[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Siren 1-8-1988 as Title 2, Ch. 1 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Village government form. The Village of Siren is a body corporate and politic with the powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions of Chs. 61 and 66, Wis. Stats., laws amending those chapters, other acts of the Legislature and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin.
B. 
Division of government.
(1) 
Legislative branch. The Village Board is the legislative branch of the Village government. Its primary business is the passage of law in the form of ordinances or resolutions which shall prescribe what the law shall be, not only in relation to the particular facts existing at the time but as to all future cases arising under it. The Village Board shall fix the salaries of all officers and employees of the Village and be charged with the official management of the Village's financial affairs, its budget, its revenues and the raising of funds necessary for the operation of the Village.
(2) 
Executive branch. The Village President shall be the chief executive officer. He shall take care that all Village ordinances and state laws are observed and enforced and that all Village officers, boards and commissions discharge their duties. When present, he shall preside at the meetings of the Village Board. He shall from time to time give the Village Board such information and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the Village.
The Village Board shall designate the official Village newspaper each year at its annual organizational meeting.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
The voting polls in the Village of Siren, Wisconsin, shall be opened as prescribed in § 6.78, Wis. Stats., for all elections.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
All electors for all elections shall be required to be registered. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall receive applications for registration at his office during regular office hours throughout the year, except that registration may also be completed at Village polling places on election days upon presentation of proper identification and proof of residency.
[Added 2-4-2010]
A. 
Authority. The Village of Siren Village Board of Trustees ("Village Board") establishes this section pursuant to §§ 7.30(1)(a) and 7.32, Wis. Stats. Wisconsin law provides that a municipal governing body may provide for the selection of alternate election officials or the selection of two or more sets of officials to work at different times on election day and may permit the village clerk to establish different working hours for different election officials assigned to the same polling place. The law also provides that the village clerk may reduce the number of election officials to no fewer than three for an election if deemed necessary.
B. 
Purpose; authority of Clerk-Treasurer.
(1) 
This section is created by the Village Board so that, pursuant to § 7.30(1)(a), Wis. Stats., two or more shifts for elections inspectors on an election day shall be allowed and to permit the Village Clerk-Treasurer or his/her designee to establish different working hours for different officials assigned to the same polling place. The Village Clerk-Treasurer may appoint alternate election inspectors, as needed, to maintain adequate staffing on an election day.
(2) 
The Village shall allow the Village Clerk-Treasurer to reduce the number of election officials to no fewer than three for an election as deemed necessary at a particular election, pursuant to § 7.32, Wis. Stats.
C. 
Election procedure. Ordinances as to election procedure as previously adopted by the Village Board shall remain in effect in accordance with applicable Wisconsin Statutes.