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WI Stat § 63.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.36 - Appointment of examiners; compensation.

63.36  Appointment of examiners; compensation. (1) The board shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of persons, either in or not in the official service of the city, to be examiners, and the examiners shall make return or report of the examination to the board. The board may, at any time, substitute any other person, whether or not in the official service of the city, in the place of anyone so selected. The board may themselves, at any time, act as examiners under this section without appointing examiners. The examiners, at any examination, shall not all be members of the same political party. No person shall serve in an examination of a candidate for office under ss. 63.18 to 63.53 who is a relative or connected by marriage within the degree of first cousin. (2) Persons in the service of the city shall not be compensated for acting as examiners if they are public officers or if their service as examiners is rendered during their paid working schedule, but the board may compensate employees of the board of school directors for serving as city service examiners beyond their regular working hours and beyond their regular duties as such employees.History:  1971 c. 154; 1979 c. 89; 1997 a. 253.
WI Stat § 63.37 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.37 - Board to keep a register of eligibles.

63.37  Board to keep a register of eligibles. From the returns or reports of the examiners, or from the examinations made by the board, the board shall prepare and keep a register for each grade or class of position in the service of such city, of the persons whose general average standing upon examinations for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of such board, and who are otherwise eligible, and such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination without reference to priority of time of examination. The board shall impose no restrictions as to age in case of veterans, and veterans and their spouses shall be given preference points in accordance with s. 63.08 (1) (fm).History:  1977 c. 196; 1991 a. 101; 2015 a. 150.
WI Stat § 63.38 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.38 - Persons examined not to be obstructed, aided or impersonated.

63.38  Persons examined not to be obstructed, aided or impersonated. No person or officer shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in cooperation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination, or corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing or willfully or corruptly make any false representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or willfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose either of improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, or to be examined, of being appointed, employed or promoted, or personate any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any other person to personate him or her, in connection with any examination, or registration or application or request to be examined or registered.
WI Stat § 63.39 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.39 - Vacancies, how filled.

63.39  Vacancies, how filled. (1) If a position classified and graded under ss. 63.18 to 63.53 becomes vacant, the appointing officer may fill the position or let it remain vacant. If the appointing officer chooses to fill the vacant position, the appointing officer may, with the approval of the board of city service commissioners, fill it through reinstatement, promotion, reduction or open competitive examination. If the appointing officer chooses not to fill the vacant position by reinstatement, promotion or reduction, the appointing officer shall so notify the board. Except as provided under sub. (2), if the board is so notified, it shall certify to the appointing officer from the list of eligibles the names and addresses of any number of persons standing highest on the list, in accordance with rules established by the board. All persons on the list who have the same test score shall be included on the same certification. If there are less than 3 names upon an eligible list, certification shall be made and, unless objection is made by the appointing officer to the person or persons so certified and the objection sustained by the board, appointment shall be made under the rules. (2) If the appointing officer chooses not to fill a vacant managerial, supervisory or confidential position through reinstatement, promotion or reduction, the appointing officer shall so notify the board of city service commissioners. If the board is so notified, it shall certify to the appointing officer from the list of eligibles the names and addresses of any number of persons standing highest on the list, in accordance with rules established by the board. All persons on the list who have the same test score shall be included on the same certification. If there are less than 5 names on an eligible list, certification shall be made and, unless objection is made by the appointing officer to the person or persons so certified and unless the objection is sustained by the board, appointment shall be made under the rules. (2m) Notwithstanding s. 63.08 (1) (fm), the board shall certify persons from the list of eligibles without adding preference points to their grades. After the certification under sub. (1) or (2), the board shall add to the certification list any veteran or veteran's spouse whose grade, plus the points to which the veteran or spouse is entitled under s. 63.08 (1) (fm), is equal to or higher than the lowest grade on the list of eligibles. (3) An appointing officer under this section shall select, solely with reference to merit and fitness, the number of persons for which the appointing officer has made requisition. In case the board cannot certify eligibles for appointment, it may grant to the appointing officer authority to make appointment for a period not to exceed 2 months or until regular appointment can be made. History:  1975 c. 330, 421; 1979 c. 89, 159, 355; 1991 a. 101; 2009 a. 18; 2011 a. 211; 2015 a. 150.
WI Stat § 63.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.40 - Special expert class.

