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Resolution No. 13 (2023)
RESOLUTION APPROVING ALTERATION OF SUPERVISORY
DISTRICT BOUNDARY - CITY OF HUDSON (TOWN OF HUDSON)
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
Christine Hines, County Clerk, County Clerk
DATE: May 2, 2023
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Approving Alteration of Supervisory District Boundary - City of
Hudson (Town of Hudson)
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In November of 2022, the City of Hudson enacted an ordinance to annex 5.75 acres to the City
of Hudson from the Town of Hudson. The population of the annexed property is zero (0). The
annexed property will be temporarily classified as AR- Agricultural Residential. The annexed
property from the Town of Hudson was part of Ward 13, County Supervisor District 8. The City
of Hudson requests the parcel be made part of Ward 4, County Supervisor District 7.
The City of Hudson requests the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors exercise its redistricting
powers under Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(c) (below).
Per Wisconsin State Statute § 59.10(3)(c), “Changes during decade. After the enactment of a plan
of supervisory districts under par. (B), a municipal incorporation, annexation, detachment or
consolidation may serve as a basis for altering between federal decennial censuses the
boundaries of supervisory districts, in the discretion of the board. . . ".
This resolution alters the supervisory district boundary by moving the annexed parcel of land
from County Supervisor District 8 to County Supervisor District 7, consisting of Ward 4 in the
City of Hudson. The population of the annexed parcels is zero.
Additional information:
D ETERMINING IF THE CREATION OF A N EW W ARD IS N ECESSARY
The establishment of wards for purposes of elections and representation is provided in Wis. Stat.
§ 5.15. Under that statute, the municipality annexing the territory may add the annexed territory
to an existing, contiguous ward (or wards) only if the annexed territory is in the same county
supervisory, assembly and congressional districts* as the ward to which it is added. If the
supervisory, assembly or congressional districts in the annexed territory are different from the
districts in the ward to which the territory is contiguous, a new ward must be created for the
annexed territory unless the county board adopts a re-districting ordinance (moving the
annexed territory into the same supervisory district as the territory to which it is annexed),
because a single ward may not be located in two or more supervisory districts. Note-only a
county has the authority to redraw its county supervisory district boundaries between decennial
redistricting to move residents of one county supervisory district to another.
*If the annexed territory is in an assembly district or congressional district different from the
assembly or congressional districts in which the existing ward is located, a new ward must be
created. No exceptions.
Resolution No. 13 (2023)
RESOLUTION APPROVING ALTERATION OF SUPERVISORY
DISTRICT BOUNDARY - CITY OF HUDSON (TOWN OF HUDSON)
1 WHEREAS, in 2021 the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors adopted a 10-year
2 supervisory district plan creating county supervisory districts, municipal aldermanic districts and
3 election wards following the 2020 Census; and
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5 WHEREAS, Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(c) allows a county board, in its discretion, to alter the
6 boundaries of supervisory districts based on annexations which occur after the adoption of the
7 10-year supervisory district plan, as long as the number of supervisory districts is not changed;
8 and
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10 WHEREAS, the City of Hudson completed an annexation in November 2022 of a parcel
11 described on the attached ordinance consisting of 5.75 acres; and
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13 WHEREAS, a map of the annexed parcels, along with a copy of the annexation
14 ordinance has been filed with the St. Croix County Clerk and are attached; and
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16 WHEREAS, the parcel annexed by the City of Hudson is part of County Supervisor
17 District 8, consisting of Ward 13, in the Town of Hudson; and
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19 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to move the annexed parcel into County Supervisor District
20 7 in Ward 4, City of Hudson; and
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22 WHEREAS, the parcel annexed by the City of Hudson and made part of Ward 4 does
23 not cross an assembly district or congressional district line; and
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25 WHEREAS, the population of the annexed parcel is zero; and
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27 WHEREAS, this resolution does not change the number of supervisory districts.
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29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of
30 Supervisors that the supervisory district boundaries are hereby altered by moving the annexed
31 parcel of land from County Supervisor District 8 to County Supervisor District 7 consisting of
32 Ward 4 in the City of Hudson as shown on the attached.
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34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Clerk is hereby directed to
35 forward all notices required under Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 59, to the Secretary of State for
36 the purpose of advising that office of said supervisory district boundary changes.
Legal – Fiscal – Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: None
04/18/23 Administration Committee RECOMMENDED
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Paul Berning, Supervisor
SECONDER: Scott Counter, Vice-Chair
AYES: Bob Long, Carah Koch, Paul Berning, Scott Counter
EXCUSED: Bob Feidler
Vote Confirmation.
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call - Vote Requirement –
RESULT: ADOPTED BY CONSENT VOTE \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor
SECONDER: Daniel Hansen, Supervisor
AYES: Lind, Anderson, Long, Leaf, Koch, Berning, Ottino, Feidler, Ostness, Counter,
Hansen, Sherley, Tellijohn, Carlson, Barcalow, Swanepoel, VanSomeren, Ramberg
ABSENT: Paul Adams
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on May 2, 2023
Christine Hines, County Clerk