[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Prescott
as Secs. 2-4-1 to 2-4-8 and 2-4-11 to 2-4-13 of the former City Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 07-10]
A.
Composition. There shall be a Board of Review for the City of Prescott
which shall consist of the Mayor, City Administrator, and three Alderpersons
annually appointed at the Council's organization meeting.
B.
Objections to valuations to be written. No person shall be permitted
to appear and make objection before the Board to the amount of valuation
of any property unless objection thereto shall first have been made
in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Board prior to the adjournment
of public hearing by the Board.
C.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
D.
Board's duty. The Board shall carefully examine the assessment roll
and correct apparent errors in description or computation. It shall
add all omitted property but shall not raise or lower the assessment
of any property except after hearing, as provided by the statutes.
E.
Confidential information. Whenever the Assessor, in the performance
of the Assessor's duties, requests or obtains income and expense information
pursuant to § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats., or any successor
statute thereto, then such income and expense information that is
provided to the Assessor shall be held by the Assessor on a confidential
basis; except, however, that the information may be revealed to and
used by persons in the discharge of duties imposed by law; in the
discharge of duties imposed by office (including but not limited to
use by the Assessor in performance of official duties of the Assessor's
office and use by the Board of Review in performance of its official
duties); or pursuant to order of a court. Income and expense information
provide to the Assessor under § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats.,
unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is, per § 70.47(7)(af),
Wis. Stats., not subject to the right of inspection and copying under
§ 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
[Added 5-29-2012 by Ord.
No. 08-12]
F.
Alternative forms of sworn testimony at Board of Review (BOR) hearings.
[Added 6-11-2015 by Ord.
No. 03-15]
(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 City 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.
A.
Administration. There shall be a Library Board to administer the
operation of the Prescott Public Library. The Library Board shall
consist of seven members. The Mayor, subject to Council confirmation,
shall appoint six citizen members for a term of three years, with
two members appointed annually. The Superintendent of the Prescott
School District or his designee shall, by virtue of his office, be
a member of the Board.
B.
Duties and powers. The Library Board shall have the duties and powers
as prescribed by Chapter 43, and more particularly set forth in § 43.58,
of the Wisconsin Statutes. The Library Board shall appoint the Librarian
and other library employees.
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified
in § 62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats. The Zoning Board of Appeals
shall consist of five members and two alternate members appointed
by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council, for a
term of three years. The members may be compensated as determined
by the Council and shall be removable by the Common Council for cause
upon written charges and upon public hearing. The Zoning Board of
Appeals shall annually elect in May a Chairperson and Secretary.
B.
Powers.
(1)
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(a)
To
hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error in any
order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the City's zoning or building code
ordinances.[1]
(c)
To
authorize, upon appeal in specific cases, such variance from the terms
of the City's zoning or building code regulations as will not be contrary
to the public interest, where owing to special conditions, a literal
enforcement will result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship,
so that the spirit of the zoning code shall be observed, public safety
and welfare secured and substantial justice done; provided, however,
that no such action shall have the effect of establishing in any district
a use or uses not permitted in such district.
(d)
To
permit the erection and use of a building or premises in any location
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards in harmony with the
general purposes of the zoning code, for such purposes which are reasonably
necessary for public convenience and welfare.
(2)
The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part,
or may modify any order, requirement, decision or determination appealed
from and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination
as in its opinion ought to be made. If a quorum is present, the Zoning
Board of Appeals may take action by a majority vote of the members
present. The grounds of every such determination shall be stated and
recorded. Once a variance is granted, it is permanently attached to
the property. A new owner of the property may make use of a variance
that was granted to the previous owner if all of the conditions that
are attached to the variance are met. [See Goldberg v. City of Milwaukee
Bd. of Zoning App., 115 Wis. 2d 517,340 NW. 2d 458 (Ct. App. 1983).][3]
(3)
When granting a special exception (conditional use) or variance,
the Board should carefully define the scope of the permit and list
any imposed conditions. The Board may exercise any of its powers by
reversing or affirming, wholly or partly, or modifying the order,
requirement, decision or determination of the administrative officer
from whom the appeal was taken. The Board may then make other orders,
requirements, decisions or determinations. This includes taking any
action which the Zoning Administrator might take, such as issuing
or revoking a permit or requiring the applicant to restore the site
or remove any unauthorized construction.
C.
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall
be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as
the Board may determine. All hearings conducted by the said Board
shall be open to the public. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall keep
minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each
question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact,
and shall keep records of its examination and other official actions,
all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the City
Clerk and shall be a public record. The Board shall adopt its own
rules of procedure not in conflict with this section or with applicable
Wisconsin Statutes.
