Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors
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The Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors is the non-partisan 29-member governing board of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district and the chairperson and vice-chair positions are elected from within members of the board.
. Its weekly meetings are televised on local public television and transcripts are published online. Most items are approved on a "consent calendar" without discussion.
, all items that do not have "holds" placed on them by a supervisor or a member of the general public, or are mandatory public hearings, are approved. Following that, presentations are made of various dignitaries such as directors of local consulates, awards to County employees and the general public, and a pet for adoption. The presentations can take over an hour. Items that were not approved are called in numerical order unless a supervisor wishes to take items out of order. Because of this, department heads with controversial items stay for the entire meeting to wait until their item is called, which may not be the order they were listed on the agenda. Some items are "special orders", where at a set time the item will be called in order to invite guests to make presentations that they could not otherwise wait for.
During the meeting, adjournments occur, and can include anyone the supervisor finds worthy of note. Public comment is limited to an individual being able to comment for a total of three minutes for all items one wishes to address during the meeting, and an additional three minutes during general public comment on any topic within the board's jurisdiction. On popular topics with multiple speakers, comments may be restricted to as little as one minute each, and the board has the discretion to ask disruptive speakers to desist.
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population estimate was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire....
. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district and the chairperson and vice-chair positions are elected from within members of the board.
Board meetings
The board meets every other Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Eau Claire County Courthouse in downtown Eau Claire, WisconsinEau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 65,883 as of the 2010 census, making it the largest municipality in the northwestern portion of the state, and the 9th largest in the state overall. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County,...
. Its weekly meetings are televised on local public television and transcripts are published online. Most items are approved on a "consent calendar" without discussion.
Itinerary
Meetings can last for hours. At the start of a meeting, after an invocation and the Pledge of AllegiancePledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942...
, all items that do not have "holds" placed on them by a supervisor or a member of the general public, or are mandatory public hearings, are approved. Following that, presentations are made of various dignitaries such as directors of local consulates, awards to County employees and the general public, and a pet for adoption. The presentations can take over an hour. Items that were not approved are called in numerical order unless a supervisor wishes to take items out of order. Because of this, department heads with controversial items stay for the entire meeting to wait until their item is called, which may not be the order they were listed on the agenda. Some items are "special orders", where at a set time the item will be called in order to invite guests to make presentations that they could not otherwise wait for.
During the meeting, adjournments occur, and can include anyone the supervisor finds worthy of note. Public comment is limited to an individual being able to comment for a total of three minutes for all items one wishes to address during the meeting, and an additional three minutes during general public comment on any topic within the board's jurisdiction. On popular topics with multiple speakers, comments may be restricted to as little as one minute each, and the board has the discretion to ask disruptive speakers to desist.
Committees
Members of the county board and other county officials can be appointed to serve as members of the following county committees:- Administration Committee
- Aging & Disability Resource Center Board
- Finance and Budget Committee
- Highway Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Human Services Board
- Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee
- Parks and Forest Committee
- Planning and Development Committee
- UW Extension Education Committee
Mission statement
The mission statement of the Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors is "To provide quality, responsive services aimed at protecting the public safety, health and economic security of our residents and fostering our natural and cultural resources in a cost effective manner through innovation and leadership."External links
- Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors
- Eau Claire County, WisconsinEau Claire County, WisconsinEau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population estimate was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire....
- November 2008 Election Results
- April 2009 Election Results