A.
The County Board Chair shall designate the membership of all appointed committees pursuant to his/her authority under § 9-7, unless the appointment is made by the County Administrator as required under statute. These appointments shall be for a term of two years until their successors are appointed and confirmed by the County Board.
B.
Each
committee shall elect its own officers unless said elections are inconsistent
with federal or Wisconsin laws.
C.
The County Board Chair (or the County Administrator) shall also designate
an alternate member for each appointed committee, who shall serve
at such time as may be necessary to form a quorum for the regular
conduct of business. The Committee Chair or the County Clerk shall
notify the alternate member of the need for his/her services.
D.
Regular meetings of appointed committees shall be held at a time
and place as advertised by the committee. Special meetings may be
held as determined necessary by the committee and shall be duly advertised.
E.
Committees shall keep appropriate minutes of all actions taken at
their meetings. All minutes shall be placed on the County website
within three business days of the meeting at which the minutes were
taken. Committee Chairs shall present reports to the County Board
on request.
A.
The
Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee shall consist of
five Supervisors appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed
by the Board of Supervisors. Each Committee member shall serve a term
of two years.
B.
Section
59.56, Wis. Stats., governs the powers, duties and responsibilities
of this Committee. This Committee shall serve as the governing committee
for the University of Wisconsin-Extension Department, its agents,
the Cooperative Extension Education Program, and the County Library
Services.
C.
For
the purposes of § 59.56(3)(g), Wis. Stats., the university
extension program shall be a department of County government, and
the Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee shall be the
committee which is delegated the authority to direct and supervise
the department.
D.
Program
functions are established under § 59.56(3)(f), Wis. Stats.,
and authorization is given to this Committee to direct, conduct and
supervise these programs.
E.
The
Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee may enter into
joint agreements with the University of Wisconsin - Extension or with
other counties and university extension if County funds committed
in such agreements have been appropriated by the County Board. The
County Administrator is authorized to execute such agreements and
copies of such agreements will be filed in the County Clerk's office.
F.
The
Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee shall administer
and maintain those items as listed in the fair inventory of the Green
Lake County Junior Free Fair as filed annually with the office of
the Green Lake County Clerk and for the purposes of administration
shall be the governing Board of Directors for the Green Lake County
Junior Free Fair. The Committee shall work in cooperation with the
University of Wisconsin - Extension Office in coordinating activities
relating to the County Fair. Section 59.56(14), Wis. Stats., Fairgrounds
and Fairs, § 93.23, Wis. Stats., Local Fairs, and Ch. ATCP
160, Wis. Adm. Code, shall govern the powers, duties, and responsibilities
of the Fair Board, state aids, premium lists, fair rules, regulations
and financial reporting.
G.
The
Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee shall have the
power and duty to manage and maintain the fairgrounds during the Green
Lake County Junior Free Fair. The Committee shall have the authority
to contract entertainment services. The Committee shall have the authority
to contract services and/or hire such personnel as it deems necessary
for the adequate management and maintenance of said facilities and
grounds (in preparation for and during the fair and cleanup) within
the limit of funds appropriated for this purpose by the County Board,
state aid, donations and grants.
H.
The
Board of Directors shall submit an annual financial report to the
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in a format
as required by § ATCP 160.92, Wis. Adm. Code. Publication
of the financial report shall be in accordance with § ATCP
160.92(6), Wis. Adm. Code, and § 93.23(1)(a) to (i) and
Ch. 985, Wis. Stats.
A.
The
Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee shall
consist of five members appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed
by the County Board of Supervisors. The members shall serve for two
years or until a successor has been elected or appointed. The County
Board Chair shall designate the chairperson of the Judicial/Law Enforcement
and Emergency Management Committee pursuant to § 323.14(1)(a)3,
Wis. Stats.
B.
The
Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee shall
have the powers, duties and responsibilities required by § 323.14,
Wis. Stats.
C.
The
Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee will be
the governing committee for the following departments to the extent
allowed by Wisconsin Statutes and common law:
D.
