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WI Stat § 59.88 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 59 - Counties.|59.88 - Employee retirement system of populous counties; duty disability benefits for a mental injury.

59.88  Employee retirement system of populous counties; duty disability benefits for a mental injury. (1) In this section, “county" means any county having a population of 750,000 or more. (2) If an employee retirement system of a county offers a duty disability benefit, the employee retirement system may only provide the duty disability benefit for a mental injury if all of the following apply:(a) The mental injury resulted from a situation of greater dimensions than the day-to-day mental stresses and tensions and post-traumatic stress that all similarly situated employees must experience as part of the employment.(b) The employer certifies that the mental injury is a duty-related injury. (3) If an employee retirement system of a county determines that an applicant is not eligible for duty disability benefits for a mental injury, the applicant may appeal the employee retirement system's determination to the department of workforce development. In hearing an appeal under this subsection, the department of workforce development shall follow the procedures under ss. 102.16 to 102.26. (4) This section applies to participants in an employee retirement system of a county who first apply for duty disability benefits for a mental injury on or after July 14, 2015. History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 60.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.001 - Definitions.

60.001  Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Annual town meeting" means the town meeting held under s. 60.11. (2) “Special town meeting" means a town meeting, other than the annual town meeting, held under s. 60.12. (3) “Town meeting" means the annual town meeting or a special town meeting.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.01 - Legal status; general powers.

60.01  Legal status; general powers. (1) A town is a body corporate and politic, with those powers granted by law. A town shall be designated in all actions and proceedings by its name, as “Town of ....". (2) A town may:(a) Sue and be sued.(b) Acquire and hold real and personal property for public use and convey and dispose of the property.(c) Enter into contracts necessary for the exercise of its corporate powers.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.06 - Validity of attachment or detachment.

60.06  Validity of attachment or detachment. The town board may bring an action to test the validity of an ordinance attaching or detaching all or part of the territory of the town to or from any town, village or city. Any expense incurred by the town board and its agents, attorneys and representatives in the action shall be paid by the town.History:  1983 a. 532.No tort liability can attach to the exercise of a town's legal right to challenge an annexation. Whispering Springs Corp. v. Town of Empire, 183 Wis. 2d 396, 515 N.W.2d 469 (Ct. App. 1994).
WI Stat § 60.065 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.065 - Change of town name.

60.065  Change of town name. The name of a town shall be changed if a petition designating the new name is signed and filed with the town clerk under the procedures in s. 9.20 (1), certified by the town clerk under the procedure in s. 9.20 (3), approved by the electors in an election held under the procedures in s. 9.20 (4) and the result of the election is published in the town's official paper, or posted in the town, and the new name is filed with the secretary of administration. History:  1993 a. 246; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 60.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.07 - Delivery of papers to clerk of new town.

60.07  Delivery of papers to clerk of new town. If a new town is organized, the town clerk of the town from which the new town was organized shall deliver, if removable, all of his or her official papers and files pertaining to the new town and a certified copy of all relevant official records, papers and files not removable to the office of the clerk of the new town. Any record, paper or file delivered to the office of the clerk of a new town under this section shall have the same effect as if originally filed there.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.09 - When a county constitutes a town.

60.09  When a county constitutes a town. (1) Generally. If a county is not divided into towns, it shall, for purposes of town government, be considered one town. (2)  Menominee County. The county of Menominee consists of one town, known as the town of Menominee.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.11 - Annual town meeting.

60.11  Annual town meeting. (1) Requirement. Each town shall hold an annual town meeting, as provided in this section. (2)  When held. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the annual town meeting shall be held on the 3rd Tuesday of April.(b)1. The annual town meeting may set a date different than provided under par. (a) for the next annual town meeting if the date is within 10 days after the 3rd Tuesday of April.2. The town board or, if the town board is unable to promptly meet, the town chair may postpone the annual town meeting to a date that is not during the period beginning on the first day of the public health emergency declared on March 12, 2020, by executive order 72, and ending 60 days after the termination of that order. (3)  Where held. (a) The annual town meeting may be held in the town or in any other town, village, or city in the same county or in an adjoining county.(b) The annual town meeting shall be held at the location of the last annual town meeting unless the location is changed by the town board. If the town board changes the location, it shall publish a class 2 notice under ch. 985 stating the location of the meeting, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the date of the meeting. (4)  Adjournment. The annual town meeting may be recessed to a time and date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the date of the meeting originally scheduled under sub. (2). (5)  Notice. No public notice of an annual town meeting is required if held as provided under sub. (2) (a). If held as provided under sub. (2) (b), notice of the time and date of the meeting shall be given under s. 60.12 (3). (6)  Jurisdiction. An annual town meeting may transact any business over which a town meeting has jurisdiction. (7)  Poll list. An annual town meeting may require the clerk of the town meeting to keep a poll list with the name and address of every elector voting at the meeting. If an elector of the town obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) and presents an identification card issued under s. 6.47 (3), the clerk shall record the identification serial number of the elector in lieu of the elector's address.History:  1983 a. 532; 1999 a. 49; 2005 a. 312; 2011 a. 115; 2019 a. 185.
WI Stat § 60.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.12 - Special town meetings.

