The Town of Wausau Board will be appointing a municipal clerk to complete the term of the current Clerk. To fill the position, the Town Board will be collecting resumes from interested Town residents. Resumes are due November 1 and should be submitted to Cindy Worden, Town Clerk by emailing [email protected]. Interviews will be conducted the following week and the Clerk will be appointed on November11 Town Board meeting. The appointment of the municipal clerk will begin on December 1, 2024, and end on April 15, 2025. In December, residents interested in running for the Town Clerk can take out nomination papers. The municipal clerk will be elected on April 1, 2025, for a two-year term.

Interested individuals should have:

• Appropriate computer skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Financial bookkeeping experience.
• Data management skills
• The ability to work independently.

Duties

 Section 2.113.   of the Town of Wausau Code of Ordinance describes the duties of Town Clerk.  The town clerk shall have the following duties:

1.Legislative    

a. The town clerk is responsible for taking minutes of the town board meetings and ensuring that any ordinances or resolutions adopted by the town board are posted or published as required under Wis. Stats.  60.80.

b. The town clerk may be delegated the responsibility of providing proper notice of town board meetings, public hearings and other matters such as required public bidding notices.

c. The town clerk shall provide notice of the annual town meeting (if required) and other town elector meetings under Wis. Stats. § 60.12(3) and shall serve as clerk of those meetings.

d. Within five (5) days of a town elector meeting, the town clerk must file the minutes of that meeting in his or her office and shall post or publish all resolutions, motions and other actions taken by the electors at a town elector meeting must be posted or published as required within 30 days of the meeting under Wis. Stats. Chapter 60.80(1)(a).

2. Finance. The town clerk shall keep a finance book containing a complete record of the finances of the town showing the receipts, with the date, amount and course of each receipt; the disbursements, with the date, amount and object of each disbursement; and any other information relating to town finances prescribed by the town board.

3. Property assessment.

a. The town clerk shall carefully examine and correct the assessment roll upon receipt from the assessor and prior to the board of review.

b. The town clerk is responsible for providing notice to the public of the open book under Wis. Stats. Chapter 70.45 and board of review under Wis. Stats. Chapter 70.47(2).

c. An elected town clerk is a voting member of the town board of review.

d. The town clerk shall provide the proper notices for the board of review, keep a record of the proceedings and swear in all persons testifying before the board of review.  The town clerk also provides notice of board of review decisions as required by law.

e. The town clerk also provided notice of board of review decisions as required by law.

f. The town clerk shall prepare the tax roll, pick up the tax bills from the Marathon County treasurer, and deliver the bills to the town treasurer by December 8.

g. The town treasurer shall mail the bills to the property owners.

h. The town clerk shall provide the notice of proportional property tax revenue and credits to the county treasurer as required under Wis. Stats. Chapter 60.33(10).

4. Elections. The town clerk shall perform the functions in Chapters 5-12, Wis. Stats., relating to elections.

5. Public records custodian.

a. The town clerk shall be the custodian of town records under Wis. Stats. Chapter 19.33 and shall comply with requests under the public records law under Wis. Stats. Chapter 19.34.

b. The town clerk shall maintain, preserve, and dispose of town records in accordance with Wis. Stats. Chapter 19.21.

6. Licenses. The town clerk may issue licenses granted by the town board and shall process applications for alcohol licenses including providing notice pursuant to Wis. Stats. Chapter 125.04.

7. Miscellaneous additional duties.

a. The town clerk shall perform the town clerk’s duties under Chapters 115 to 121, Wis. Stats., relating to public instruction.

b. The town clerk shall perform all other duties required by law, ordinance or lawful direction of the town meeting or town board.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your resume to Cindy Worden at [email protected] or call Cindy at 715 297 1157.