It shall be the responsibility of the Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee to establish policy and procedures and assist the department heads listed in Subsection C, above, to correlate and harmonize all phases of law enforcement in Green Lake County, including support of the department heads listed in Subsection C, above, in performing their principal duties under Wisconsin Statutes.
E.
In
addition to such general duties and responsibilities, the Judicial/Law
Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee is specifically authorized
and empowered to perform the following duties:
(1)
The Committee shall review the rules developed by the Sheriff relating
to the conduct of law enforcement personnel and the performance of
their duties and the established hours of employment.
(2)
Once each year, the Chair of the Committee and the Sheriff shall
schedule a special meeting for the examination and inspection of all
equipment being used in the operation of the Sheriff's Department
and at that time determine the needs for the coming year, prior to
preparing the department budgets. The Committee, along with the Sheriff,
shall make an impromptu examination of the menu being served all prisoners
and sample the same and also determine the fiscal impact on the Sheriff's
Department budget. Once each year, the Committee shall inspect the
jail as required under § 59.54(15), Wis. Stats.
(3)
The Committee shall have the right to establish the criteria for
reports deemed necessary to oversee and advise each department.
A.
The
Health and Human Services Board shall consist of nine members appointed
by the County Administrator and confirmed by the County Board, five
of whom shall be County Board Supervisors and four of whom shall be
citizens at large. At least one member shall be an individual who
receives or has received human services or shall be a family member
of such individual. The remainder shall be consumers of services or
citizens at large. No public or private provider of health and human
services may be appointed to the County Health and Human Services
Board.
B.
Citizens
at large on the County Health and Human Services Board shall serve
for terms of three years so arranged that, as nearly as possible,
the terms of 1/3 of the members shall expire each year. Vacancies
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. In
the event that a County Board Supervisor (elected for a two-year term)
is not re-elected to this position, the County Administrator shall
fill this vacancy as described above.
C.
The
responsibilities, powers and duties of the Health and Human Services
Board are as follows: to ensure that the Department of Health and
Human Services provides programs and services to all County residents
as provided and directed by § 46.23 et seq., Wis. Stats.,
and the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The Health and Human Services
Board, in conjunction with the Director, shall develop policy and
procedures to be followed in providing services required by appropriate
directives within the Department's budget. In addition, the Health
and Human Services Board shall be the governing committee for the
Veterans' Service Office.
D.
The
Health and Human Services Board may appoint such subcommittees as
may be necessary for the purpose of receiving community, professional
or technical information concerning particular policy considerations.
All meetings of any subcommittees shall be duly advertised and posted
in accordance with the open meeting laws including the preparation
of an agenda. Minutes shall be kept of any such meetings, and members
attending shall receive meeting payments and reimbursement for mileage
in accordance with the County resolution pertaining to the same.
E.
The Personnel Committee shall be notified by all committees when
holding personnel interviews for hiring so that representation can
attend, observe and, if needed, confer.
A.
The
Finance Committee shall consist of five Supervisors appointed by the
County Board Chair and confirmed by the County Board for a two-year
term or until a successor is appointed and confirmed.
B.
The
powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Finance Committee shall
be as follows:
(1)
Pursuant to § 59.52(12)(a), Wis. Stats., the Committee
shall examine and settle all accounts of the County, and all claims
and demands against the County that do not exceed $5,000 and cause
to be issued orders therefor.
(2)
The Committee shall facilitate the efforts of the County Administrator
in the development and submission of the annual County budget with
the County Administrator and submit it to the County Board at the
annual meeting. Revenues and expenditures proposed by the several
committees and departments of County government shall be considered
in the preparation of this budget.
(3)
The Finance Committee is hereby authorized, pursuant to § 65.90(5)(b),
Wis. Stats., to transfer funds between budgeted items of an individual
County office or department, if such budgeted items have been separately
appropriated. The County Administrator is hereby authorized to approve
the transfer of funds between budgeted items of an individual County
office or department, if such budgeted items have been separately
appropriated and are in an aggregate amount of $500 or less. Transfers
from the contingency fund shall be processed and approved in the same
manner as any budgeted amendment pursuant to § 69.90(5)(a),
Wis. Stats.
