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June 202113 18 23 1 DRONES? GREAT CHOICE, YOU’RE COVERED TheMunicipality Your Voice Your Wisconsin. June | 2021 NEW OFFICIALS Effective Onboarding The State Needs Wisconsin Certified Public Ethics and Conflicts Strive for Balance; for New Municipal Receiving Acts to Recommit Electrifying Manager Program Helps of Interest Part 1: Settle for Sanity Board Members of Humility to Cities Vehicles You Stand Out The State Ethics Code 4 6 9 The Municipality11 | June 202113 18 23 1 DRONES? GREAT CHOICE, YOU’RE COVERED. Five years from now, we will wonder how Cities and Villages operated without them. LWMMI anticipates the needs of our members. That’s why liability coverage for drones was added in 2014. If your municipality is not insured by the League Program you may be “grounded.” With LWMMI Insurance you can operate your City or Village the way you want to and Don’t Worry, You’re Covered! Protecting The Communities We Live In. 608.833.9595 | www.LWMMI.org A Mutual Company Owned by Member Cities and Villages. TheMunicipality The Municipality Official Monthly Publication of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Volume 116, No 6, June 2021 June | 2021 Editorial Offices 131 W. Wilson St., Suite 505, Madison, WI 53703 Dial (608) 267-2380 Feature Fax: (608) 267-0645 e-mail: [email protected] Effective Strive for The State Website: www.lwm-info.org Welcome Onboarding for Receiving Balance; Needs to Electrifying to Local New Municipal Acts of The Municipality serves as the medium of Settle for Recommit to Vehicles Government! Board Humility exchange of ideas and information on municipal Sanity Cities affairs for the officials of Wisconsin cities Members and villages. Nothing included herein is to be construed as having the endorsement of the League unless so specifically stated. The 3 4 6 9 11 13 Municipality (ISSN 0027-3597) is published monthly at $25 per year ($5.00 per copy, back issues $5.00 each) by the League of Wisconsin Wisconsin League Insurance Municipalities, 131 W. Wilson St. Suite 505, “I Wanted to Certified Public New Basic A Familiar Face Policyholders Madison, WI 53703. Periodical postage paid at Grow Where Manager Program Finance in a New Role Share $2.75 Madison & additional offices, WI. POSTMASTER: I Was Planted.” Helps You Stand Manual Million Send address change to: The Municipality, Out 131 W. Wilson St. Suite 505, Madison, WI 53703 OFFICERS 16 17 18 19 21 President, Todd Schmidt, Administrator, Village of Waunakee 1st Vice President, Justin Nickels, Mayor, Manitowoc Legal 2nd Vice President, Maureen Murphy, Administrator, Mount Pleasant Past President: Zach Vruwink, Rhinelander Ethics and Conflicts Best Practices Consent Legal of Interest Part 1: for Workplace DIRECTORS Agenda FAQ Emily Berge, Council Member, Eau Claire The State Ethics Code Documentation Steve Genisot, Mayor, Marinette James Grigg, Mayor, Horicon 23 28 30 31 Danny Helgerson, Mayor, Westby Chantia Lewis, Alder, Milwaukee Emily McFarland, Mayor, Watertown Randy Meyer, Mayor, Sheboygan Falls News/Updates/Training Mary Motiff, Mayor, Washburn Mark Rohloff, City Manager, Oshkosh Tomika Vukovic, Alder, Glendale 2021 Upcoming In Anissa Welch, Mayor, Milton Events & Transitions Transition Yee Leng Xiong, Trustee, Weston Workshops STAFF Executive Director: Jerry Deschane Deputy Director: Curt Witynski 33 34 36 Government Affairs Director: Toni Herkert Legal Counsel: Claire Silverman Assistant Legal Counsel: Maria Davis On the Cover Member Engagement/Communications Director: Gail Sumi Member Services Director: Elizabeth Yanke (Kazda) Director of Marketing & Administration: Thanks to Ruthie Rolfsmeyer for the beautiful painting of Robin Powers Blanchardville. Ruthie says: “I grew up just outside of Hollandale, Event Manager: Carrie Jensen but went to middle and high school in Blanchardville, so I have Staff Accountant: Tracy Kern a lot of fond memories of the village. Now I live part time in Administrative Assistant: Sandy Scott Madison and part time traveling around the country restoring folk art environments. The more I travel, the more unique I realize my old stomping grounds are. I am biased of course, but there is no place as beautiful as southwest Wisconsin.” 