D.
Offices. The Common Council shall provide suitable meeting space
for holding the hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
E.
Appropriations. The Common Council may appropriate funds to carry
out the duties of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Board shall
have the authority to expend, under regular procedures, all sums appropriated
to it for the purpose and activities authorized herein.
B.
Appointment.
(1)
Election/appointment of Alderperson member. At its annual meeting
in April of each year the Common Council shall, by a two-thirds majority
vote of its members, elect one of its number as a member of the City
Plan Commission for a period of one year from and after the first
day of May next ensuing.[2]
(2)
Appointment and terms of citizen members. The five citizen members
shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation,
on the third Tuesday of April in each year to hold office for a staggered
term of three years commencing with the third Tuesday of April.
C.
Organization of Commission. The Mayor shall serve as presiding officer.
The Plan Commission shall organize by the election of a Vice Chairperson
and such other officers as may in their judgment are necessary. The
City Clerk shall be the secretary.
D.
Record. The Plan Commission shall keep a written record of its proceedings
to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall be filed with
the City Clerk. Four members shall constitute a quorum but all actions
shall require the affirmative approval of a majority of all of the
members of the Commission.
E.
Duties.
(1)
The Comprehensive Master Plan.
(a)
The Plan Commission may make, adopt and, as necessary, amend,
extend or add to the Comprehensive Master Plan, subject to Common
Council confirmation, for the physical development of the City, including
areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Plan Commission's judgment,
bear relation to the development of the City. The Comprehensive Master
Plan, with the accompanying maps, plats and descriptive and explanatory
matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for such physical
development and may include, among other things, without limitation
because of enumeration, the general location, character and extent
of streets, highways, freeways, street grades, roadways, walks, parking
areas, public places and areas, parks, parkways, playgrounds, sites
for public buildings and structures, and the general location and
extent of sewers, water conduits and other public utilities whether
privately or publicly owned, the acceptance, widening, narrowing,
extension, relocation, removal, vacation, abandonment or change of
use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces,
buildings, properties, utilities, routes or terminals, the general
location, character and extent of community centers and neighborhood
units, and a comprehensive zoning plan.
(b)
The Commission may adopt the Comprehensive Master Plan as a
whole by a single resolution or, as the work of making the whole Comprehensive
Master Plan progresses, may from time to time by resolution adopt
a part or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with
one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of
the plan. The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition
shall be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less
than a majority of all the members of the Plan Commission, subject
to confirmation by the Common Council. The resolution shall refer
expressly to the maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended
by the Commission to form the whole or any part of the plan, and the
action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof
by the identifying signature of the secretary of the Commission, and
a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the Common
Council. The purpose and effect of the adoption and certifying of
the Comprehensive Master Plan or part thereof shall be solely to aid
the Plan Commission and the Common Council in the performance of their
duties.
(2)
Mandatory referrals to Commission. The Common Council or officer
of the City having final authority thereon shall refer to the Plan
Commission, for its consideration and report before final action is
taken by the Council, public body or officer, the following matters:
the location of any statue or other memorial; the location, acceptance,
extension, alteration, vacation, abandonment, change of use, sale,
acquisition of land for or lease of land for any street, alley or
other public way, park, playground, airport, area for parking vehicles,
or other memorial or public grounds; the location, extension, abandonment
or authorization for any public utility whether publicly or privately
owned; all plats of lands in the City or within the territory over
which the City is given platting jurisdiction by Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.;
the location, character and extent or acquisition, leasing or sale
of lands for public or semipublic housing, slum clearance, relief
of congestion, or vacation camps for children; and the amendment or
repeal of any land use ordinance. Unless such report from the Commission
is made within 30 days, or such longer period as may be stipulated
by the Common Council, the Council or other public body or officer
may take final action without it.
(3)
Miscellaneous powers. The Commission may make reports and recommendations
relating to the plan and development of the City to public officials
and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional
and other organizations and citizens. It may recommend to the Common
Council programs for public improvements. All public officials shall,
upon request, furnish to the Commission, within a reasonable time,
such available information as it may require for its work. The Commission,
its members and employees, in the performance of its functions, may
enter upon any land, make examinations and surveys, and place and
maintain necessary monuments and markers thereon. In general, the
Commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it
to perform its functions and promote municipal planning in cooperation
with the Common Council.
F.
Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the remainder
of the unexpired term in the same manner as appointment for the full
term.
G.
Oath. Citizen members shall take the official oath as required by
§ 19.01, Wis. Stats.
A.
Establishment; composition.
