4. Joint Board of Commissioners

The District shall be governed by a Joint Board of Commissioners (Hereafter “Joint Board”) which shall be the Joint Board of fire commissioners within the meaning of Wisconsin Statutes 60.55 (l)(a)2 and 61.65 (2)(b)2. The Joint Board shall be responsible for establishing policies pertaining to the operation of the District and shall control the finances of the District. The Joint board shall consist of commissioners with one commissioner to be appointed by each member municipality, which appointee shall not be a firefighter or emergency medical technician employed by the District. Each member municipality shall determine its own procedures for appointment of commissioners, and may change the appointee at its own discretion upon reasonable notice to other member municipalities and the District.