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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.19 - Annual elections; appointments.

61.19
Annual elections; appointments.
At the annual spring election in each village in odd-numbered years, except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be chosen: A president, a clerk, a treasurer, an assessor if election of the assessor is provided and a constable. In villages in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the officers named shall be elected for a term of 2 years on the first Tuesday of April of each even-numbered year. Any other officers shall be appointed annually by the village board at their first meeting after the first Tuesday in April unless the board otherwise provides. No person not a resident elector in such village shall be elected to any office therein. The village clerk may appoint a deputy clerk for whom the clerk shall be responsible, and who shall take and file the oath of office, and in case of the absence, sickness or other disability of the clerk, may perform the clerk's duties and receive the same compensation unless the village board appoints a person to act as such clerk. No assessor shall be elected or appointed if the village has come within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under s. 70.99.
History:  1973 c. 90; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 16 s. 2; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.193 - Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices.

61.193
Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices.
(1)
In this section, “compensation" means a salary, a per diem compensation for each day or part of a day necessarily devoted to the service of the village and the discharge of duties, or a combination of salary and per diem compensation.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), and subject to s. 61.32, the compensation for an elective village office shall be established before the earliest time for filing nomination papers for the office or, if nomination papers are not used, before the caucus date determined under s. 8.05 (1) (a). After that time or date, no change may be made in the compensation for the office that applies to the term of office for which the deadline or date applies. The compensation established for an elective office remains in effect for ensuing terms unless changed.
(3)
In a newly incorporated village, the compensation for an elective office may be established during the first term of office.
History:  2009 a. 173.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.195 - Discontinuance and change of term of offices.

61.195
Discontinuance and change of term of offices.
Any village may proceed pursuant to s. 66.0101 to discontinue the office of marshal or constable, to change the method of selection of or tenure of any officer other than members of the village board, to consolidate any such office or to change the term of office of members of the village board.
History:  1999 a. 150 s. 672.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.197 - Selection of officers.

61.197
Selection of officers.
(1)
Officers other than members of the village board and municipal judges except as provided in s. 61.65, shall be selected by one of the following methods:
(a)
Appointment by the village president.
(b)
Appointment by the village president subject to confirmation by the village board.
(c)
Appointment by the village board.
(d)
Election by the voters of those officers so enumerated in s. 61.19, unless otherwise provided pursuant to s. 61.195.
(e)
Selection under any of the above methods, the selection to be from an eligible list established pursuant to s. 66.0509.
(f)
A corporation or an independent contractor may be appointed as the village assessor. The corporation or independent contractor so appointed shall designate the person 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 person may be designated by any corporation or independent contractor unless he or she has been granted the appropriate certification under s. 73.09. For purposes of 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.
(2)
Such officers shall continue to be selected in the manner prevailing on April 15, 1939, provided one of the above plans was in force on that date. Such method shall be continued until changed in the manner provided by s. 66.0101. However, any village may require that selection be made from an eligible list as specified under sub. (1) (e) by the enactment of an ordinary ordinance.
History:  1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 305 s. 64; 1979 c. 221; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.20 - Election of trustees; terms; number.

61.20
Election of trustees; terms; number.
(1)
Villages shall have 6 trustees, except as provided otherwise in sub. (3), whose term of office shall be 2 years, 3 of whom shall be elected each year.
(3)
Villages having a population of 350 or less shall have 2 trustees, who together with the president shall constitute the village board, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. One trustee shall be elected each year for a term of 2 years.
(4)
Any village may by ordinance change the number of trustees, but such change in the number of trustees shall not affect the term of office of trustees elected prior to the adoption of such ordinance authorizing such change.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.21 - Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office.

61.21
Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office.
Within 5 days after the election or appointment of any village officer the village clerk shall notify the person so selected thereof, and every person elected or appointed to any office named in s. 61.19 shall within 5 days after notice of election or appointment take and file the official oath, except that an elected assessor shall take and file the official oath within 5 days before June 1.
History:  1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 484.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.22 - Official bonds; officers not to be sureties.

61.22
Official bonds; officers not to be sureties.
Every bond required of a village officer shall be executed with sufficient sureties in a sum fixed by the village board when not otherwise prescribed and be approved by the president. Whenever the village board deems any bond insufficient they may require an additional bond to be executed and filed in a sum and within a time not less than 10 days, to be fixed by them. The village board may provide a schedule or blanket bond that includes any or all village officers or officials.
History:  2003 a. 204.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.23 - Terms; temporary vacancy.

