Whereas, the term of the elected in April 2012 and thereafter will now have their terms of office commence on the 3rd Tuesday in April due to recent state election law changes:

Whereas, this law change results in a week long “gap” between the end of the current terms of office for those town officers elected in either 2010 or 2011 and the start of the new terms of officers elected in April 2012 or April 2013;

Whereas, 2011 Wis Act 115 provides that a town board may enact an ordinance providing that the terms of any elective officers in the town who are elected or appointed to serve for terms expiring on the 2nd Tuesday of April 2012 or 2013 may be extended to the 3rd Tuesday in April in the same year in which the terms would otherwise have expired:

Therefore, be it hereby ordained by the Town Board of the Town of Thornapple, Rusk County, Wisconsin, that the terms of elected town officers which shall expire after 11:59 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of April in either April 2012 or 2013 shal be extended until the 3rd Tuesday of April in the same year in which the terms would otherwise have expired.

This ordinance shall be effective upon publication or posting by the town clerk as required pursuant to s. 60.80, Wis Stat.

Adopted this 10th day of April 2012.