A CHARTER ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR POSITIONS OF CITY CLERK, TREASURER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, STREET & WATER SUPERINTENDENT, WASTEWATER UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT, ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER, ASSESSOR, PLANNER AND BUILDING INSPECTOR APPOINTMENTS
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 (a): The individuals currently holding the position of City Clerk, Treasurer, Director of Public Works, Street & Water Superintendent, Wastewater Utility Superintendent, Electric Utility Manager, Assessor, Planner and Building Inspector, as of the date of the adoption of this Charter Ordinance by the Common Council, are appointed to their respective offices and positions for a term expiring on the day before the third Tuesday of April 2003.
(b): Commencing with the third Tuesday of April 2003 and thereafter, individuals shall be appointed to the aforesaid offices and positions for a two-year term.
Section 2: Individuals appointed to the aforesaid offices and positions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the Common Council.
Section 3: Individuals appointed to the aforesaid offices and positions shall be subject to removal, pursuant to Section 17.12(1)(c) &(d) of the Wisconsin Statutes, during their appointed term and, further, the Mayor may suspend any individual appointed to one of the aforesaid offices or positions pending any such removal.
Section 4: If the Mayor should refuse to appoint an individual to one of the aforesaid offices or positions at the end of their appointed term and the Common Council declines to confirm the appointment of a successor to the office or position, the individual previously holding the office or position shall continue to hold the office or position until the Mayor and Common Council can determine whom shall be appointed to the office or position.
Section 5: Individuals appointed to the aforesaid offices and positions shall provide sixty (60) days advance written notice to the Mayor and Common Council of their intent to resign from their office or position.
Section 6: This Charter Ordinance shall not apply to third parties including, without limitation, consultants and independent contractors, who perform services of the aforesaid offices and positions but who are not directly employed by the City.
Section 7: All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or other provisions of City law conflicting with the provisions of this Ordinance, including without limitation any conflicting provisions within Charter Ordinance 677 and Ordinance 709, are hereby repealed.
Section 8: The provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable and if any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance and the application of such provision to other individuals or circumstances shall not be effected thereby.
Section 9: This Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty (60) days after its passage and publication unless within such sixty (60) day period a referendum petition is filed as provided by Section 66.01(5) of the Wisconsin Statutes, in which event this Ordinance shall not take effect until it shall have been submitted to a referendum vote of the electors and approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon.
Section 10: The Common Council's adoption of proposed Charter Ordinance 791 on April 19, 2000 is hereby rescinded by adoption and approval of this Ordinance.
Date of Clerk's Signing: 6-20-00
Editor's note:
Wisconsin Statutes § 66.01 was renumbered § 66.0101 by 1999 Wis. Act 150 § 18.