63.40  Special expert class. (1) There is hereby created a new division of the classified service to be known as the special expert class. The board of city service commissioners shall place in this class all positions of a technical, scientific, or professional character, together with all positions where the qualifications are peculiar to the service in any department of the city government, and may in addition thereto temporarily classify as of the special expert class positions where the service is new and experimental in character. (2) The provisions of ss. 63.18 to 63.53 now governing selections, appointments, promotions, reinstatements, removals, transfers or other changes, shall apply to the special expert class, except as may be otherwise provided in this section. (3) For the filling of positions in the special expert class the appointing officer shall be free to suggest names of persons for consideration in examination together with all other applicants and all other persons whose names have been suggested to the board of city service commissioners, and the board shall inquire into the fitness of persons so nominated and may notify such persons and any other suitable person to participate in the examination. (4) Previous to an examination to fill a position in the special expert class, the board of city service commissioners may provide in its published announcement that the resulting eligible list shall expire as soon as an appointment has been made therefrom, providing the appointing officer so desires. When an appointing officer makes objection in writing to names of persons in the special expert class, certified from an eligible list not especially appropriate for the position or group of positions in question, such certification shall be invalid. (5) The appointing officer shall in all cases be consulted as to qualifications and requirements, examination standards, and procedure for filling positions in the special expert class. (6) In filling positions in the special expert class the board of city service commissioners shall select a board of one or more experts to conduct the examination when requested in writing to do so by an appointing officer. (7) Whenever the board of city service commissioners or the officer having the power of appointment shall deem it advisable in the interests of the service, no qualifications as to residence or citizenship shall be imposed in the examination for a position in the special expert class. Any restrictions contained in any law, or in any charter of any city of the first class inconsistent with this provision shall not be applicable in such case.History:  1979 c. 89.
WI Stat § 63.41 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.41 - Vacancies in special cases, how filled.

63.41  Vacancies in special cases, how filled. In case of a vacancy in a position, requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, technical or professional character, upon satisfactory evidence that competition is impracticable and that the position can be best filled by the selection of some designated person of recognized attainments, the commission may, after public hearing, by the affirmative vote of at least 4 commissioners, suspend competition, but no such suspension shall be general in its application to such position and all such cases of suspension shall be reported, together with the reason therefor, in the annual reports of the commission.
WI Stat § 63.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.42 - Notice to commissioners of all appointments, and of all offices abandoned.

63.42  Notice to commissioners of all appointments, and of all offices abandoned. Immediate notice in writing shall be given by the appointing power to the board of city service commissioners of all appointments, permanent or temporary, made under ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and the rules made and established under ss. 63.18 to 63.53, in those branches or departments of the civil service of such city which are subject to ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and the rules of the board, and of all transfers, promotions, resignations, other changes or vacancies from any cause in such branches or departments of the city service, and of the date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by the board. When any office or place of employment, subject to such rules, is created or abolished, or the compensation attached thereto is altered, the officer or board making such change shall immediately report the same in writing to the board of commissioners.History:  1979 c. 89.
WI Stat § 63.44 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.44 - Provisions for removals not to apply to certain departments.

63.44  Provisions for removals not to apply to certain departments. Section 63.43 shall not apply to removals of persons in any department of the city where the department is under the supervision and control of a board or commission of 3 or more members, but every such board or commission shall establish rules relating to the removal, discharge or reduction of employees in its department. No such employee shall be removed, discharged or reduced for religious or political reasons and any removed, discharged or reduced employee shall have the right to a trial and determination by the board or commission, or by a committee duly appointed by the board or commission as to whether there existed sufficient grounds for removal, discharge or reduction and the determination of the board or commission, or of the committee when approved by the board or commission, shall be final in the matter. The right of suspension is granted boards and commissions included under this section the same as is elsewhere provided for in ss. 63.18 to 63.53.History:  1979 c. 89.
WI Stat § 63.45 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.45 - No payments approved or made of salary in the classified service except as provided.

