[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Siren 1-8-1988 as Title 2, Ch. 2 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Trustees of the Village of Siren 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 and number. The Village of Siren shall
have six Trustees in addition to the President, who is a Trustee by
virtue of his 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. Members of the Village Board
shall be residents of the Village at the time of their election and
during their terms of office.
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
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.
A.
Committee appointments. Standing committees of the
Village Board are appointed by the Village President, subject to confirmation
by the Village Board, and shall each consist of three members of the
Village Board. The appointments to each committee shall be made at
the annual organizational meeting of the Village Board. Standing committees
shall review such matters as may be referred to them by the Village
Board and shall submit recommendations for Board action.
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.
D.
Ambiguity of committee authority. In case of ambiguity
or apparent conflict between the preceding definition of committee
authority and a definition, in these ordinances, of the authority
of a Village officer, employee, board, or association, the latter
shall prevail.
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 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 of Ordinances 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 counties, villages, cities, towns or other governmental
entities 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.
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 so remain until changed by ordinance
and shall not be increased or diminished during their terms of office.[1]
A.
All general ordinances of the Village and all regulations
imposing any penalty shall be published either in their entirety or
by notice as provided in § 61.50(1), Wis. Stats., in the
official paper of the Village once or posted according to state law
and shall be immediately recorded, with the affidavit of publication,
by the Village Clerk-Treasurer in a book kept for that purpose and/or
in the Village Code of Ordinances. 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.[1]
B.
All ordinances shall take effect and be in force from
and after passage and publication thereof, unless otherwise provided.