(1)
There is hereby created the Prescott Industrial and Economic Committee,
the members of which shall be selected upon a nonpartisan basis.
(2)
The Prescott Industrial and Economic Committee shall consist of the
following 10 members:
(a)
Mayor;
(b)
The executive director of the Prescott Industrial and Economic
Committee;
(c)
A representative annually named by the Prescott Area Chamber
of Commerce;
(d)
A representative from the City's administrative staff, annually
appointed by the Mayor; and
(e)
Six citizens appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation,
to staggered six-year terms of office.
B.
Officers. As soon as possible after their appointment and annually
thereafter, the members of the Committee shall organize by choosing
from among their members a President and a Secretary, their terms
to be fixed by the Committee.
C.
Powers and duties.
(1)
The Prescott Industrial and Economic Committee shall promote and
coordinate City industrial development efforts, subject to the general
control and supervision of the Common Council. The Committee shall
act as liaison between the Common Council and private industrial development
groups, such as the Chamber of Commerce, and shall recommend to the
Council such action as the Committee determines to be necessary.
(2)
When necessary, the Committee may utilize the services of the City
Engineer, the City Attorney and other City officials and employees,
upon such basis as shall be mutually agreed to, or as may be determined
by the Common Council.
(3)
The Committee shall have authority, when authorized by the Common
Council, to act for the Council to borrow funds for the reservation
and development of industrial sites and expend funds with Council
approval for such purposes and is hereby authorized and empowered
to execute deeds, mortgages and other conveyances on behalf of the
Mayor and Common Council when so authorized by resolution adopted
by the Common Council. All borrowed funds authorized by the Council
for industrial development shall be deposited immediately with the
City Treasurer, and all rentals, fees or any other income derived
from the operation of industrial sites shall be directly deposited
with the City Treasurer. The Committee shall not be empowered to accept
any payment for rentals, fees or any other income. The disbursement
of funds by the Committee shall be approved by the Common Council
and such disbursements shall be made through the office of the City
Treasurer.
(4)
The Committee shall work with the City and City staff in promoting
the City of Prescott and attracting economic growth and development.
(5)
The Committee shall make an annual report to the Common Council regarding
achievements towards fulfillment of such programs.
(6)
The Committee shall develop and recommend methods to stimulate positive
public interest and economic growth and development.
A.
Composition.
(1)
The Board of Police Commissioners ("Board") shall consist of five
citizens, three of whom shall be a quorum. The Mayor shall annually,
between the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint
in writing to be filed with the Secretary of the Board, one member
for a term of five years. No appointment shall be made which will
result in more than three members of the Board belonging to the same
political party. The Board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
(2)
All members of the Board of Police Commissioners as it exists as
of the effective date of this charter ordinance shall remain in such
position until the expiration of his or her term, unless removed from
the Board for other cause or the member resigns.
B.
Chief. The Board shall appoint the Chief of Police who shall hold
his office during good behavior, subject to suspension or removal
by the Board for cause.
C.
Subordinates.
(1)
The Police Chief shall appoint subordinates subject to approval by
the Board. Such appointment shall be made by promotion when this can
be done with advantage, otherwise from an eligible list provided by
examination and approval by the Board and kept on file with the City
Administrator.
(2)
For the choosing of such list the Board shall adopt, and may repeal
or modify, rules calculated to secure the best service in the Department.
These rules shall provide for examination of physical and educational
qualifications and experience, and may provide such competitive examinations
as the Board shall determine, and for the classification of positions
with special examination for each class. The Board shall print and
distribute the rules and all changes in them, at City expense, and
they shall be kept on file with the City Administrator.
(3)
The examination shall be free for all U.S. citizens over 18 and under
55 years of age, with proper limitations as to residence, health and,
subject to §§ 111.321, 111.322, 111.335, Wis. Stats.,
arrest and conviction record. The examination, including minimum training
and experience requirements, shall be job-related in compliance with
appropriate validation standards and shall be subject to the approval
of the Board and may include tests of manual skill and physical strength.
All relevant experience, whether paid or unpaid, shall satisfy experience
requirements. The Board shall control examinations and may designate
and change examiners, who may or may not be otherwise in the official
service of the City, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the
Board and paid by the City. Veterans and their spouses shall be given
preference points in accordance with § 230.16(7), Wis. Stats.
(4)
Members of the police force shall be of both sexes. The Board of
Police Commissioners shall select each subordinate from an eligible
list.
D.
Disciplinary actions against subordinates.
(1)
A subordinate may be suspended as hereinafter provided as a penalty.
The subordinate may also be suspended by the Board pending the disposition
of charges filed against the subordinate.