63.45  No payments approved or made of salary in the classified service except as provided. No treasurer, auditor, comptroller, other officer or employee of the city in which ss. 63.18 to 63.53 are effective shall approve the payment of or be in any manner concerned in paying, auditing or approving any salary, wage or other compensation for services, to any person in the classified service unless a payroll, estimate, or account for such salary, wage or other compensation, containing the names of persons to be paid, a statement of the amount to be paid each such person, the services on account of which the same is paid, bears the certificate of the commission that the persons named in such payroll, estimate, or account have been appointed or employed in pursuance of and have complied with ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and with the rules of the commission, and that the rate of salary or wage is in accordance with the rate established by the proper authorities. The commission shall refuse to certify the pay of any public officer or employee who shall willfully or through culpable negligence violate or fail to comply with ss. 63.18 to 63.53 or the rules of the commission. The city service commission shall certify to the city comptroller all appointments to offices and places in the office of the city service commission and all changes or vacancies that may occur therein.History:  1979 c. 89.
WI Stat § 63.49 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.49 - No promotion or demotion for making or refusing political contributions.

63.49  No promotion or demotion for making or refusing political contributions. No officer or employee of such city shall discharge, or degrade, or promote, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten to do so for giving or withholding any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any party or political purpose, or for refusal or neglect to render any party or political service.
WI Stat § 63.50 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.50 - Use of money prohibited.

63.50  Use of money prohibited. No applicant for appointment in such official service, either directly or indirectly, shall pay or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing to any person whomsoever, for or on account of the applicant's appointment or proposed appointment, and no officer or employee shall pay or promise to pay, either directly or indirectly, to any person any money or other valuable thing whatsoever for or on account of the officer's or employee's promotion.History:  1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 63.51 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.51 - The improper use or promise of political influence forbidden.

63.51  The improper use or promise of political influence forbidden. No person while holding any office in the government of such city, or any nomination for, or while seeking a nomination for appointment to any such office, shall corruptly use, or promise to use, either directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence in the way of conferring upon any person, or in order to secure or aid any person in securing, any office or public employment or any nomination, confirmation, promotion or increase in salary, upon the consideration or condition that the vote or political influence or action of the last named person or any other shall be given or used in behalf of any candidate, officer or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration.
WI Stat § 63.52 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.52 - Violations, city civil service; vacates office; disqualification; prosecution.

63.52  Violations, city civil service; vacates office; disqualification; prosecution. (1) Any person who willfully, or through culpable negligence, violates any provision of ss. 63.18 to 63.51, or any rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $50, and not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. (2) If any person is convicted under this section, any public office which such person holds shall, by force of such conviction, be rendered vacant, and such person shall be incapable of holding office for the period of 5 years from the date of such conviction. (3) Prosecution for violations of ss. 63.18 to 63.51 may be instituted either by the attorney general, the district attorney for the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed, or by the board of city service commissioners acting through special counsel. Such prosecutions shall be conducted and controlled by the prosecuting officers who institute them, unless they request the aid of other prosecuting officers.
WI Stat § 63.53 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.|63.53 - Board of school directors employees.