61.23
Terms; temporary vacancy.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided by law, the term of office of all village officers is 2 years. Persons serving in appointive offices shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualify, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. If any officer other than a trustee is absent or temporarily incapacitated from any cause the board may appoint some person to discharge the officer's duties until the officer returns or until such disability is removed. If a trustee is temporarily incapacitated because of physical or mental disability, the board may appoint a person to discharge the trustee's duties until the disability is removed.
(2)
The regular term of office of village president and trustees shall commence on the 3rd Tuesday of April in the year of their election. The regular terms of other officers shall commence on May 1 succeeding their election unless otherwise provided by ordinance or statute.
History:  1983 a. 484; 1997 a. 257; 2009 a. 173.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.24 - President.

61.24
President.
The president shall be by virtue of the office a trustee and preside at all meetings of the board and have a vote as trustee, sign all ordinances, rules, bylaws, regulations, commissions, licenses and permits adopted or authorized by the board and all orders drawn on the treasury except as provided by s. 66.0607. The president shall maintain peace and good order, see that the ordinances are faithfully obeyed, and in case of disturbance, riot or other apparent necessity appoint as many special marshals as the president shall deem necessary, who for the time being shall possess all the powers and rights of constables. The president shall have charge of the village jail, which the president shall conduct in the manner provided in s. 62.09 (13) (c); but the president may delegate this duty to the constable or any police officer of the village.
History:  1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.26 - Treasurer.

61.26
Treasurer.
The village treasurer shall:
(1)
If required to do so by the village board, execute and file an official bond which may be furnished by a surety company as provided by s. 632.17 (2). If the village board does not require the treasurer to execute and file an official bond, the board shall obtain a dishonesty insurance policy or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the treasurer, in an amount determined by the board, in lieu of the bond requirement.
(2)
Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), receive all moneys belonging or accruing to the village or directed by law to be paid to the treasurer.
NOTE: Sub. (2) is shown as amended eff. 7-1-24 by 2023 Wis. Act 12. Prior to 7-1-24 it reads:
(3)
Except as provided in s. 66.0608 (3m), deposit upon receipt the funds of the village in the name of the village in the public depository designated by the board. Failure to comply with this subsection shall be prima facie grounds for removal from office. When the money is deposited, the treasurer and bonders are not liable for the losses defined by s. 34.01 (2), and the interest shall be paid into the village treasury.
NOTE: Sub. (3) is shown as amended eff. 7-1-24 by 2023 Wis. Act 12. Prior to 7-1-24 it reads:
(4)
Pay money only on the written order of the president, countersigned by the clerk and specifying the number thereof, the payee and the amount and the object for which drawn.
(5)
Keep just and accurate detailed accounts of all transactions under sub. (4), showing when, to whom and for what purpose all payments are made, in books provided by the village board, and preserve all vouchers filed in the office.
(6)
Render an account and settlement of all official transactions to the board at its last meeting prior to the annual election, and at all other times when required by the board.
(7)
Deliver to the successor when qualified all books of account, papers and property of the office and all money on hand as treasurer.
(8)
Perform other duties as are required by law or the village board.
(9)
Keep but one fund in the treasury, except as otherwise provided.
(10)
Execute the bond required by s. 70.67 and take receipt therefor, which the treasurer shall file in the office of the village clerk.
(11)
On receipt of the tax roll, and while acting as collector of taxes, exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as are by law conferred upon and required of town treasurers while acting in that capacity, and be subject to the same penalties and liabilities.
History:  1971 c. 154; 1975 c. 375 s. 44; 1975 c. 421; 1983 a. 36; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (21); 1983 a. 395 ss. 9, 18; 1983 a. 532 s. 36; 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27, 378; 2001 a. 16; 2017 a. 51; 2023 a. 12.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.261 - Deputy village treasurer.

61.261
Deputy village treasurer.
The village treasurer, subject to approval by a majority of all the members of the village board, may in writing, filed in the office of the clerk, appoint a deputy who shall act under the treasurer's direction and who during the temporary absence or disability of the treasurer or during a vacancy in such office shall perform the duties of treasurer. The deputy shall receive such compensation as the village board shall determine. The acts of such deputy shall be covered by official bond as the village board shall direct.
History:  1991 a. 316.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.27 - Assessor.