(2)
Charges may be filed against a subordinate by the Chief, a member
of the Board, by the Board as a body, or by any aggrieved person.
Such charges shall be in writing and shall be filed with the President
of the Board. Pending disposition of such charges, the Board or Chief
may suspend such subordinate.
(3)
A subordinate may be suspended for just cause, as described in Subsection D(6), by the Chief or the Board as a penalty. The Chief shall file a report of such suspension with the Board immediately upon issuing the suspension. No hearing on such suspension shall be held unless requested by the suspended subordinate. If the subordinate suspended by the Chief requests a hearing before the Board, the Chief shall be required to file charges with the Board upon which such suspension was based.
(4)
Following the filing of charges in any case, a copy thereof shall
be served upon the person charged. The Board shall set date for hearing
not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days following service of charges.
The hearing on the charges shall be public, and both the accused and
the complainant may be represented by an attorney and may compel the
attendance of witnesses by subpoenas which shall be issued by the
president of the Board upon request and be served as are subpoenas
under Ch. 885, Wis. Stats.
(5)
If the Board determines that the charges are not sustained, the accused,
if suspended, shall be immediately reinstated and all lost pay restored.
If the Board determines that the charges are sustained, the accused,
by order of the Board, may be suspended or reduced in rank, or suspended
and reduced in rank, or removed, as the good of the service may require.[1]
(6)
No subordinate may be suspended, reduced in rank, suspended and reduced in rank or removed by the Board under Subsection D(5), based on charges filed by the Board, members of the Board, an aggrieved person or the Chief under Subsection D(2), unless the Board determines whether there is just cause, as described in this subsection, to sustain the charges. In making its determination, the Board shall apply the following standards, to the extent applicable:
(a)
Whether the subordinate could reasonably be expected to have
had knowledge of the probable consequences of the alleged conduct.
(b)
Whether the rule or order that the subordinate allegedly violated
is reasonable.
(c)
Whether the Chief, before filing the charge against the subordinate,
made a reasonable effort to discover whether the subordinate did in
fact violate a rule or order.
(e)
Whether the Chief discovered substantial evidence that the subordinate
violated the rule or order as described in the charges filed against
the subordinate.
(f)
Whether the Chief is applying the rule or order fairly and without
discrimination against the subordinate.
(g)
Whether the proposed discipline reasonably relates to the seriousness
of the alleged violation and to the subordinate's record of service
with the Chief's Department.
(7)
Findings and determination hereunder and orders of suspension, reduction,
suspension and reduction or removal, shall be in writing and, if they
follow a hearing, shall be filed within three days thereof with the
Secretary of the Board.
(8)
Further rules for the administration of this subsection may be made
by the Board.
(9)
No person shall be deprived of compensation while suspended pending
disposition of charges.
(10)
Appeals. Any person suspended, reduced, suspended and reduced, or removed by the Board may appeal from the order of the Board to the Circuit Court by serving written notice of the appeal on the Secretary of the Board within 10 days after the order is filed. Within five days after receiving written notice of the appeal, the Board shall certify to the Clerk of the Circuit Court the record of the proceedings, including all documents, testimony and minutes. The action shall then be at issue and shall have precedence over any other cause of a different nature pending in the Court, which shall always be open to the trial thereof. The Court shall, upon application of the accused or of the Board, fix a date of trial, which shall not be later than 15 days after such application except by agreement. The trial shall be by the Court and upon the return of the Board, except that the Court may require further return or the taking and return of further evidence by the Board. The question to be determined by the Court shall be: "Upon the evidence is there just cause, as described under Subsection D(6), to sustain the charges against the accused?" No costs shall be allowed either party, and the Clerk's fees shall be paid by the City. If the order of the Board is reversed, the accused shall be forthwith reinstated and entitled to pay as though in continuous service. If the order of the Board is sustained it shall be final and conclusive.[2]
E.
Dismissal and reemployment.
(1)
When it becomes necessary, because of need for economy, lack of work
or funds, or for other just causes, to reduce the number of subordinates,
the emergency, special, temporary, part-time or provisional subordinates,
if any, shall be dismissed first, and thereafter subordinates shall
be dismissed in the order of the shortest length of service in the
Department, provided that, in cities where a record of service rating
has been established prior to January 1, 1933, for the said subordinates,
the emergency, special, temporary, part-time provisional subordinates,
if any, shall be dismissed first, and thereafter subordinates shall
be dismissed in the order of the least efficient as shown by the said
service rating.