(4)
The Committee shall examine and investigate all requests for County
borrowing and submit its recommendations thereon to the County Board
at its meeting next following the completion of said investigation.
(5)
The Committee shall direct all office procedures of the County Treasurer,
and secure compliance with recommendations made by the State Department
of Audit in relation thereto, and shall supervise the investment of
all County funds not needed for immediate operation of the County
and shall direct the Treasurer with regard to such investments.
(6)
The Committee shall have the authority to designate a representative
to monitor and give input to the Personnel Committee during negotiations
with labor unions and groups of professional employees.
(7)
The Committee shall perform duties relating to illegal assessments
and tax deed lands in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes and County
ordinances.
(8)
In the absence of the County Administrator, the Finance Committee
may approve payment of vouchers and/or claims from any committee or
department to ensure timely payment of bills.
(9)
The Finance Committee shall be the oversight committee of the Economic
Development Corporation.
C.
As
relates to the Green Lake County Economic Development Corporation,
the Chairperson of the Finance Committee or his/her designee from
the Finance Committee shall also serve on the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, per Resolution No. 11-90.
A.
The
Personnel Committee shall consist of a five-member committee of Supervisors
appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed by the County Board
for a two-year term or until a successor is appointed and confirmed.
B.
The Green Lake County Board delegates to the Personnel Committee
full authority to make all decisions relating to management rights/recognition
on behalf of the Green Lake County Board as defined in the employee
labor contract.
C.
The Personnel Committee, on behalf of Green Lake County, shall negotiate
contracts with the employee labor unions and associations of professional
employees, through authority vested by the County Board, with all
contracts subject to ratification of the County Board. A copy of all
such contracts will be filed with the County Clerk.
D.
The Personnel Committee shall:
(1)
Establish policies for all County employees, and publish and maintain
the County Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, and Administrative
Policy Manual.
(2)
Establish a period of probation for all new employees and employees
transferring from one position to another.
(3)
All personnel matters needing County Board approval shall be submitted
by the governing committee with "recommendation of approval or disapproval
of the Personnel Committee" being indicated on the resolution.
A.
The
Property and Insurance Committee shall consist of five Supervisors,
appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed by the County Board
for a two-year term or until a successor is appointed and confirmed.
B.
The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Property and Insurance
Committee shall be as follows:
(1)
The Committee shall maintain and keep an inventory of all capital
items of furniture, fixtures, and general and specialized equipment
used in all County operations along with an inventory of surplus equipment.
The Committee shall have the authority to determine if surplus equipment
is to be serviced and stored for future use or disposal.
(2)
The Committee shall oversee the maintenance of the Green Lake County
Government Center, highway buildings, outbuildings on County premises,
and maintain the yards, walks, and parking lots adjacent thereto and
plan, develop and supervise all new construction and renovation unless
a specific building committee is appointed by the County Board. For
acquiring, developing and maintaining snowmobile trails whenever possible,
the Committee shall make application for grants and aids from the
state and federal snowmobile maintenance funds.
(3)
The Committee shall oversee the County's insurance needs for:
(a)
Insurance.
[1]
Public liability and property damage insurance, either through
commercial companies or by self-insurance created by setting up a
fund for such purpose or by a combination thereof, covering, without
exclusion because of enumeration, motor vehicles, malfeasance of professional
employees, maintenance and operation of County highways and parks,
and any other activities involving the possibility of damage to the
general public;
[2]
Fire and casualty insurance for all County property;
[3]
Health, life, and disability insurance for County employees
as appropriate;
[4]
The protection of the County and the public against loss or
damage resulting from the act, neglect, or default of County officers,
department heads, and employees.
(b)
Any plan for self-insurance under this subsection shall be specifically
approved by the County Board before it may be commenced.
(4)
The Committee shall have the responsibility for arranging for the
printing of public notices, County Board proceedings, and any other
printing required by County ordinance, except for the printing of
notices, etc., that are the special concern and responsibility of
other committees of the County Board or departments of County government.
C.
