Executive and Legislative Committee

IV. J. Supervisors are required by law to sign or indicate their vote on any question presented to the Board, except when voting for the officers of the Board or other governing body.  When written ballots are used, supervisors shall indicate their vote by placing their

IV. J "When the ballots are used . . . . . by placing the

district number on the reverse side of the ballot, except for election of the board chair and vice chair.

Judy Ashford

No legal objection to this change.  Election for E&L still must have the district number indicated on the ballot.

IX. Conservation, Planning & Zoning

Text not included for space due to the limited nature of the proposed changes.

IX. Conservation, Planning & Zoning doesn't list the number of members

like all the rest do.  Also, Mapping is now called Land Records

Modernization, I think.

Judy Ashford

The website and my copy does include the members. The change regarding mapping is appropriate.

Health Care Center Board of Trustees.

Move from a Board of Trustees to a standing committee of the County Board.

Art Carlson

The Board of Trustees was created in accordance with Wis. Stat. s. 46.18, and Sauk Co. Code ch. 46 governs the BOT. If the Board desires to do this, it will require a repeal of Sauk Co. Code ch. 46 and an accompanying board action to do so. A change to the ROB does not accomplish this.

Tri-County Airport Commission

Request to have the Tri-County Airport Commissioner be a citizen member at the discretion of the Board Chair.

Virgil Hartje

There is no legal requirement that the Tri-County Airport commissioner be a board member, and in fact, commissioners serve a six year term, so a supervisor who leaves the Board would continue to serve until the expiration of their six year term.

V A. Supervisors shall be authorized up to a maximum of 90 days' compensation (at a per diem rate of $60.00 for each day of attendance when the Board is in session and meetings, and $50.00 for other authorized service including committee meetings), plus mileage and reimbursement of authorized expenses, for committee work when attending committee meetings of which they are members, or as chair of a committee (or their designee) when attending a committee meeting of which they are not a member for the purpose of providing testimony on an issue. …

No specific language proposed, but the request is to have additional per diems for multiple committee meetings on the same day, or in the alternative, move to a salary system for county board members.

Carol Held

Wis. Stat. s. 59.10(3)(h) limits compensation. Multiple per diems are not lawful.  A salary is lawful pursuant to Wis. Stat. s. 59.10(3)(i) but no change can be made now.  Changes must be made at the Annual Meeting of the Board in the year prior to the election and be adopted by a 2/3 vote. (Wis. Stat. s. 59.10(f))

Rule IX

EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Responsible for policy direction and oversight to the following departments: Administrative Coordinator, Corporation Counsel, County Clerk, Management Information Systems.

Rule IX

LAW ENFORCEMENT & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

…. Provides policy direction and oversight on behalf of the Board to the following departments: District Attorney, Coroner, Clerk of Courts, Court Commissioner, Register in Probate, Child Support, and Circuit Court Judges, Sheriff, Emergency Management, and the Animal Shelter.

Rule IX

EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Responsible for policy direction and oversight to the following departments: Administrative Coordinator, Corporation Counsel, County Clerk, Management Information Systems and Emergency Management.

LAW ENFORCEMENT & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

…. Provides policy direction and oversight on behalf of the Board to the following departments: District Attorney, Coroner, Clerk of Courts, Court Commissioner, Register in Probate, Child Support, and Circuit Court Judges, Sheriff, Emergency Management, ….

Wis. Stat. s. 323.14(1)(a)2 requires that a county designate an emergency management committee with the chair designating the chair of the committee.

This is the most feasible approach to resolving Sauk County’s current non-compliance with the statute. Two other approaches would be to create a new, standing emergency management committee with the chair appointed by the County Board Chairperson. In the alternative, emergency management could remain with Law Enforcement & Judiciary, but a special rule would have the chair of that committee appointed by the County Board Chairperson.

Rule IX.

Economic Development Committee

Rule IX

Eliminate the trail subcommittee whose work has been subsumed by the Trail Commission.

Chair

The subcommittee is not in the Rules of the Board, but it is worthy of discussion here since it impacts the duties of the Economic Development Committee.