(a) Election. The Village President shall be elected at the annual spring election in odd- numbered years for a term of two (2) years, commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the year of his/her election.
(b) Duties. The Village President shall by virtue of his/her office be a Trustee and preside at all meetings of the Village Board, have a vote as Trustee, and sign all ordinances, rules, bylaws, regulations and commissions adopted or authorized by the Village Board and all orders drawn on the treasury. The Village President shall maintain peace and good order, see that the Village ordinances are faithfully obeyed, and in case of disturbance, riot or other apparent necessity appoint as many special marshals as he/she shall deem necessary, who for the time being shall possess all the powers and rights of constables.
(c) Participation in Debate. The Village President shall vote on all matters in the same way that other Trustees vote. The President has the power to make motions, and to introduce ordinances, resolutions and the like as any other Trustee.
(d) Appointments.
(1) Wherever in this Code of Ordinances the Village President is required to appoint citizens to committees, commissions and/or boards, in the event the Village Board rejects a Village President's appointment, the same name may not be submitted for the same job for a period of twelve (12) months after the refusal of such appointment.
(2) In the event a vacancy occurs in any committee, board or commission requiring the appointment of a citizen member and the Village President does not nominate a successor thereof for a period of sixty (60) days after the vacancy occurs, the Village Board may then nominate an appointee to such position, subject to the approval of the Village President.
(3) In the event the Village Board, by parliamentary practice, tables an appointment by the Village President, such tabling action shall be effective for that meeting, but at the next regular meeting of the Village Board, such appointment shall be on the meeting agenda for further consideration, and the particular appointment involved may not be tabled a second (2nd) time.
State Law Reference:
Sec. 61.24, Wis. Stats.