61.27
Assessor.
In all villages not assessed by a county assessor the assessor shall take and file the official oath. The assessor shall begin under s. 70.10 to make an assessment of all of the property in the village liable to taxation, as prescribed by law. The assessor shall return the assessment roll to the village clerk at the same time and in the same manner in which town assessors are required to do. The assessor's compensation shall be fixed by the village board. No person may assume the office of village assessor unless certified by the department of revenue under s. 73.09 as qualified to perform the functions of the office of assessor. If a person who has not been so certified is elected to the office, the office shall be vacant and the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy from a list of persons so certified by the department of revenue.
History:  1975 c. 39, 199; 1979 c. 221; 1989 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.28 - Marshal.

61.28
Marshal.
(1)
If required to do so by the village board, the village marshal shall execute and file an official bond. If the village board does not require the marshal to execute and file an official bond, the board shall obtain a dishonesty insurance policy or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the marshal, in an amount determined by the board, in lieu of the bond requirement. The marshal shall possess the powers, enjoy the privileges and be subject to the liabilities conferred and imposed by law upon constables, and be taken as included in all writs and papers addressed to constables. The marshal shall obey all lawful written orders of the village board. The marshal is entitled to the same fees prescribed for sheriffs in s. 814.70 for similar services, unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (1) (c); for other service rendered the village, compensation as the board fixes.
(2)
A village marshal who is given law enforcement duties by the village board, and who meets the definition of a law enforcement officer under s. 165.85 (2) (c), shall comply with the minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers established by the law enforcement standards board and shall complete training under s. 165.85 (4) (a) 1.
History:  1975 c. 41, 199; 1981 c. 317; 1987 a. 181; 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 214; 2017 a. 51.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.29 - Constable.

61.29
Constable.
(1)
A constable shall:
(a)
If required to do so by the village board, execute and file an official bond. If the village board does not require the constable to execute and file an official bond, the board shall obtain a dishonesty insurance policy or other appropriate insurance policy that covers the constable, in an amount determined by the board, in lieu of the bond requirement.
(b)
Serve within his or her county any writ, process, order or notice, and execute any order, warrant or execution lawfully directed to or required by any court or officer to be executed by the constable.
(c)
Attend any session of the circuit court in his or her county when required by the sheriff.
(d)
Inform the district attorney of all trespasses on public lands of which the constable has knowledge or information.
(e)
Impound cattle, horses, sheep, swine and other animals at large on the highways in violation of a village ordinance.
(f)
Cause to be prosecuted all violations of law of which the constable has knowledge or information.
(g)
Perform all other duties required by law.
(h)
Keep his or her office in the village. No constable who keeps his or her office outside the limits of the village may receive fees for any service performed during the period the outside office is maintained.
(2)
Section 60.351 applies to village constables.
(3)
A village constable who is given law enforcement duties by the village board, and who meets the definition of a law enforcement officer under s. 165.85 (2) (c), shall comply with the minimum employment standards for law enforcement officers established by the law enforcement standards board and shall complete training under s. 165.85 (4) (a) 1.
History:  1983 a. 532; 2013 a. 214; 2017 a. 51.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.32 - Village board; meeting; salaries.

61.32
Village board; meeting; salaries.
The trustees of each village shall constitute a board designated the “Village Board of" (name of village) in which shall be vested all the powers of the village not specifically given some other officer. A majority of the members-elect shall constitute a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. The president shall preside at all meetings when present. In the president's absence the board may select another trustee to preside. Regular meetings shall be held at such time as may be prescribed by their bylaws. Special meetings may be called by any 2 trustees in writing, filed with the clerk, who shall thereupon seasonably notify all the trustees of the time and place thereof in the manner directed by the bylaws. All meetings shall be open to the public. The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings, and if there is a newspaper published in any village, the board shall cause the proceedings to be published therein as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985. The proceedings for the purpose of publication shall include the substance of every official action taken by the governing body. If there is no newspaper published in the village, the board may cause the proceedings to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the village, posted in several public places or publicized in some other fashion, in such manner as the board directs. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the republication of any proceeding, ordinance or other matter or thing which has already been published according to law, nor shall anything herein be construed to relieve any village from publishing any proceeding, ordinance or other matter or thing required by law to be published. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 985.08 (4), the fee for any such publication shall not exceed the rates specified in s. 985.08 (1). The board has power to preserve order at its meetings, compel attendance of trustees and punish nonattendance and it shall be judge of the election and qualification of its members. The president and board of trustees of any village, whether operating under general or special law, may by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the village board determine that a salary be paid the president and trustees.
History:  1991 a. 316; 2009 a. 173.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.327 - Village trustees serving as employees.

