[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Woodruff 4-22-2008. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-13-2015; 5-10-2022]
A.
Composition.
(1)
The Board of Review shall consist of the Chairperson, Town Board
Supervisors and Town Clerk, or qualified designees as prescribed in
§ 70.46 Wis. Stats.
(2)
No Board of Review may be constituted unless it includes at least
one voting member who has attended a training session in each year
under § 73.03(55), Wis. Stats. The Town Clerk shall provide
an affidavit to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue stating whether
the requirement under this subsection has been fulfilled.
B.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
C.
Meetings. The Board of Review shall meet annually during the forty-five-day
period starting the fourth Monday of April, at the Community Center
Building of the Town of Woodruff, and notice of such meeting shall
be published pursuant to the state statutes. The Board, through its
Clerk, shall establish its meeting hours pursuant to § 70.47(3)(b),
Wis. Stats. The Board may adjourn from day to day or from time to
time, until such time as its business is completed, provided that
adequate notice of each adjournment is so given.
D.
Compensation. Compensation for Board of Review members shall be as
established by the Town Board.
E.
Open meetings. All meetings of the Board of Review shall be publicly
held and open to all citizens at all times. No formal action of any
kind shall be introduced, deliberated upon or adopted at any closed
session or meeting of the Board of Review.
F.
Procedures and criteria for allowing alternative forms of sworn testimony
at Board of Review (BOR) hearings.
(1)
Procedure.
(a)
In order for a property owner or property owner's representative
to submit a request to testify by phone or submit a sworn written
statement, he or she must first comply with the following procedures:
(b)
After the two requirements outlined above have been met, a Request
to Testify by Telephone or Submit a Sworn Written Statement at Board
of Review (Form PA-814) may be submitted to the Town Clerk. Such requests
must be submitted in time to be considered by the Board at the first
meeting of the BOR.
(2)
Criteria to be considered. The Board may consider any or all of the
following factors when deciding whether to grant or deny the request:
(a)
The requester's stated reason(s) for the request as indicated
on the PA-814.
(b)
Fairness to the parties.
(c)
Ability of the requester to procure in-person oral testimony
and any due diligence exhibited by the requester in procuring such
testimony.
(d)
Ability to cross-examine the person providing the testimony.
(e)
The BOR's technical capacity to honor the request.
(f)
Any other factors that the Board deems pertinent to deciding
the request.
G.
Confidentiality.
(1)
Adoption. This section adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af),
Wis. Stats. Income and expense information provided by a property
owner to an assessor for the purposes 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) of 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 of by
filing a claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37, Wis.
Stats., in which case the base records are open and public.
(3)
Severability. The several sections of this section are declared to
be severable. If any section or portion thereof shall be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable,
such decision shall apply only to the specific section or portion
thereof directly specified in the decision, and shall not affect the
validity of any other provisions, sections, or portions thereof of
the section. The remainder of the section shall remind in full force
and effect. Any other ordinances whose terms are in conflict with
the provisions of this section are hereby repealed as to those terms
that conflict.
(4)
Effective date. This section shall take effect immediately upon passage
and posting (or publication) as provided by law.
A.
Appointment and term. The Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Brandy
Park Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the Town
Board to staggered seven-year terms.
B.
Powers and duties. The Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Brandy
Park Commission shall have those powers and duties as prescribed in
§ 60.66(4), Wis. Stats.
A.
Regular meetings; public notice.
(1)
Every board, committee and commission created by or
existing under the ordinances of the Town shall:
(a)
Schedule a date, time and place for its meetings;
(b)
Post or, when necessary, publish notice in or notify
the official Town newspaper in advance of each such regular meeting
of the date, time, and place thereof, in compliance with state law;
and/or
(c)
Post and/or publish an agenda of the matters to be
taken up at such meeting.
(2)
A separate public notice shall be given for each meeting
at a time and date reasonably proximate to the time and date of the
meeting, but not less than 24 hours prior to the commencement of such
meeting unless otherwise authorized by law.
(3)
Such notice shall set forth the time, date, place
and subject matter of the meeting, including that intended for consideration
at any contemplated closed session which may be authorized by law,
and may be in the following form:
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Notice of Meeting
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Town of Woodruff, Wisconsin
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(commission)
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Please take notice that a meeting of the (commission) of the Town of Woodruff will be held on (date), 20____, at (time) p.m.,
at the Woodruff Community Center Building to consider the following:
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(Agenda items set forth).