60.12  Special town meetings. (1) Who may convene. A special town meeting may be convened if:(a) Called by a town meeting.(b) A written request, signed by a number of electors equal to not less than 10 percent of the votes cast in the town for governor at the last general election, is filed with the town clerk.(c) Called by the town board. (2)  Time, date and purpose to be stated. If a special town meeting is requested or called under sub. (1), the time, date and purpose of the meeting shall be stated in the request or as part of the call. (3)  Notice. The town clerk shall, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the date of a special town meeting, publish a class 2 notice of the meeting under ch. 985. The notice shall state the purpose, date, time and location of the meeting. If notice is posted, the same time and content requirements apply. (4)  Location. (a) A special town meeting may be held in the town or in any other town, village, or city in the same county or in an adjoining county.(b) A special town meeting shall be held where the preceding annual town meeting was held, unless the location is changed by the town board. (5)  Adjournment. A special town meeting may be recessed to a time and date certain if the resumed meeting is held within 30 days after the date of the originally scheduled meeting. (6)  Jurisdiction. Any business which may be transacted at an annual town meeting may be transacted at a special town meeting.History:  1983 a. 532; 2005 a. 312.
WI Stat § 60.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.13 - Presiding officer.

60.13  Presiding officer. (1) Who presides. (a) If present, the town board chairperson shall chair the town meeting. If the town board chairperson is absent, another town board supervisor shall chair the town meeting. If no town board supervisor is present, the town meeting shall elect the chairperson of the meeting.(b) If the annual town meeting is held in a year when the office of town board chairperson is filled by election, the person holding the office on the day prior to the date of the election to fill the office shall preside at the annual town meeting and is entitled to receive the per diem which is ordinarily paid to the presiding officer. If such person is absent or refuses to serve as the presiding officer, the presiding officer shall be chosen under par. (a). (2)  Duties. The town meeting chairperson shall conduct the meeting's proceedings in accordance with accepted parliamentary procedure. (3)  Enforcement authority. The town meeting chairperson shall maintain order and decorum, and may order any person to leave a town meeting if the person has conducted himself or herself in a disorderly manner and persisted in such conduct after being directed by the chairperson to cease the conduct. If the person refuses the chairperson's order to withdraw, the town meeting chairperson may order a constable or other law enforcement officer to take the person into custody until the meeting is adjourned.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.14 - Procedure.

60.14  Procedure. (1) Qualified voters. Any qualified elector of the town, as defined under ch. 6, may vote at a town meeting. (2)  Method of action; necessary votes. All actions of a town meeting shall be by vote. All questions shall be decided by a majority of the electors voting. (3)  Order of business. At the beginning of the town meeting, the town meeting chairperson shall state the business to be transacted and the order in which the business will be considered. No proposal to levy a tax, except a tax for defraying necessary town expenses, may be acted on out of the order stated by the town meeting chairperson. (4)  Reconsideration of actions. (a) A vote of the town meeting may be reconsidered at the same meeting at which the vote was taken if the town meeting votes to reconsider within one hour after the initial vote was taken.(b) No action of a town meeting may be reconsidered at a subsequent town meeting held prior to the next annual town meeting unless a special town meeting is convened under s. 60.12 (1) (b) or (c) and the written request or the call for the meeting states that a purpose of the meeting is reconsideration of the action.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.15 - Clerk.

60.15  Clerk. The town clerk shall serve as clerk of the town meeting. If the town clerk is absent, the deputy town clerk shall serve as town meeting clerk. If the deputy clerk is absent, the town meeting chairperson shall appoint a clerk for the meeting. The clerk of the town meeting shall keep minutes of the proceedings. The clerk of the town meeting shall keep a poll list if required by the annual town meeting under s. 60.11 (7). The town meeting minutes shall be signed by the clerk of the town meeting and filed in the office of the town clerk within 5 days after the meeting.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.16 - First town meeting in new towns.

