The Village Board shall consist of the Village
President and six Trustees who shall be elected for two-year terms.
[Amended 1-12-1999 by Ord. No. 99-01; 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 23-06]
At each regular meeting of the Board of Trustees,
the order of business shall be as follows:
B. Approval of consent agenda.
(1) Minutes
of previous month's meeting(s).
(3) Board,
committee, and commission minutes.
C. Receive input from citizens.
D. Receive and review reports from departments and agencies.
F. Future agenda items and updates.
The deliberations of the Board shall be conducted
in the following manner:
A. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated
by the President or read by the Clerk previous to debate. All resolutions
should be made and submitted in writing.
B. When the question is under discussion no action shall
be in order, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, to move the previous
question, to postpone to a certain day, to refer to a committee, to
amend or to postpone indefinitely. These motions shall have precedence
in the order listed.
C. Any member desirous of terminating the debate may
move the previous question, in which event the presiding officer shall
announce the question as "Shall the main question now be put?" If
a majority of the members present vote in the affirmative, the main
question shall be taken without further debate and to bring the Board
to a direct vote, first upon any pending amendments and then upon
the main question.
D. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and
a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table and a call for the previous
question shall be decided without debate.
E. A roll call shall not be necessary on any questions
or motions except as follows:
(1) When the ayes and noes are requested by any member.
(2) On confirmation and on the adoption of any measure
assessing or levying taxes, appropriating or disbursing money or creating
any liability or charge against the Village or any fund thereof.
(3) When required by the Statutes of Wisconsin.
F. All aye and nay votes shall be recorded in the journal.
G. The Board shall in all other respects determine the
rules in its procedure, which shall be governed by Robert's Rules
of Order, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or statute.
When a question has been once decided, any member
of the majority or, in case of a tie, any member voting in the affirmative
may move a reconsideration thereof at the same or at the next succeeding
meeting, but if a motion to reconsider is made on a day subsequent
to that on which the ordinance question was decided, a vote of the
majority of the entire Board shall be required to sustain it.
A call of the Board shall be ordered at any
time by the request of two or more members and absent members shall
be sent for, but a call cannot be made after voting has commenced.
When a call of the Board has been requested and ordered, the door
shall be closed until the report of the police officer has been received
and acted upon or until further proceedings under the call are dispensed
with by a majority of the entire Board.
Whenever any disturbance or disorderly conduct
shall occur in any of the meetings of the Board, the President may
cause the room to be cleared of all persons guilty of such disorderly
conduct, except the Trustees. In case any Trustee shall be guilty
of disorderly conduct, the President or presiding officer may order
the police to take him or her into custody for the time being or until
the meeting shall adjourn. Such member shall have the right to appeal
from such order to the Board as in other cases.
All demands or accounts shall be acted upon
at the time of presentation, unless one or more members shall demand
a reference. In the latter case the accounts shall be referred to
the Finance Committee and lay over until the next ensuing meeting,
unless the Board, by a two-thirds vote of all the members present,
otherwise disposes of the same.
These rules shall not be rescinded or amended
unless the proposed amendment or motion to rescind has laid over from
a regular meeting, and then it shall require a vote of 2/3 of all
the members of the Board.
These rules shall not be suspended except by
a two-thirds vote of all the members of the Board.
[Amended 11-10-1998 by Ord. No. 5-98; 1-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1-99]
A. Compensation for elected officials shall be as follows:
(1) Village President: $3,000 per year, to be paid quarterly.
(2) Trustees: $2,000 per year, to be paid quarterly.
B. Additionally, expenses for meetings, conventions etc.,
shall be reimbursed following the reimbursement policy, as it then
exists, for all Village employees.