61.327
Village trustees serving as employees.
Notwithstanding s. 66.0501 (2), a trustee of a village who also serves as a village employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a village employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this section may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 61.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder under s. 66.0501 (4) (a).
History:  2021 a. 69.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.345 - Recycling or resource recovery facilities.

61.345
Recycling or resource recovery facilities.
A village may establish and require use of facilities for the recycling of solid waste or for the recovery of resources from solid waste as provided under s. 287.13.
History:  1983 a. 27; 1989 a. 335 s. 89; 1995 a. 227.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.35 - Village planning.

61.35
Village planning.
Section 62.23 applies to villages, and the powers and duties conferred and imposed by s. 62.23 upon mayors, councils and specified city officials are hereby conferred upon presidents, village boards, and village officials performing duties similar to the duties of such specified city officials, respectively. Any ordinance or resolution passed prior to May 30, 1925, by any village board under s. 61.35, 1923 stats., shall remain in effect until repealed or amended by such village board.
History:  1981 c. 390.
The line distinguishing general police power regulation from zoning ordinances is far from clear. The question of whether a particular enactment constitutes a zoning ordinance is often a matter of degree. Broad statements of the purposes of zoning and the purposes of an ordinance are not helpful in distinguishing a zoning ordinance from an ordinance enacted pursuant to non-zoning police power. The statutorily enumerated purposes of zoning are not the exclusive domain of zoning regulation. A more specific and analytically helpful formulation of the purpose of zoning, at least in the present case, is to separate incompatible land uses. Multiple factors are considered and discussed. Zwiefelhofer v. Town of Cooks Valley, 2012 WI 7, 338 Wis. 2d 488, 809 N.W.2d 362, 10-2398.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.352 - Required notice on certain approvals.

61.352
Required notice on certain approvals.
(1)
In this section, “wetland" has the meaning given in s. 23.32 (1).
(2)
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), a village that issues a building permit or other approval for construction activity, shall give the applicant a written notice as specified in subs. (3) and (4) at the time the building permit is issued.
(b)
1.
A village is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit if the village issues the building permit on a standard building permit form prescribed by the department of safety and professional services.
2.
A village is not required to give the notice under par. (a) at the time that it issues a building permit or other approval if the building permit or other approval is for construction activity that does not involve any land disturbing activity including removing protective ground cover or vegetation, or excavating, filling, covering, or grading land.
(3)
Each notice shall contain the following language: “YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION NEAR OR ON WETLANDS, LAKES, AND STREAMS. WETLANDS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN WATER CAN BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION THAT VIOLATES THE LAW OR OTHER PENALTIES OR COSTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WETLANDS IDENTIFICATION WEB PAGE OR CONTACT A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICE CENTER."
(4)
The notice required in sub. (2) (a) shall contain the electronic website address that gives the recipient of the notice direct contact with that website.
(5)
A village in issuing a notice under this section shall require that the applicant for the building permit sign a statement acknowledging that the person has received the notice.
History:  2009 a. 373; 2011 a. 32; 2017 a. 365 s. 112.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.353 - Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.

61.353
Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Principal building" means the main building or structure on a single lot or parcel of land and includes any attached garage or attached porch.
(b)
“Shorelands" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (b).
(c)
“Shoreland setback area" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (bn).
(2)
Every village shall, on or before July 1, 2014, enact an ordinance that applies to all of the following shorelands:
(a)
A shoreland that was annexed by the village after May 7, 1982, and that prior to annexation was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(b)
For a village that incorporated after April 30, 1994, under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213, a shoreland that before incorporation by the village was part of a town that was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(3)
A village ordinance enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with the requirements and limitations under s. 59.692 (1d), (1f), and (1k) and shall include at least all of the following provisions:
(a)
A provision establishing a shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as provided in par. (b).
(b)
A provision authorizing construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area established under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
1.
The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot or parcel of land containing a principal building.
2.
The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance is greater.
(5)
Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable, prior to annexation, to any shoreland annexed by a village after May 7, 1982, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after annexation by the annexing village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
(6)
Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable prior to incorporation to any shoreland that is part of a town that incorporates as a village under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213 after April 30, 1994, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after incorporation by the incorporated village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
(7)
An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.
History:  2013 a. 80; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.36 - Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses.

