As selected instances may warrant, we use these opportunities to provide information to all parties on local home rule powers, land use management practices and principles, the consequences of interaction and overlap of other statutory authority, and try to inform and enhance the general decision-making ability of local governing bodies. With the permission of the parties, we may call a time out and suggest mediation or other strategies that could lead to a withdrawal of a petition, or produce an intergovernmental agreement. We work closely with the municipal associations, Legislative Council, UWEX-Local Government Center, and other bodies, to produce informational and educational materials, as well as make periodic informational presentations at meetings of the League of Municipalities, the Alliance of Cities, the Towns Associations, Department of Transportation state meetings, State Bar of Wisconsin, and county board committees. Wis. Stats., and cooperative boundary agreements using ss. 66.0307, 66.0225, and 66.0301, Wis. Stats.
Annexation is The process that transfers territory from towns to cities and villages.
A village or city. And a public interest review by the Department of Administration in counties with a population of 50,000 or more persons. When requested, MBR will review annexation petitions received from municipalities within smaller counties. Annexation Methods Annexations are typically designed and initiated by landowners or electors, and not by villages or cities. There are 3 common petition methods by which annexation may occur, and these are presented in the order in which they are most frequently used.