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RESOLUTION #:180-78
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE BIG MUSKEGO LAKE
DISTRICT
WHEREAS, The Common Council of the City of Muskego deems it
necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of Muskego
to pursue activities which will result in the improvement of
Big Muskego Lake - Bass Bay and surrounding wetlands, be it
resolved.
Section I: Title: There is hereby established the
Big Muskego Lake District.
Section 2: Purpose- Big Muskego Lake District is
established for purposes of undertaking programs, projects and
activities to protect and rehabilitate the environment of Big
Muskego Lake - Bass Bay, to improve the quality of the waters,
to improve the fishery and wildlife habitat, and to change the
condition of Big Muskego - Bass Bay to a condition of greater
usefulness.
Section 3- Territory: Said district shall be com-
prised of the property and territory lying within the boundaries
of the City of Muskego as described in Exhibit A, attached hereto
and incorporated herein.
Section 4: Governing Body: There is hereby created a
Board of District Commissioners who shall be responsible for the
management of the affairs of the district. The district commis-
sioners shall be the members of the Common Council of the City
of Muskego and the Mayor of the City of Muskego, who shall be its
Chairman.
Section 5: Organizational meeting: The Board of dis-
trict commissioners shall hold an organizational meeting within
30 days from the adoption of this resolution at which time it
shall:
I. Elect a secretary and treasurer, who shall
serve until the first annual election.
2. Adopt rules of procedure
3. Adopt by-laws
Upon the election of the officers at the organizational
meeting, the Board may commence conducting the affairs of the
district.
(2) The board may make an initial assessment of all
taxable property within the district to raise funds to pay organi-
zational costs and operate the district until the receipt of the
tax voted by the first annual meeting. The manner of making the
assessment shall be within the discretion of the board.
Section 6: Advisory Body- A Board of District Deputies
shall be responsible for advising the Board of District Commissioners
and shall perform activities for the benefit of the district as
directed by the Board of District Commissioners. The Board of
District Deputies shall consist of five (5) district members and
shall be elected by the district members at the district annual
meeting.
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Section 7: Officers:
ITEM A: The Board of District Commissioners shall
elect a Secretary who shall keep minutes of ail Board of District
Commissioners meetings, maintain the district election roll, and
annually inform the Department of Natural Resources, State of
Wisconsin, of the District's existence.
ITEM B: The Board of bistrict Commissioners shall elect
a Treasurer who shall receive and manage all district monies as
directed by the Board of District Commissioners.
Section 8: Compensation: District Commissioners,
Deputies, and Officers shall receive no financial compensation
but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of the
district.
Section 9- Annual Meeting: The district shall have
an annual meeting. The first annual meeting shall be scheduled
between May 22 and September 8, and annually thereafter unless
changed by vote at the previous annual meeting.
(2) The annual meeting shall be preceded by written
notice mailed at least 10 days in advance of the meeting to all
electors within the district and persons owning lands within the
district and whose address is known or can be ascertained with
reasonable diligence, and to the Department of Natural Resources.
In lieu of sending written notices to electors residing within the
district, the Board of District Commissioners may substitute a
Class 2 notice, under Ch. 985, Statutes.
(3) The annual meeting shall:
(a) Elect one or more commissioners to fill
vacancies in the district board;
(b) Approve a budget for the coming year;
(c) Vote a tax upon all taxable property within
the district for the costs of operation for the coming
year, which tax shall not exceed a rate of 2.5 milis
of equalized valuation, a report of which shall be
delivered by the Treasurer, by October 31, by certi-
fied statement to the clerk of each municipality having
property within the district for collection;
(d) Approve or disapprove all proposed projects by
the district having a cost to the district in excess of
$5100001 by vote of the electors and property owners
within the district. The annual meeting may also authorize
the Board of District Commissioners, during the succeeding
year until the next annual meeting, to approve or dis-
approve projects having a cost to the district in excess
of $5,000, and to enter into contracts accordingly.
(e) Take up and consider such other business as
comes before it;
Section 10. Business Meetings: The Board of District
Commissioners shall meet at least four (4) times per year. Public
notice of such meetings shall be made prior to the meeting. The
Board of District Commissioners shall take up and consider such
business as is brought before it by the district members.
Section 11: District Powers: Big Muskego Lake District
is a body corporate and may sue, be sued, make contracts, accept
gifts, purchase, lease, devise or otherwise acquire, hold money,
contract debt and do such acts as are necessary to carry out pro-
grams of lake protection and rehabilitation.
Section 12: Borrowing Power: The district may borrow or
issue special assessment bonds as provided for by statute.
Section 13: Financial Assistance: The district shall
have the authority to apply for municipal, state, and federal aids.
Section 14: Attachment and Detachment: The district
may attach and detach territory as provided by statute.
Section 15: Merger: The district may merge with a con-
tiguous district as provided by statute.
Section 16: Dissolution: The district may be dissolved
if such action is approved by two-thirds (2/3) of the district mem-
ber sh'ip:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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DATED THIS �( DAY OF , 1978.
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