[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Rothschild 9-27-1993 (Sec. 12.07 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Joint Action Emergency Government Ordinance No. 67 of the Board
of Supervisors of Marathon County providing for a county-municipal
joint action civil defense plan of organization was adopted by said
County Board on the 24th day of May 1977. County Ordinance No. 67
is hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as
if fully set forth herein and is hereby ratified and accepted between
the Village of Rothschild and County of Marathon as provided by Section
III of said Joint Action Ordinance.
[Amended 6-13-2016]
The Marathon County Emergency Management Director, appointed
and employed by the Marathon County Board, is hereby designated and
appointed Head of Emergency Management Services for the Village of
Rothschild, subject to the conditions and provisions as set forth
in the Wisconsin Statutes and the Marathon County Ordinances.
[Added 6-13-2016]
A.Â
Pursuant to §§ 323.11 and 323.14, Wis. Stats., the
Village Board may order, by ordinance or resolution, whatever is necessary
and expedient for the health, safety, protection, and welfare of persons
and property within the Village during the declared emergency and
includes the power to bar, restrict, or remove all unnecessary traffic,
both vehicular and pedestrian, from the highways, notwithstanding
any provision of Chs. 341 to 349, Wis. Stats.
B.Â
If, because of the emergency conditions, the Village Board is unable
to meet promptly, the Village President or acting Village President
shall exercise by proclamation all of the powers conferred upon the
Village Board pursuant to §§ 323.11 and 323.14, Wis.
Stats., that appear necessary and expedient. The proclamation shall
be subject to ratification, alteration, modification, or repeal by
the Village Board as soon as it can meet, but subsequent action taken
by the Village Board shall not affect the prior validity of the proclamation.