61.36
Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses.
Without limitation because of enumeration, the village board may lay out, open, change, widen or extend roads, streets, alleys, sanitary and storm sewers, water mains, parks and other public grounds, and improve, repair or discontinue the same or any part thereof, including lighting and tree planting, and may establish and open and construct drains, canals or sewers and alter, widen or straighten watercourses; may build, alter, repair or otherwise improve or vacate or discontinue sidewalks and crosswalks; and may build and maintain roads and sidewalks required to connect the village with any transportation terminal or village property outside of its limits.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.44 - Railroads, dust prevention.

61.44
Railroads, dust prevention.
The village board may require any railroad company to cause its roadbed within the limits of the village, to a distance of one foot outside each rail, to be sprinkled with water or to be oiled in such manner as to prevent dust from arising therefrom.
History:  1985 a. 187.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.46 - Village taxes.

61.46
Village taxes.
(1)
General; limitation. The village board shall, on or before December 15 in each year, by resolution to be entered of record, determine the amount of corporation taxes to be levied and assessed on the taxable property in such village for the current year. Before levying any tax for any specified purpose, exceeding one percent of the assessed valuation aforesaid, the village board shall, and in all other cases may in its discretion, submit the question of levying the same to the village electors at any general or special election by giving 10 days' notice thereof prior to such election by publication in a newspaper published in the village, if any, and if there is none, then by posting notices in 3 public places in said village, setting forth in such notices the object and purposes for which such taxes are to be raised and the amount of the proposed tax. The village board shall file the question as provided in s. 8.37.
(2)
Highway. The village board shall, at the same time and in like manner, determine the amount, if any, of highway tax to be levied and collected in such village for the current year. Such highway tax shall thereafter be assessed and collected by the village treasurer at the time and in the manner provided for the collection of other village taxes; and such highway tax shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be expended under the direction of the village board in the improvement of the streets, highways and bridges in said village.
History:  1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 39, 80, 224; 1977 c. 113 ss. 1, 6; 1977 c. 142; 1977 c. 203 s. 101; 1977 c. 418 ss. 389 to 394, 929 (42); 1979 c. 34; 1979 c. 175 s. 51; 1981 c. 20, 61, 93; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 29; 1999 a. 182.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.47 - Street and sidewalk improvement tax.

61.47
Street and sidewalk improvement tax.
For the purpose of improving the streets, making and improving sidewalks and crosswalks and setting out shade and ornamental trees in such village, the board may levy a tax in addition to the highway tax provided for in s. 61.46 (2), and the amount fixed shall be levied, certified and collected as provided in these statutes. All moneys so collected shall be paid to the village treasurer and expended under the direction of the board of trustees.
History:  1985 a. 29.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.48 - County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts.

61.48
County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts.
Any village may elect to become subject to all of the provisions of s. 82.08 by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of all of the members of the village board. The election to become subject to s. 82.08 shall be effective when a certified copy of the resolution is filed with the county board and a majority of the towns and villages in the county that are already subject to s. 82.08 vote to approve the village's election. Until the village ceases to be subject to s. 82.08, the words “town" and “town board" as used in s. 82.08 shall also apply to the village and its village board. A village that has become subject to s. 82.08 may cease to be subject to that section by the adoption of a resolution and its approval in the same manner as the village became subject to that section.
History:  2003 a. 214 s. 146.
NOTE:  2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.50 - Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed.

