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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2018 (873) Ordinance No. 873 (2018) ST. C}� 1 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING COUNTY BUSINESS HOURS AND "4 C d ,P; 4 " - � FILING CUTOFF TIME FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS 1 WHEREAS,pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 59.20(3)(a) county elective and appointive offices, 2 agencies and departments shall keep their offices open during usual business hours, as the county 3 board directs; and 4 5 WHEREAS, current business hours for the Health Center and Ag Center are 8:00 a.m. to 6 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 7 8 WHEREAS, current business hours for the Highway Department are 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 11 WHEREAS, current business hours for all other St. Croix County government buildings 12 are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance no. 492 (98) 15 creating Chapter 5 of the St. Croix County Ordinances establishing a cut-off time of 4:30 p.m. 16 for filing in the Register of Deeds office pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 59.20(3)(c); and 17 18 WHEREAS, with growing challenges for recruitment and retention in the marketplace, 19 St. Croix County must seek solutions to create a work environment that offers work-life balance; 20 and 21 22 WHEREAS, St. Croix County has a philosophy that actively supports employees 23 achieving success in both their work and home life; and 24 25 WHEREAS, the most common office hours for Wisconsin counties are from 8:00 a.m. to 26 4:30 p.m.; and 27 28 WHEREAS, it is documented that public use during 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (lunch 29 hour)is substantially greater than in the 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. time frame. 30 31 NOW, THEREFORE, the county board of supervisors of the County of St. Croix does 32 ordain as follows: 33 (1) Chapter 5 of the St. Croix County Code of Ordinances is hereby repealed and 34 recreated as attached hereto and shall be entitled"ESTABLISHING COUNTY 35 BUSINESS HOURS." 36 (2) This ordinance shall be effective January 1, 2019. Le-gal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals: Legal Note: Fiscal Impact: No significant change in operating costs are projected by changing the operating 5�cot-tT. Cox, Corporati6nYounsel 101t"212018 �Kor'�10/12, loe 10/15/18 Enacted 10/15/18 Administration Committee RECOMMENDED Roll Call -Vote Requirement— Majority of Supervisors Present ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .................. RESULT: ENACTED [15 TO 1] MOVER: David Peterson, Supervisor SECONDER: Roy Sjoberg, Supervisor AYES: Schachtner, Nordstrand, Coulter, Sjoberg, Long, Moothedan, Feidler, Larson, Hansen, Brinkman, Peterson, Anderson, Achterhof, Leibfried, Peavey NAYS: Lynda Miller ABSENT: Dan Fosterling, Dave Ostness, District 13 This Ordinance was ENACTED by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on November 6, 2018 Cindy Campbell, County Clerk CHAPTER 5 ESTABLISHING COUNTY BUSINESS HOURS AND FILING CUTOFF TIME FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS 5.1 PURPOSE. This chapter is intended to establish a uniform policy governing the hours of operation for county offices and facilities to insure optimum public access to services. 5.2 DEFINITIONS. In this ordinance: (1) "Facilities" means all structures, real property, offices and buildings owned, operated or leased by the county of St. Croix. (2) "Legal holidays" means the days designated to observe the following: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day. (3) "Offices"means all office buildings where a particular kind of business is transacted or a service is supplied: such as a place in which the functions of a public office are performed, a major administrative unit of government, or a subdivision of some government departments. 5.3 BUSINESS HOURS. (1) All St. Croix County offices, inclusive of elective and appointive offices, agencies and departments, except the St. Croix County Highway Department, shall be open to the general public during usual business hours, which shall be defined as being the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week with the express exception of legal holidays. (2) The cutoff time for filing and recording documents at the St. Croix County Register of Deeds shall be 4:00 p.m. Said hours shall be computed in accordance with Wis. Stat. §§ 175.09 and 175.095. Documents shall be accepted up to the end of the business day but processed the next business day if received after the cutoff time. (3) The following offices shall have the business hours hereunder specified: (a) The St. Croix County Highway Department hours shall be from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (b) For St. Croix County Jail visitation hours consult the county website. Ordinance No. 492 (98) December, 1998 Repealed and Recreated: Ordinance No. (2018)- 1 CHAPTER 5 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CUT-OFF TIME FOR FILING AND RECORDING DOCUMENTS IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE The Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County does ordain as follows: SECTION L AUTHORITY. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority of Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 59.20(3)(c). SECTION IL PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide the Register of Deeds office sufficient time in which to complete the processing of documents filed for recording on the same day they are received by setting a cut-off time for receipt of documents. Documents shall be accepted up to the end of the business day but processed the next business day if received after the cut-off time. SECTION III. CUT-OFF TIME FOR FILING AND RECORDING DOCUMENTS. In order to assure the complete processing, recording, and indexing of documents on the same day they are received, a document must be received by the Register of Deeds office no later than 4:30 p.m. Documents received after 4:30 p.m. shall be processed on the next official business day. For all other purposes, the office shall remain open to the public until 5:00 p.m. on all official business days. SECTION IV. REFERENCES TO STATUTES. References to specific statutory sections wherever used in this ordinance shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes of 1995-1996. SECTION V. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. Prior ordinances and resolutions are repealed to the extent that they conflict with this ordinance. SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance is effective the day after passage and publication as provided by law. Ordinance No. 492 (98)—December, 1998 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CUT-OFF TIME FOR FILING AND RECORDING DOCUMENTS IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE Ordinance No. �a(ql� St. Croix County,Wisconsin The Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County does ordain as follows: SECTION L AUTHORITY. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority of Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 59.20(3)(c). SECTION IL PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide the Register of Deeds office sufficient time in which to complete the processing of documents filed for recording on the same day they are received by setting a cut-off time for receipt of documents. Documents shall be accepted up to the end of the business day but processed the next business day if received after the cut-off time. SECTION III. CUT-OFF TIME FOR FILING AND RECORDING DOCUMENTS. In order to assure the complete processing, recording, and indexing of documents on the same day they are received, a document must be received by the Register of Deeds office no later than 4:30 p.m. Documents received after 4:30 p.m, shall be processed on the next official business day. For all other purposes, the office shall remain open to the public until 5:00 p.m, on all official business days. SECTION IV. REFERENCES TO STATUTES. References to specific statutory sections wherever used in this ordinance shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes of 1995-1995. SECTION V. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. Prior ordinances and resolutions are repealed to the extent that they conflict with this ordinance. SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance is effective the day after passage and publication as provided by law. Dated this J L day of 1998. Offered by: Planning, Zoning and Parks Com ittee NEGATIVE A TIVE $TATE OF W15OON81N COUNTY OF ST.CROs Coatb CWk. OQ HEREBY CERTIFY that 1Ghe :true end core�t�►et adopted by the Com fid Of SupetvEsors at M*mesttnnp hdd _ Sue E.Nelson,St Croix county Chile