2015-12261
RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -1226
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee(s) to participate, pursuant to
§66.0307, Wisconsin Statutes, in the preparation of an amendment to the Cooperative
Boundary Plan between the City of Janesville and the Town of Rock, which was made
effective as of May 16, 1996 and is scheduled to terminate on May 16, 2016 ( "Boundary
Plan "), with the objective of continuing the purpose of the Boundary Plan, which among
other things, determined municipal boundary changes and how land located within the
Boundary Plan would be provided with municipal services.
WHEREAS, §66.0307, Wisconsin Statutes, authorizes two or more adjacent municipalities to
enter into a Cooperative Boundary Plan.
WHEREAS, The Boundary Plan determines future municipal boundary changes, provides for
transition of municipal services, and guides the orderly development of the area covered by the
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of City of Janesville and the Town of Rock entered into the
Boundary Plan in May 1996, which is scheduled to terminate in May 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Janesville believes an amendment to the Boundary
Plan that allows for the attachment of land located within the area located in the Boundary Plan
to be phased in over 20 years, as opposed to immediately as of May 2016 as currently set forth
in the Boundary Plan, is in the best interests of the City of Janesville; and
WHEREAS, such an amendment to the Plan shall become effective only after a joint public
hearing of the Janesville Common Council and the Rock Town Board, approval by both the
Common Council and the Town Board, approval by the Wisconsin Department of
Administration, and compliance with other procedures set forth in §66.0307, Wisconsin Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Janesville that
the City Manager and /or one or more designees are hereby authorized to participate, on behalf
of the City, with representatives of the Town of Rock, in an effort to prepare a Plan, until such
times as participation in development of a mutually agreeable Plan is no longer productive
and /or the Common Council terminates or limits this authorization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and /or designees shall keep the Common
Council apprised of the effort to develop a Plan, and shall seek, as appropriate, the advice and
guidance of the Common Council and /or City Plan Commission, particularly regarding matters
of policy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall provide notice of this Resolution, in
writing, to each of the parties specified in §66.0307(4)(a), Wisconsin Statutes, not later than five
days after the adoption of this Resolution by the Common Council.
ADOPTED: September 14, 2015
APPROVED:
Mark A. reitag, City Manager
ATTES .
DefQd Godek, City Clerk- Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wald Klimczy y Attorney
Proposed by: Planning Services Division
Prepared by: Planning Services Division
Motion by: Marklein
Second by: Tidwell
Councilmember
Aye
Nay
Pass
Absent
Bobzien
X
Deupree
X
Farrell
X
Gruber
X
Liebert
X
Marklein
X
Tidwell
X