Fiscal Note
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Title
Amending Section 33.08 of the Madison General Ordinances to lower the term for alternate members from five years to one year, except the position from terms of appointment, and modify member pay and reimbursement.
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This amendment modifies the term length for alternate members of the Board of Review, adjusts member salary, and provides reimbursement for travel expenses.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (1) entitled “Composition of Board of Review” of Section 33.08 entitled “Board of Review” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
(1) Composition of Board of Review. The Board of Review of the City of Madison shall consist of five (5) residents of said City none of whom shall occupy any public office or be employed by the City of Madison. The members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. and shall hold office as members of said Board for terms Notwithstanding Section 33.01(6)(a), the members shall be appointed for of five (5) years commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the particular year for which appointed, or until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that the first appointments commencing on April 19, 1960 shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years, respectively. The Board of Review is not subject to Section 33.01(6)(b).
2. Subsection (2) entitled “Alternate Members” of Section 33.08 entitled “Board of Review” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
(2) Alternate Members. In addition to the members above-mentioned, the Mayor may appoint with the approval of the Council two (2) residents of the City none of whom shall occupy any public office or be employed by the City of Madison, to be alternate members. The alternate members shall hold office of the Board for terms of five (5) years one (1) year commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the particular year for which appointed, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Board shall designate which alternate is the first alternate and which alternate is the second alternate. The first alternate shall act with full power when any other member of the Board is absent or refuses to act because of a conflict of interest. The second alternate shall so act only when the first alternate acting with full power is absent or refuses to act because of a conflict of interest, or is absent or when more than one (1) member of the Board so is absent or refuses or is absent to act because of a conflict of interest. The alternate members shall be notified in advance when required to serve and shall receive the same compensation as the Board members only when required to serve in the place of a Board member.
3. Subsection (4) entitled “Compensation” of Section 33.08 entitled “Board of Review” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
(4) Compensation. The members of the Board of Review shall receive a salary of twenty dollars ($20.00) thirty dollars ($30.00) a day, or fraction thereof, that the Board of Review is in session for the purpose of hearing and considering testimony or in making their report and determination and shall be reimbursed for reasonable, actual, and necessary travel expenses for such days.