the next meeting date, the Village Board
shall stand adjourned to the time appointed for the next regular meeting
unless a special meeting is called sooner.
A.
The Village President shall preside. The Village President
shall preside over meetings of the Village Board. In case of absence
of the President, the Clerk/Treasurer shall call the meeting to order
and preside until the Trustees present select a Trustee to preside
temporarily.
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, unless otherwise provided by statute or
by these rules. Any member shall have the right to appeal from a decision
of the presiding officer. Such appeal is not debatable and must be
sustained by a majority vote of the members present excluding the
presiding officer.
C.
Participation in debate. The presiding officer may
speak upon any question or make any motion if he vacates the chair
and designates a Trustee to preside temporarily.
A.
Order of business. At all meetings, the following
order may be observed in conducting the business of the Village Board:
(1)
Call to order by presiding officer;
(2)
Roll call (If a quorum is not present, the meeting
shall thereupon adjourn, which may be to a specified date);
(3)
Reading, correcting and approval of the minutes of
the last preceding meeting or meetings; Treasurer's report;
(4)
Public appearances;
(6)
Director of Public Works report;
(7)
Building Inspector reports;
(8)
Monthly bills;
(9)
Ordinances and resolutions;
(10)
Unfinished business;
(11)
New and miscellaneous business;
(12)
Adjourn.
B.
Order to be followed. No business shall be taken up
out of order unless authorized by the Village President or by majority
consent of all Trustees and in the absence of any debate whatsoever.
A.
Ordinances to be in writing. All ordinances, resolutions,
bylaws or other communications submitted to the Board shall be in
writing and shall include at the outset a brief statement of the subject
matter, a title and the name of the Trustee introducing same and shall
be referred to the appropriate committee by the President. The committee
shall report back to the Board on the matter at the next Board meeting.
Unless requested by a Trustee before a final vote is taken, no ordinance,
resolution or bylaw need be read in full.
B.
Subject and numbering of ordinances. Each ordinance
shall be related to no more than one subject. Amendment or repeal
of ordinances shall only be accomplished if the amending or repealing
ordinance contains the number and title of the ordinance to be amended
or repealed, and the title of amending and repealing ordinances shall
reflect their purpose to amend or repeal.
C.
Notice.
(1)
The Village Board may take action on an ordinance
only if it appears on the written agenda for the meeting at which
action is requested.
(2)
Ordinances will be placed on the agenda for Board
action only if they are submitted to the Village Clerk/Treasurer in
written form a minimum of five days prior to the meeting at which
action is requested.
D.
Dispositions of petitions, communication, etc. Every
petition or other writing of any kind addressed to the Village Board
or to the Clerk/Treasurer or other Village officer for reference to
the Village Board shall be delivered by the Clerk/Treasurer or such
other Village officer to the Village President or to the presiding
officer of the Board as soon as convenient after receipt of same and,
in any event, prior to or at the opening of the next meeting of the
Village Board following the receipt of same. Every such petition or
other writing and every paper, communication or other proceeding which
shall come before the Board for action may be referred by the Village
President or presiding officer to the appropriate committee or commission,
unless objected to by some member of the Board.
Any general ordinance of the Village and any
regulation imposing any penalty shall be published either in its entirety
or as a notice as provided in § 61.50, Wis. Stats., or posted
according to state law, and shall be immediately recorded by the Village
Clerk/Treasurer in a book kept for that purpose. A printed copy of
such ordinance or regulation 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
and recording thereof.
A.
A roll call shall not be necessary on any questions
or motions except as follows:
(1)
When the ayes and noes are requested by any member.
(2)
On confirmation and on the adoption of any measure
assessing or levying taxes, appropriations or disbursing money or
creating any liability or charge against the Village or any fund thereof.
(3)
When required by the state statutes of Wisconsin.
B.
All aye and nay votes shall be recorded in the official
minutes. The ayes and nays shall be ordered upon any question at the
request of any member of the Village Board or the President, and the
Clerk/Treasurer shall call the roll in alphabetical order, and the
Clerk/Treasurer shall call the roll starting with "A" and then in
alphabetical order one time and then starting with "Z" and in reverse
alphabetical order the next time.
C.
Except as provided below, the Village Board shall
in all other respects determine the rules of its procedure, which
shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, which is hereby incorporated
by reference, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or statute, except
when otherwise limited or modified by this Code.
(1)
No Trustee shall address the Board until he has been
recognized by the presiding officer. He shall thereupon address himself
to the Board and confine his remarks to the question under discussion
and avoid all personalities.
(2)
When two or more members simultaneously seek recognition,
the presiding officer shall name the member who is to speak first.
(3)
No person other than a member shall address the Board
except under order of business, except citizens may address the Board
with the permission of the presiding officer as to matters which are
being considered by the Board at the time.
When a question has been once decided, any member
of the majority or, in case of a tie, any member voting in the affirmative,
may move a reconsideration thereof; but if a motion to reconsider
be made on a day subsequent to that on which the ordinance question
was decided, a vote of the majority of the entire Board shall be required
to sustain it.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct
shall occur in any of the meetings of the Board, the President may
cause the room to be cleared of all persons guilty of such disorderly
conduct except the Trustees.
The rules of this chapter 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 shall not be suspended except by
a 2/3 vote of all the members of the Board.