The
Property and Insurance Committee will appoint a Loss Control Subcommittee,
and this Subcommittee shall administer and support the Insurance Loss
Control Program of the County in coordination with the County Clerk,
who shall serve as the Safety Coordinator/Risk Manager. Additional
guidance to this Subcommittee shall be provided by loss control specialists
provided by the County's insurance providers at no cost to the County.
Subcommittee meetings shall be held at such intervals as are deemed
necessary to properly carry out the several functions of the Subcommittee,
but at least quarterly. Such meetings shall be duly noticed in accordance
with open meeting law and shall keep minutes and post an agenda.
A.
The
Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall consist of five Supervisors
appointed by the County Board Chair and confirmed by the County Board
for a two-year term or until a successor has been appointed and confirmed.
B.
It
shall be the purpose of the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee
to promote the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare;
to encourage planned and orderly land use development; to recognize
the needs of agriculture, forestry, industry, and business in future
growth; to encourage uses of land and other natural resources which
are in accordance with their character and adaptability; to preserve
wetlands; to conserve soil, water, and forest resources; to protect
the beauty and amenities of landscape and man-made developments; to
provide healthy surroundings for family life; and to promote the efficient
and economical use of public lands.
C.
The
Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall be the governing committee
for the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department.
D.
The Committee shall be responsible for developing a Comprehensive
Plan under §§ 66.1001 and 59.69(2) or (3), Wis. Stats.,
for all unincorporated areas of the County.
E.
The powers and duties of the Committee shall be as specified by Green Lake County Ordinances Chapter 350, Zoning; Chapter 338, Shoreland Protection; Chapter 315, Land Division and Subdivision; Chapter 300, Floodplain Zoning; Chapter 334, Sewage Systems, Private; Chapter 323, Nonmetallic Mining, and any other ordinance deemed necessary by the County Board. The Committee shall assist in the implementation of the enforcement of the Farmland Preservation Plan and any other plan(s) as deemed necessary by the County Board and shall further have the responsibilities delegated to it by said ordinances in relation to the Green Lake County Zoning Maps, together with such other powers and duties as are specified in §§ 59.69, 59.692, 87.30 and 281.31, Wis. Stats., as well as any other sections of the statutes relating thereto and affecting the general area of responsibility of the Committee as set forth herein and any further duties and responsibilities as may be designated from time to time by the County Board.
A.
The
Commission on Aging shall consist of five members appointed by the
County Administrator and confirmed by the County Board. No more than
one member shall be an elected County official, but the elected official
shall have an alternate appointed to serve in the absence of the elected
official. Members shall serve for terms of three years, so arranged
that, as nearly as practicable, the terms of 1/3 of the members shall
expire each year, and no member may serve more than two consecutive
three-year terms. At least 51% of the members of the Commission shall
be senior citizens, 60 years of age or older.
B.
The
Chairperson of the Commission shall be appointed by the County Board
Chair.
D.
A
meeting of the Commission on Aging shall be held as required at a
time and place as advertised by the Commission. Special meetings shall
be held as determined necessary by the Commission or its Chair and
shall be duly advertised.
A.
The
Land Conservation Committee shall consist of five members, two of
whom shall be appointed from the County Agriculture-Extension Education
and Fair Committee, two members at large from the County Board of
Supervisors not on the Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee,
and one member shall be the Chair of the County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee created under 16 U.S.C. § 590h(b)
or other member of that latter committee designated by its Chair.
B.
If
a member of the Agriculture-Extension Education and Fair Committee
declines appointment to this Committee, the County Board Chair shall
appoint a replacement from the remaining County Board Supervisors.
Section 92.06, Wis. Stats., requires that at least two members shall
be Supervisors elected to the County Agriculture-Extension Education
and Fair Committee.
C.
The
Land Conservation Committee shall have those powers, duties, and responsibilities
as designated by the County Board and § 92.07, Wis. Stats.,
and may develop and adopt standards and specifications for management
practices to control erosion, sedimentation, and nonpoint-source water
pollution.
D.
The
Committee may allocate and distribute federal, state, and County funds
made available for cost-sharing programs and other incentive programs.
E.