(2)
When it becomes necessary for such reasons to reduce the number of
subordinates in the higher positions or offices, or to abolish any
higher positions or offices in the Department, the subordinate or
the subordinates affected thereby shall be placed in a position or
office in the Department less responsible according to the subordinates
efficiency and length of service in the Department.
(3)
The name of a subordinate dismissed for any just cause set forth
in this section shall be left on an eligible reemployment list for
a period of two years after the date of dismissal, except that if
the dismissal was for disciplinary reasons the subordinate may not
be left on an eligible reemployment list. If any vacancy occurs, or
if the number of subordinates is increased in the Department, the
vacancy or new positions shall be filled by persons on the eligible
reemployment list in the inverse order of dismissal of the persons
on the list.
F.
Compensation. The salaries of the Chief and subordinates shall be
fixed by the Council. Such salaries when so fixed may be increased
but not decreased by the Council without a previous recommendation
of the Board. The Council may provide that the salaries shall increase
with length of service.
G.
Rest day. The Council shall provide for, and the Chief of Police
Department shall assign to each police officer in the service of such
City one full rest day of 24 consecutive hours during each 192 hours,
except in cases of positive necessity by some sudden and serious emergency,
which, in the judgment of the Chief of Police, demands that such day
of rest not be given at such time. Arrangements shall be made so that
each full rest day may be had at such time or times as will not impair
the efficiency of the Department.
H.
Hours of labor. Except when a labor agreement under Subch. IV of
Ch. 111, Wis. Stats., that governs hours of employment exists, the
Council shall provide for a working day of not more than eight hours
in each 24 except in cases of positive necessity by some sudden and
serious emergency, which, in the judgment of the Chief of Police,
demands that such workday shall be extended beyond the eight-hour
period at such time; and, when such emergency ceases to exist, all
overtime given during such emergency shall be placed to the credit
of such police officer, and compensatory time under § 103.025,
Wis. Stats., given therefor.
Pursuant to the City of Prescott Cable Communications Franchise
Ordinance, a five-member Cable Television Advisory Committee is created.
The Committee shall consist of the Mayor and four citizen members
appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation, for staggered
five-year terms of office. Appointees shall have demonstrated particular
interest or expertise in cable television services. The Committee
shall have the authority prescribed in the Cable Communications Franchise
Ordinance.[2]
The City Tree Board shall be created and have such duties as prescribed in § 526-2 of this Code.
A.
Regular meetings; public notice. Every board, committee and commission
created by or existing under the ordinances of the City shall fix
a regular date, time and place for its meeting.
B.
Notice of meetings.
(1)
Every meeting of any board or commission of the City of Prescott
and/or any committee appointed or created by the Mayor or Common Council
of the City of Prescott shall be preceded by public notice and shall
be held in open session at a place accessible to the public in accordance
with the provisions of Ch. 19, Subch. V, Open Meetings of Governmental
Bodies, Wis. Stats., unless otherwise authorized by law.[1]
(2)
Such notice shall be given in writing to the official newspaper and
in addition thereto shall be posted in at least one public place likely
to give notice to persons affected and by placing a notice electronically
on the governmental body's internet site.
[Amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 01-20]
(3)
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.
(4)
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
CITY OF PRESCOTT, WISCONSIN
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(Commission)
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Please take notice that a meeting of the (commission) of the
City of Prescott will be held on ___________ (date), 20___, at (time)
______ p.m., at the City Hall, in Room _____ 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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The Prescott City Hall is accessible to the physically disadvantaged.
If special accommodations for visually or hearing impaired individuals
are needed, please contact the Prescott City Clerk at (telephone).
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C.
Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission or committee
of the City of Prescott shall be notified by the secretary thereof
or designee 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.
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 City Clerk within
one week of the meeting date. The City Clerk shall furnish a copy
of all minutes filed with him/her to the Mayor and to each member
of the Common Council. All such minutes shall be public records.
A.
Residency. Except for the Library Board and the Prescott Industrial
and Economic Committee, no person not a resident of the City of Prescott
shall be appointed in a voting capacity to any City board, committee
or commission. Any such member who moves from the City shall be removed
from such board, commission or committee but may be appointed to serve
in an ex officio capacity.
B.
Attendance standard. Members of boards, committees and commissions
are required to attend a minimum of 2/3 of the meetings in each six-month
period of their respective bodies, unless excused by the membership
of their body. Failure to comply with this subsection may result in
the removal and replacement of the official found to be in noncompliance.
C.
Member subject to removal. Any member of any board or commission
who violates any provision of this section or who knowingly attends
a meeting held in violation hereof may be removed as a member of such
board or commission, after being granted a public hearing, by the
appointing authority and upon concurrence of the Common Council.
