§ 2-21. Village government.

(a)

Village form of government. The Village of Birchwood is a body corporate and politic with the powers of a municipality at common law and governed by the provisions of Wis. Stats. chs. 61 and 66 (Wis. Stats. § 61.66 et seq.), laws amending those chapters, other acts of the legislature and the constitution of the state.

(b)

Division of government.

(1)

Legislative branch. The village board is the legislative branch of the village government. Its primary business is the passage of law in the form of ordinances or resolutions which shall prescribe what the law shall be, not only in relation to the particular facts existing at the time, but as to all future cases arising under it. The village board shall fix the salaries of all officers and employees of the village, and be charged with the official management of the village's financial affairs, its budget, its revenues and the raising of funds necessary for the operation of the village.

(2)

Executive branch. The village president shall be the chief executive officer. He shall take care that all village ordinances and state laws are observed and enforced, and that all village officers, village boards and commissions discharge their duties. When present, he shall preside at the meetings of the village board. He shall from time to time give the village board such information and recommend such measures as he may deem advantageous to the village.

(Code 1989, § 2-1-1)

State law reference

Municipal home rule, Wis. Const. art. XI, § 3.