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2.
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Such other matters as authorized by law.
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Dated:
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(Commission)
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By
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Any person who has a qualifying disability as
defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting
or materials at the meeting to be in accessible location or format
must contact the Town office at (phone), (address) by 2:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the meeting
so any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.
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B.
Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission
or committee of the Town of Woodruff shall be notified by the secretary
thereof that a meeting is to be held and the time and place of such
meeting and the subject to be considered thereat. No member shall
be intentionally excluded from any meeting by a failure to give proper
notice or a reasonable attempt to give proper notice to such member.
C.
Special meetings. Nothing in Subsection A shall preclude the calling of a special meeting or dispensing with the publication of notice or such posting of the agenda, for good cause, but such special meeting shall nonetheless comply in all respects with the provisions of §§ 19.81 and 19.89, Wis. Stats.
D.
Minutes to be kept. Every board, commission and committee
shall keep a record of the minutes of its proceedings and shall cause
a signed copy thereof to be filed by its secretary with the Town Clerk
within one week of the meeting date.
No person not a legal resident of the Town of
Woodruff shall be elected or appointed in a voting capacity to any
Town board, committee or commission. Any voting board, commission
or committee member who moves from the Town shall immediately be removed
from such board or committee.
[Added 9-23-2008]
A.
Title. This section is entitled the "Town Plan Commission
Ordinance."
B.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish
a Town Plan Commission to further the health, safety, welfare, and
wise use of resources for the benefit of current and future residents
of the Town through the development and implementation of comprehensive
planning with significant citizen involvement.
C.
Statutory authority; establishment of Plan Commission.
(1)
The Town Board has been authorized by the Town meeting
under § 60.10(2)(c), Wis. Stats., to exercise village powers
and the Town has a population of less than 2,500, according to the
most recent regular or special federal census, § 990.01(29),
Wis. Stats. The Town Board hereby exercises village powers under § 60.22(3),
Wis. Stats., and establishes a five-member Plan Commission under §§ 60.62(4),
61.35, and 62.23, Wis. Stats.
(2)
The Town Board Chairperson shall appoint the members
of the Plan Commission.
D.
General powers.
(1)
The Plan Commission, under § 62.23(4), Wis.
Stats., shall have the power:
(a)
Necessary to enable it to perform its functions,
and promote Town planning.
(b)
To make reports and recommendations relating
to the plan and development of the Town to the Town Board, other public
bodies, citizens, public utilities and organizations.
(c)
To recommend to the Town Board programs for
public improvements and the financing of such improvements.
(d)
To receive from public officials, within a reasonable
time, requested available information required for the Commission
to do its work.
(e)
For itself, its members and employees, in the
performance of their duties, to enter upon land, make examinations
and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks
thereon. However, entry shall not be made upon private land, except
to the extent that the private land is held open to the general public,
without the permission of the landowner or tenant. If such permission
has been refused, entry shall be made under the authority of an inspection
warrant issued for cause under § 66.0119, Wis. Stats., or
other court-issued warrant.
(2)
The Plan Commission shall be considered the "Town
Planning Agency" under §§ 236.02(13) and 236.45, Wis.
Stats., which authorize, but do not require, Town adoption of a subdivision
or other land division ordinance.
E.
Comprehensive planning.
(1)
The Plan Commission shall make and adopt a Comprehensive
Plan under §§ 62.23 and 66.1001, Wis. Stats., which
contains the elements specified in §§ 66.1001(2), Wis.
Stats, and follows the procedures in § 66.1001(4), Wis.
Stats.
(2)
The Plan Commission shall make and adopt the Comprehensive
Plan within the time period directed by the Town Board, but not later
than a time sufficient to allow the Town Board to review the plan
and pass an ordinance adopting it to take effect on or before January
1, 2010, so that the Town Comprehensive Plan is in effect by the date
on which any Town program or action affecting land use must be consistent
with the Town Comprehensive Plan under § 66.1001(3), Wis.
Stats.
(3)
In this Subsection E the requirement to "make" the plan means that the Plan Commission shall ensure that the plan is prepared, and oversee and coordinate the preparation of the plan, whether the work is performed for the Town by the Plan Commission, Town staff, another unit of government, the regional planning commission, a consultant, citizens, an advisory committee, or any other person, group or organization.