60.16  First town meeting in new towns. (1) When held. The first town meeting in a newly organized town shall be held at 8 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the first April after the town is organized. If the 3rd Tuesday of the first April after a town is organized has passed and the first town meeting has not been held, 3 qualified electors of the town may call the first town meeting any time thereafter by posting notice of the town meeting in at least 3 public places at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. (2)  Where held. The first town meeting shall be held at the location designated in the documents which established the town. The location may be within the town or, if convenient, within any other town or within a city or village in the county in which the town is located.  (3)  Officers. The qualified electors present at the first town meeting shall choose one elector as chairperson of the town meeting, 2 electors as inspectors and one elector as clerk. The inspectors and clerk shall take and sign the oath required of inspectors at elections under s. 7.30 (5). The oath may be administered to the inspectors and clerk by the chairperson and either inspector may then administer the oath to the chairperson. After they have signed the oath, the chairperson, clerk and inspectors shall conduct the first town meeting. (4)  Jurisdiction. The first town meeting may conduct any business that a town meeting may conduct under ss. 60.11 and 60.12.History:  1983 a. 532, 538; 2005 a. 312; 2011 a. 115.
WI Stat § 60.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.20 - Town board.

60.20  Town board. (1) Membership. The town board consists of the supervisors of the town. The board shall be designated “Town Board of ....". (2)  Quorum. Two supervisors constitute a quorum of a 3-member town board, 3 supervisors constitute a quorum of a 4-member or 5-member town board, and 4 supervisors constitute a quorum of a 7-member town board under s. 60.21 (3). (3)  Meetings. Meetings of the town board may be held in the town or in any other town, city or village in the same county or in an adjoining county, subject to subch. V of ch. 19.History:  1983 a. 532; 1991 a. 39; 2005 a. 312.
WI Stat § 60.305 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.305 - Combined and part-time offices.

60.305  Combined and part-time offices. (1) Clerk and treasurer. Except as provided under sub. (3), the town meeting may:(a) Combine the offices of town clerk and town treasurer. If the offices are combined, the town board shall provide for an annual audit under s. 60.43 (2).(b) Designate as part-time the office of town clerk, the office of town treasurer or the combined office of town clerk and town treasurer. (2)  Clerk and assessor. Except as provided under sub. (3), the town meeting may combine the offices of town clerk and town assessor. If a person elected to a combined office is not certified under s. 73.09 by June 1 of the year elected, the combined office is vacant. (3)  Town in county with only one town.  (a) In the town in any county containing only one town, the town board may, by resolution:1. Combine 2 or more town offices.2. Designate any town office as a part-time position.3. Combine, if concurred in by the county board, the offices of town clerk and county clerk and any other town and county offices if the offices combined are not incompatible and the combination is not expressly forbidden by law.(b) If the town board and county board agree to combine a county and town office under this subsection, the election to fill the combined office shall be under s. 59.20 (2). No separate election for the town office may be held until the county board, by resolution, revokes the combination and the town board, by resolution, concurs. (4)  General provisions. (a) A combination of offices under this section takes effect on the latest date that any current term of an office to be combined expires.(b) Except as provided under sub. (3) (b) for combined town and county offices, the election to fill any combined office shall be under s. 60.30.(c) The combination of town offices may be revoked in the same way that they were combined. No separate election for a town office, if combined, may be held until the combination is so revoked.History:  1983 a. 532; 1995 a. 201.Compensation may be increased to the clerk for service on the board of review if the clerk has been designated part-time by the town meeting. 79 Atty. Gen. 176.
WI Stat § 60.307 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.307 - Appointment of town assessors.