1 GROWING SMALL BUSINESSES WISCONSIN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY www.wheda.com 2 The Municipality | June 2021 Feature Welcome to Local Government! Jerry Deschane, Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities This issue of The Municipality has long been the new member a familiar face at League Zoom events. She will continue edition. With spring elections behind us, we focus on the to be that familiar face; only now you’ll see the face in a lot basics of governing for the benefit of new council members, more places. A more detailed explanation of Elizabeth’s new board members, mayors, and village presidents. We also keep role, including a discussion of the support from League of in mind that this issue serves as an annual refresher for those Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance that made the role a who have “been around a while.” reality, is on page 17. If you’re one of the “newbies,” welcome! Thank you for The League is rolling out a new publication tailored to the stepping up to the task of leading local government. We needs of newly-elected council and board members. It’s believe you will find it to be rewarding. We also know that titled, “So, You’ve Been Elected…” In style and content, this you will find it exasperating, frustrating, and even downright 17-pager builds off a pamphlet we introduced last year for maddening. Local leadership is still Forrest Gump’s proverbial people considering a run for local office. It highlights the box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. basics of open meetings and ethics laws and talks about the unique role played by a “local legislator.” (I wanted to call Our job is to help you do your job. Along that line, the it something more colorful, like “Ack! I won?! Oh No, now League is rolling out two new resources for you this year; one what?!” but I was overruled by wiser heads.) Two copies of the especially for newly-elected council and board members, and new pamphlet have been provided to every clerk’s office and the other for all members. Let’s talk about the second one first. more are available for a nominal cost. The League now has a full-time Member Services Director Providing you with the tools to do your job is what the League to serve as an important point of contact for you; to help you does. It’s what we were founded upon in 1898, and the mission identify challenges particular to your municipality, and to hasn’t changed. We thank you and salute you for doing your guide you to resources to address those challenges. I am very part in serving the citizens of Wisconsin. And we commit to pleased to (re-)introduce Member Services Director Elizabeth be here whenever you need us. Yanke. Elizabeth has been our Project Manager and has been The League appreciates the support of the following Business Partners: • AARP Wisconsin • incrediblebank • WEA Trust • American Fidelity • MSA Professional • Weld, Riley, S.C • American Transmission Co. Services Inc. • Wisconsin Housing & • Boardman & Clark LLP • Municipal Property Economic Development • Ehlers Associates Insurance Company Authority (WHEDA) • GRAEF • SEH • Zerology • Stafford Rosenbaum LLP For more information, contact Robin Powers: [email protected] | (608) 267-2383 The Municipality | June 2021 3 Feature Strive for Balance; Settle for Sanity Mary D. Motiff, Mayor of Washburn Congratulations to all of the newly electeds! If you’re wondering what to expect in your first year as a local government leader, I can tell you that it can be exciting, frustrating, exhilarating, challenging, confusing, inspiring, and satisfying – sometimes all in one day. I was surprised to learn that 63% of municipalities in Wisconsin have populations under 2,500. It is likely that the City of Washburn (population 2,036) is similar to many of your municipalities. There are fewer than 20 full-time staff including the police department, library, and public works. With that in mind, I’ll share what my first year as mayor was like. It has been a full year now since I was elected mayor of Washburn and I finally feel like I’m really ready to get down to business. I thought I was ready a year ago, even though I knew that I had a lot to learn about city government; however, I underestimated the magnitude of the learning curve. pandemic would throw a wrench into things and make everything more complicated. Before I took office, I had a list of things that I wanted to do if I was elected. The list included things like “Meet with large In addition to the COVID challenge, our public works director employers to see how the city can help make sure they stay took a different job just before the election, leaving a big gap and grow” and “Meet with staff and ask what they like about in our small staff heading into the busy summer season. That working for the city and what could be better.” I have chipped staffing situation became especially problematic when a rogue away at that list, but until recently it has felt more like I was kayak outfitter started operating on city property. They spread reacting to lots of things coming at me from all directions – out their kayaks on a little beach near the marina and ran trips kind of like a game of Asteroids (which happens to be one of daily from morning until night. The beach had become quite my favorite games from back in the days of going to the arcade popular with people trying to get outside in order to retain with my brother and a roll of quarters, but I digress).
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