[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of New Glarus 1-18-2000 by Ord. No. 99-14 as Title 2,
Ch. 1 of the 2000 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Village of New Glarus is a body corporate
and politic with the powers of a municipality at common law and governed
by the provisions of Chapters 61 and 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes,
laws amending those chapters, other acts of the legislature and the
Constitution of the State of Wisconsin.
[Amended 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-04]
The voting polls in the Village of New Glarus,
Green County, Wisconsin shall be opened from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
for all elections, or as prescribed by state statute.
The official Village newspaper shall be the
Post Messenger, to be used for the publication of legal and/or official
notices and documents when publication is used instead of posting
as allowed by Wisconsin law.
[Amended 6-19-2001 by Ord. No. 01-05; 6-7-2011 by Ord. No. 11-05]
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Statutes, there is
hereby established one set of election officials to conduct all elections
in the four wards of the Village, which shall consist of seven election
inspectors. However, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall have the power
to limit the number of election officials. The Clerk-Treasurer shall
determine in advance of each election whether the number of election
officials for such election should be reduced from the number prescribed
by the Wisconsin Statutes, and if such a reduction is so determined,
the Clerk-Treasurer shall further redistribute duties among the remaining
officials.
[Amended 6-19-2001 by Ord. No. 01-05; 6-7-2011 by Ord. No. 11-05]
A.
Wards.
The Village shall be divided into four wards as indicated on the attached
map,[1] also described as follows:
(1)
Ward 1: All that territory within the Village west of a line beginning
at the center line of 2nd Street/County O on the north Village limit
and running south along the of 2nd Street/County O from the north
end of the Village limits to First Avenue, then west along the center
line of First Avenue to the center line of Third Street and south
on Third Street to the center line of Third Avenue, then east on Third
Avenue to the center line of Second Street, south on Second Street
to the center line of Fourth Avenue, west on Fourth Avenue to the
center line of Third Street and south on Third Street to the center
line of 8th Avenue, west on 8th Avenue to the center line of 7th Street
and then north on 7th Street to the center line of 6th Avenue and
west on 6th Avenue to Village limits and following Village limit line
north and east to point of beginning. Ward 1 description by Census
Tract and Block Number: Part of Tract 9602.00, Blocks: 3062-3065,
3126, 4015-4019, 4024-4028, and 4035-4036.
(2)
Ward 2: All that territory within the Village east of a line beginning
at the center line of 2nd Street/County O on the north Village limit
and running south along the center line of 2nd Street/County O from
the north end of the Village limits to First Avenue, then west along
the center line of First Avenue to the center line of Third Street
and south on Third Street to the center line of Third Avenue, then
east on Third Avenue to the center line of Second Street, south on
Second Street to the of Fourth Avenue, west on Fourth Avenue to the
center line of Third Street and south on Third Street to the center
line of 8th Avenue, then east on 8th Avenue to the center line of
1st Street, north on 1st Street to the center line of 6th Avenue and
east on the center line of 6th Avenue/Kubly Road to the Village limits
and following Village limit line north and west to point of beginning.
Ward 2 description by Census Tract and Block Number: Part of Tract
9602.00, Blocks 3060-3061, 3130-3131, 4001, 4003-4014, 4020-4023,
4029-4030, and 4033-4034.
(3)
Ward
3: All that territory within the Village west of a line beginning
at the center line of 2nd Street on the south Village limit and running
north along the center line of 2nd Street from the south end of the
Village limits to 14th Avenue, then west onto the center line of 14th
Avenue to the center line of 3rd Street, then north on 3rd Street
to the center line of 8th Avenue, west on 8th Avenue to the center
line of 7th Street, north on 7th Street to the center line of 6th
Avenue and west on 6th Avenue to Village limits and following Village
limit line south and east to point of beginning. Ward 3 description
by Census Tract and Block Number: Part of Tract 9602.00, Blocks 1011-1018,
1020-1027, 1034-1037, 1049-1052, 1054-1056, 3085, 3087, 3092-3093,
and 3096-3098.
(4)
Ward 4: All that territory within the Village east of a line beginning
at the center line of 2nd Street on the south Village limit and running
north along the center line of 2nd Street from the south end of the
Village limits to 14th Avenue, then west onto the center line of 14th
Avenue to the center line of 3rd Street, then north on 3rd Street
to the center line of 8th Avenue, east on 8th Avenue to the of 1st
Street, then north on 1st Street to the center line of 6th Avenue,
east on 6th Avenue/Kubly Road to Village limits and following Village
limit line south and west to point of beginning. Ward 4 description
by Census Tract and Block Number: Part of Tract 9602.00, Blocks: 1001-1010,
1028-1033, 1038-1044, 1046-1048, 1053, 1057-1058, 3099, 3101, 3105,
and 4031-4032.
[1]
The map is on file in the Clerk-Treasurer's office.
B.
Polling
places. The polling places for all wards of the Village for all elections
shall be the New Glarus Village Hall, 319 2nd Street, New Glarus,
Wisconsin.
C.
Combined
Wards. Wards 1 and 2 and Wards 3 and 4 shall be combined for voting
purposes.
[Amended 7-5-2005 by Ord. No. 05-03]
Every candidate for an elective Village office
shall be nominated by a nonpartisan primary, pursuant to § 8.05(4),
Wis. Stats., Nomination in towns and villages, Village nonpartisan
primary, and § 8.05(5), Wis. Stats., Nomination in towns
and villages, When primary is held.
[Added 4-3-2019 by Ord.
No. 19-02]
A.
Appointment of members; filling vacancies.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided by federal law, state constitution,
state statute or these Village ordinances, vacancies in any elective
Village office, shall be made by the Village Board.
(2)
Any vacancy, for whatever reason, in and during the unexpired term
of an appointed member of any board, council, commission, or committee
of the Village shall be filled by the Village Board in the same manner
as the original appointment.
B.
Selection of candidates.
(1)
Upon a vacancy during a term of office, the Village Board may determine
to hold a special election as provided by § 17.24, Wis.
Stats.
(2)
If the Village Board determines to fill the vacancy by appointment
for the unexpired term of office or until a special election is held,
the Board shall first solicit names of interested parties by reasonable
means including publication on the Village website, social media and/or
publication in the legal newspaper of the vacancy for a period of
at least two weeks.
(3)
Any individual or group is encouraged to submit names for consideration
to the Village Board, Administrator or Village Clerk-Treasurer.
(4)
Any appointment must comply with any ordinances, bylaws, Charter
provisions, or state or federal laws concerning the board, commission,
or committee. If this section is inconsistent with any chapter relating
to a specific board, commission, or committee, the specific chapter
controls.
(5)
To become more familiar with an applicant's qualifications,
the Village Board may interview the applicant(s) if it chooses.
(6)
The Board shall consider the type of service the individual has already
given to the board, commission, or committee and the applicant's
stated willingness to continue to serve, as well as any other relevant
factor as determined by the Board.
(7)
The Board may not appoint someone to a position on any board, commission,
or committee if a conflict of interest would result as set forth in
state law.