60.307  Appointment of town assessors. (1) Applicability. This section does not apply to any town within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under s. 70.99. (2)  Town meeting authorization. If authorized by the town meeting under s. 60.10 (2) (j), the town board may select assessors by appointment. (3)  Method of selection. If authorized under sub. (2), a town board may appoint an assessor and any assistants by one of the following methods:(a) If the town has a civil service system, under that system. If the town has no civil service system, the town board may adopt a civil service system under s. 66.0509 (2) (b) for the selection of assessors.(b) If the town does not have or adopt a civil service system, the town board shall appoint assessors on the basis of merit, experience and general qualifications for a term not to exceed 5 years. (4)  Independent contractor as assessor.  (a) In this subsection, “independent contractor" means a person who either is under contract to furnish appraisal and assessment services or is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, business or profession in which the services are offered to the general public.(b) An independent contractor may be appointed as the town assessor. The independent contractor shall designate the individual responsible for the assessment. The designee shall file the official oath under s. 19.01 and sign the affidavit of the assessor attached to the assessment roll under s. 70.49. No individual may be designated by an independent contractor unless he or she has been granted the appropriate certification under s. 73.09. (5)  Assessors; assistants; number and salaries. The town board shall determine the number of assistant assessors required and the salaries to be paid the assessor and assistant assessors. If the assessor and assistant assessors are appointed under civil service, the salaries shall be within the civil service salary schedule and appointments shall be from the civil service lists. (6)  Commencement of office. An initial appointee under this section shall take office at the expiration of the terms of the last elected assessors.History:  1983 a. 532; 1993 a. 246; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2019 a. 140.
WI Stat § 60.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.31 - Official oath and bond.

60.31  Official oath and bond. (1) Official oath. Except as provided in sub. (3), every elected or appointed town officer shall take and file the oath under s. 19.01 within 5 days after notification of election or appointment. (2)  Official bond. Every town clerk, deputy town clerk, town treasurer, deputy town treasurer, elected assessor and town constable shall execute and file an official bond provided by the town or by sufficient sureties, or the town may provide a schedule or blanket bond that includes any or all of these officials. The official bond or schedule or blanket bond provided by the town may be furnished by a surety company under s. 632.17 (2). The amount of the bond shall be fixed by the town board. If the amount of the bond is not fixed by the board, the amount shall be the same as that required of the last incumbent of the office. If the town board at any time determines that the bond is insufficient, it may require an additional bond to be filed within 10 days, in an amount fixed by the board. (3)  Exceptions. (a) An elected assessor shall take and file the official oath and bond at any time between May 27 to May 31.(b) Municipal judges shall take and file the official oath and, if required to do so by the town board, the official bond, under s. 755.03. If the town board does not require municipal judges to file an official bond, the board shall obtain a dishonesty or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the judges, as described in s. 755.03. (4)  Failure to file oath or bond. If any person elected or appointed to a town office fails to file a required official oath or bond within the time prescribed by law, the failure to file constitutes refusal to serve in office.History:  1983 a. 532; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 246; 2019 a. 113.
WI Stat § 60.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.32 - Compensation of elective town offices.

60.32  Compensation of elective town offices. (1) Established by town meeting or board.  (a) Except as provided under par. (b) and s. 66.0507, the town meeting shall establish the compensation of elective town offices.(b) If authorized by the town meeting under s. 60.10 (2) (k), the town board shall establish the compensation of elective town offices, other than the office of town board supervisor. (2)  Nature of compensation. Compensation under this section may be:(a) An annual salary.(b) A per diem compensation for each day or part of a day necessarily devoted to the service of the town and the discharge of duties.(c) A combination of pars. (a) and (b). (3)  Changes during term. Subject to sub. (4), the town meeting or, if authorized to establish compensation, the town board may make a change in the compensation of an elective town office to take effect during the term of office. (4)  When established. Compensation under this section shall be established prior to the latest date and time for filing nomination papers for the office. After that date and time, no change may be made in the compensation of the office that applies to the current term of office.History:  1983 a. 532; 1993 a. 246; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 60.321 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.321 - Reimbursement of expenses.

60.321  Reimbursement of expenses. (1) Generally. The town board may provide for reimbursement of expenses necessarily incurred by any officer or employee of the town in the performance of official town duties. The board may determine who is eligible for expense reimbursement, which expenses are reimbursable and the amount of reimbursement. Expenses reimbursable under this section include, but are not limited to:(a) Traveling expenses, including mileage, lodging and meal expenses.(b) Costs associated with programs of instruction related to the officer's or employee's office or employment. (2)  Manuals. The town board may purchase handbooks and manuals that will materially assist town officials and employees in the performance of official duties.History:  1983 a. 532.
WI Stat § 60.323 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.323 - Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity.

60.323  Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity. Except for offices combined under s. 60.305, no town may compensate a town officer for acting in more than one office of the town at the same time.History:  1983 a. 532; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 60.331 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 60 - Towns.|60.331 - Deputy town clerk.

60.331  Deputy town clerk. Each town clerk may appoint one or more deputies for whom the town clerk is responsible. A deputy shall take and file the official oath and bond under s. 60.31. The town clerk may designate a deputy to perform the clerk's duties during the absence, sickness or other disability of the clerk.History:  1983 a. 532.