City of Oak Creek

Common Council Report

Meeting Date: 02/06/07

Item No.:        

Recommendation: 

Informational:  Mayoral Proclamation of Declaration of Status of the City of Oak Creek as a City of the Third Class.

Background: 

According to Wis. Statutes, Sec. 62.05, Wisconsin cities are divided into four classes for administration and the exercise of corporate powers, as follows:

Class Population

   1       150,000+

   2       39,000+ to150,000

   3       10,000+ to 39,000

   4       under 10,000

The criterion for passing from one class to the next takes place upon a change in population verified by the last federal census, and becomes officially declared upon a published proclamation by the mayor.  Oak Creek passed the10,000 population mark after the 1970 census, with a population of 13,928, but according to the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, no official mayoral proclamation was ever filed with that office.  A review of the City’s archived records also could not produce a verification, so a Mayoral Proclamation is being declared and published now. 

The City has been operating under the administrative and corporate powers, and abiding by the legal requirements of a third-class city, and now this designation can officially appear in the state record.

Fiscal Impact:  None

Prepared by and Fiscal review by: Beverly A. Buretta, CMC City Clerk/Comptroller

Respectfully submitted, Patrick DeGrave, PhD City Administrator