A.

Authority; establishment. The village board hereby exercises its village powers and establishes a seven-member plan commission under Wis. Stats. §§ 61.35 and 62.2. The plan commission shall be considered the village planning agency under Wisconsin Statutes.

B.

Membership. The plan commission shall always have at least three citizen members who are not village officials; the other members may be village elected or appointed officials.

C.

Appointments. The village president shall appoint the members of the plan commission and designate a plan commission chairperson during the month of April to fill any expiring term. The village president may appoint himself or herself or another village board member to the plan commission and may designate himself or herself, the other village board member, or a citizen member as chairperson of the plan commission. In a year in which any village board member is elected at the spring election, any appointment or designation by the village president shall be made after the election and qualification of the village trustee members as elected. Any citizen appointed to the plan commission shall take and file the oath of office within five days of notice of appointment, as provided under Wis. Stats. § 19.01.

D.

Terms of office. The term of office for the plan commission chairperson and each Commission member shall be for a period of three years, ending on April 30, or until a successor is appointed and qualified, except:

(1)

The citizen members initially appointed to the plan commission shall be appointed for staggered terms.

(2)

The plan commission member who is a village board member or village president, including a person designated the plan commission chairperson, shall serve for a period of two years, as allowed under Wis. Stats. § 66.0501(2), concurrent with his or her term on the village board, except an initial appointment made after April 30 shall be for a term that expires two years from the previous April 30.

(3)

Despite subsection D(2), above, the village board may appoint a village trustee or President to the plan commission for a one-year term in order to stagger the terms of the plan commission membership coinciding with the two-year general election cycle.

E.

Vacancies. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy on the plan commission shall serve for the remainder of the term.

F.

Compensation; expenses. The village board hereby sets a per diem allowance, as from time to time amended by the village board, per meeting for citizens and village board members of the plan commission, as allowed under Wis. Stats. § 66.0501(2). In addition, the village board may reimburse reasonable costs and expenses.

G.

Experts and staff. The plan commission may, under Wis. Stats. § 62.23(1), recommend to the village board the employment of experts and staff, and may review and recommend to the approval authority proposed payments under any contract with an expert.

H.

Chairperson and officers.

(1)

Chairperson. The plan commission chairperson shall be appointed and serve a term as provided in subsections C and D. The chairperson shall, subject to village ordinances and commission rules:

(a)

Provide leadership to the commission.

(b)

Set commission meeting and hearing dates.

(c)

Provide notice of commission meetings and hearings and set their agendas, personally or by his or her designee.

(d)

Preside at commission meetings and hearings.

(e)

Ensure that the laws are followed.

(2)

Vice chairperson. The plan commission may elect, by open vote or secret ballot under Wis. Stats. § 19.88(1), a vice chairperson to act in the place of the chairperson when the chairperson is absent or incapacitated for any cause.

(3)

Secretary. The plan commission shall elect, by open vote or secret ballot under Wis. Stats. § 19.88(1), one of its members to serve as secretary, or, with the approval of the village board, designate the village clerk or other village officer or employee as secretary.

I.

Commission members as local public officials. All members of the plan commission shall faithfully discharge their official duties to the best of their abilities, as provided in the oath of office, Wis. Stats. § 19.01, in accordance with, but not limited to, the provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes on: public records, Wis. Stats. §§ 19.21 through 19.39,; the Code of Ethics for local government officials, Wis. Stats. §§ 19.42, 19.58 and 19.59; open meetings, Wis. Stats. §§ 19.81 through 19.89; misconduct in office, Wis. Stats. § 946.12; and private interests in public contracts, Wis. Stats. § 946.13. Commission members shall further perform their duties in a fair and rational manner and avoid arbitrary actions.

J.

Village plan commission duties. The village plan commission, together with its other duties under Wisconsin Statutes and the Kronenwetter Municipal Code, shall, with reference to this chapter, have the following duties and responsibilities within the village limits:

(1)

Conduct public hearings for applications to amend the provisions of this chapter, including the official zoning map, and conditional use permits.

(2)

Approve or deny conditional use permit and site plan approval applications, except where otherwise specified in this chapter.

(3)

Review and advise the village board on all applications for text amendments to the zoning regulations, and to all amendments to the official zoning map.

(4)

Assist the zoning administrator in the performance of his or her duties as specified in this chapter.

(5)

Review and advise on conceptual development plans for potential future applications under this chapter.

(Ord. No. 16-07, 6-20-2016)