The Committee shall encourage research, educational and informational
public service programs and advise the University of Wisconsin system
on educational needs.
A.
The
Administrative Committee shall consist of the following members: the
County Board Chair, a member of the Highway Committee, the Judicial
Law/Emergency Management Committee, the Agriculture-Extension and
Fair Committee, and the DHHS Board, appointed by the County Board
Chair. The County Board Chair shall be the Chair of the Committee
and the County Clerk acts as Secretary to the Committee. Committee
members shall serve for two years or until a successor has been elected
or appointed.
B.
The
Administrative Committee will be the supervising committee for the
following elected and appointed officials: County Clerk, County Treasurer,
Register of Deeds, County Administrator and Corporation Counsel.
C.
The
Committee shall review and recommend to the County Board the salaries
for elected officials, constitutional officers and the County Board
of Supervisors.
D.
A
regular meeting of the Administrative Committee shall be held at least
quarterly at a time and place as advertised by the Committee. Special
meetings shall be held as determined necessary by the Committee and
shall be duly advertised.
E.
The
powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Administrative Committee
shall be as follows:
(1)
The Administrative Committee shall review and recommend policy, not
otherwise vested in other County Board committees, to the County Board,
represent the County's point of view on legislation affecting Green
Lake County and consider matters not specifically assigned to other
committees.
(2)
The County Board Chair and Vice Chair shall act as the members for
Inter-county Coordinating Committee (ICC) and any other member of
the Administrative Committee can act as an alternate.
(3)
When the County Board Chair becomes ill and/or incapacitated and
the Vice Chair assumes the duties for over 30 days, the Administrative
Committee may authorize the Vice Chair to receive an amount of compensation
equal to the County Board Chair's pay. If the Vice Chair must assume
the duties of the County Board Chair, the County Board Chair shall
not receive pay during the time the Vice Chair is acting as Chair.
(4)
As per § 59.15, Wis. Stats., the Administrative Committee
shall review situations of any Supervisor who refuses or neglects
to perform any of the duties which are required of the Supervisor
by law as a member of the Board, and the Administrative Committee
may recommend to the County Board forfeiture as allowed by statute.
(5)
The Committee will be the governing committee for the Information
Technology Department and develop policy and procedure for its operations
and acquisition and redistribution of hardware and software. Further,
the Committee shall:
(a)
Set criteria for computer hardware and software, fee structures
for information management, standards for employee computer usage,
education, and security and coordinate interdepartment computer relations
and communications (network).
(b)
Develop a five-year computer operations plan which will be reviewed
and updated yearly.
A.
The
Parks Commission shall consist of seven members, three of which shall
be members of the Green Lake County Board of Supervisors. The County
Board Chair shall appoint the members, in writing, and shall file
the appointments in the office of the County Clerk.
B.
The
term of each member, except for County Board members, is seven years
following July 1 of the year in which the appointment is made and
until the appointment and qualification of a successor, except that
the first seven members shall be appointed respectfully for such terms
that on July 1 in each of the seven years following the year in which
they are appointed the term of one member will expire. After the original
appointments, one commissioner shall be appointed annually in the
month of June to succeed the member whose term will expire on July
1 following. The term of any Park Commissioner who is a County Board
member shall end when the Commissioner's membership on the County
Board terminates, unless thereafter reappointed to the Commission.
[See § 27.02(1), Wis. Stats.]
[Added 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. 17-2020[1]]
A.
The Land Information Council shall consist of not less than eight
members and shall include the register of deeds, the treasurer/real
property lister, and the following members appointed by the County
Board for a one-year term or until a successor has been appointed
and confirmed:
(1)
A member of the County Board.
(2)
A representative of the land information office.
(3)
A realtor or a member of the realtors association employed within
the County.
(4)
A public safety or emergency communications representative employed
within the County.
(5)
The county surveyor or a professional land surveyor employed within
the County.
(6)
Any other members of the County Board or public that the County Board
designates.
C.
The Land Information Council shall review the priorities, needs,
policies, and expenditures of the land information office established
by the County Board and advise the County Board on matters affecting
the land information office.