63.53  Board of school directors employees. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), all officers and employees of the board of school directors of any 1st class city are members of the classified service and shall be selected and have their tenure and employment status determined in accordance with ss. 63.18 to 63.51, the rules adopted under ss. 63.18 to 63.51 and the charter ordinances applying to the board of city service commissioners of the city. (2) The following employees are not members of the classified service: the superintendent of schools, deputy superintendent of schools, associate superintendent of schools, executive assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant to the superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent, division director, department director, principals, teachers and substitute teachers actually engaged in teaching, staff of the board of school directors if the board so decides under s. 119.18 (10) (c), and, in any department of the school board devoted wholly or principally to the subjects of municipal recreation and adult education, all employees of those departments whose duties are peculiar to municipal recreation and adult education but not including employees whose duties are clerical or custodial.History:  1971 c. 152 s. 38; 1973 c. 16; 1981 c. 96; 1989 a. 4; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 58.
WI Stat § 64.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 64 - Other forms of city government.|64.01 - How to organize under ss. 64.01 to 64.15.

64.01  How to organize under ss. 64.01 to 64.15. (1) Any city of the second, third or fourth class may reorganize under the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15, either by enactment of a charter ordinance or by a petition and referendum election as provided by s. 66.0101. Such petition and election shall be governed by s. 9.20 (1) to (6). (2) When adopted in the manner hereinbefore provided, the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 shall take effect and become operative on the third Tuesday in April. (3) Any village qualified under s. 61.189 to become a city may organize under ss. 64.01 to 64.15 by the adoption of a charter ordinance or by a petition and referendum election as provided by s. 66.0101. Such petition and election shall be governed by s. 9.20 (1) to (6).History:  1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2015 a. 197 s. 51.
WI Stat § 64.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 64 - Other forms of city government.|64.02 - Other laws, bylaws and ordinances in force.

64.02  Other laws, bylaws and ordinances in force. (1) Any law applicable to any city before its reorganization and not inconsistent with the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 shall apply to and govern such reorganized city. (2) Any bylaw, ordinance, or resolution lawfully passed and in force in any such city at the time of its reorganization shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the council elected under the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15. (3) The territorial limits of such city shall remain the same as under its former organization. (4) All rights and property of every description which were vested in such city under its former organization shall remain the same under the reorganization here contemplated. (5) No right or liability either in favor of or against such reorganized city, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change of government unless otherwise provided.
WI Stat § 64.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 64 - Other forms of city government.|64.03 - Petition for adoption; contents; question to be voted upon.

64.03  Petition for adoption; contents; question to be voted upon. (1) Every ordinance or resolution for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15, and every petition for a special election on the same, shall state the number of members of which the council herein provided for shall be composed, the term of office of its members, which term shall not exceed 2 years, whether they shall be nominated and elected from aldermanic districts or from the city at large, and the compensation, if any, which they shall receive. (2) At every election for the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15, the question to be submitted shall be substantially as follows: “Shall the city of (name) be reorganized under ss. 64.01 to 64.15 of the statutes, providing for the city manager plan, with a council composed of (number stated in petition) members, to be elected from the city (at large), or (by aldermanic districts) as provided in petition for terms of (number) year(s)?" (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to impugn the authority of a city to exercise its home rule power to provide a different method of electing members of the council by districts or otherwise, or by a combination of methods, or the number or terms thereof.History:  1971 c. 304 s. 29 (1).
WI Stat § 64.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 64 - Other forms of city government.|64.04 - Council, when elected; qualification of electors; nominations.

64.04  Council, when elected; qualification of electors; nominations. (1) At the election held as provided by law upon the first Tuesday in April next succeeding the adoption of the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15, there shall be elected a council composed as provided in the ordinance or resolution adopted by the council or in the petition and election as provided by s. 64.03. Any person possessing the qualifications of an elector in such city shall be eligible to election as council member. If the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 are adopted at the regular spring election, the council elected at that election shall have all of the powers and duties of the council elected on the first Tuesday in April next succeeding the adoption of ss. 64.01 to 64.15. (2) Except as herein otherwise provided, candidates for council member shall be nominated and elected after the manner provided by law for the nomination and election of other municipal officers and all provisions of the statutes relating to city primary and general elections not inconsistent with the provisions of ss. 64.01 to 64.15 shall apply to such elections for cities reorganized under ss. 64.01 to 64.15 the same as to cities organized under general law.History:  1981 c. 390; 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (1); 1995 a. 16 s. 2.