61.50
Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed.
(1)
Publication of notice of ordinances. Every contract, conveyance, commission, license or other written instrument shall be executed on the part of the village by the president and clerk, unless otherwise provided by resolution or ordinance, sealed with corporate seal, and in pursuance only of authority therefor from the village board. All ordinances and bylaws shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the clerk; and, if any penalty or forfeiture is thereby imposed, the ordinance or bylaw shall be published either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, or as a notice, as described under sub. (3) (b), and shall take effect on the day after the publication or a later date if expressly prescribed. If there is no newspaper published in the village, the village board may in lieu of newspaper publication have copies of the ordinances and bylaws posted in at least 3 public places in said village, and proof thereof filed and recorded by the village clerk, and the same shall take effect the day after the proof of posting has been filed and recorded, or at a later date if expressly provided in the ordinance or bylaw.
(1m)
Indeterminate publication. When any village ordinance is required by law to be published without express designation therein as to class of notice, the ordinance shall be published either in its entirety, as a class 1 notice under ch. 985, or as a notice, as described under sub. (3) (b).
(2)
Entitling of ordinance. All ordinances shall be suitably entitled and in this style: “The village board of .... do ordain as follows". All authorized ordinances and bylaws shall have the force of law and remain in force until repealed.
(3)
Requirements for notice.
(a)
In this subsection, “summary" has the meaning given in s. 59.14 (1m) (a).
(b)
A notice of an ordinance or bylaw that may be published under this subsection shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 and shall contain at least all of the following:
1.
The number and title of the ordinance or bylaw.
2.
The date of enactment.
3.
A summary of the subject matter and main points of the ordinance or bylaw.
4.
Information as to where the full text of the ordinance or bylaw may be obtained, including the phone number of the village clerk, a street address where the full text of the ordinance or bylaw may be viewed, and a website, if any, at which the ordinance or bylaw may be accessed.
History:  2007 a. 72; 2009 a. 173; 2017 a. 365 s. 112.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.51 - Auditing accounts.

61.51
Auditing accounts.
(1)
No account or demand against the village shall be paid until it has been audited and allowed and an order drawn on the treasurer therefor. Every such account shall be made out in items. After auditing, which, at the option of the board, may be done by the village manager or such other officer as may be designated, the board shall cause to be endorsed by the clerk, over the clerk's hand on each account, the words “allowed" or “disallowed," as the fact is, adding the amount allowed, if any, and specifying the items or parts of items disallowed, if disallowed in part only. The minutes of the proceedings of the board, or a statement attached thereto, shall show to whom and for what purpose every such account was allowed and the amount. Every such account or demand allowed in whole or in part shall be filed by the clerk, and those of each year consecutively numbered, and have endorsed the number of the order on the treasurer issued in payment, and the clerk shall take a receipt thereon for such order.
(2)
Payment of regular wages or salaries may be by payroll, verified by the proper official, and filed in time for payment on the regular pay day and such payments heretofore made are validated.
(3)
The fiscal year in each village shall be the calendar year.
(4)
Section 893.80 shall be applicable to villages.
History:  1977 c. 285 s. 12; 1979 c. 323 s. 33; 1991 a. 316.
Cross-reference:  See s. 66.0609 for an alternative system of approving claims.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.54 - Public works.

61.54
Public works.
All contracts for public construction shall be let by a village board in accordance with s. 62.15. The village board, or a person or body designated by the village board, shall exercise the powers and duties of the board of public works under s. 62.15. Section 62.15 applies to a village in the same manner as to a city.
History:  2009 a. 173; 2011 a. 32.
Municipal competitive bidding statutes do not apply to projects undertaken by intergovernmental agreement or when the municipalities that will perform the work have made a determination under s. 62.15 (1) to do the work themselves with their own employees. OAG 5-09.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.57 - Acquisition of facilities without bids.

61.57
Acquisition of facilities without bids.
A village may contract for the acquisition of any element of the following without submitting the contract for bids as required under s. 61.54 if the village invites developers to submit proposals to provide a completed project and evaluates proposals according to site, cost, design and the developers' experience in other similar projects:
(1)
A recycling or resource recovery facility.
(2)
If the village contains an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone that is designated under s. 238.396 (1m):
(a)
Water and sewer systems.
(b)
Wastewater treatment facilities.
History:  1983 a. 425; 2009 a. 173; 2017 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.64 - Ambulance service.

61.64
Ambulance service.
The village board may purchase, equip, operate and maintain ambulances and contract for ambulance service with one or more providers for conveyance of the sick or injured. The village board may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service provided under this section.
History:  1991 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.66 - Combined protective services.

61.66
Combined protective services.
(1)
Notwithstanding s. 61.65 (1) (a), (2) (a) and (3g) (d) 2., any village may provide police and fire protection services by any of the following:
(a)
A combined protective services department which is neither a police department under s. 61.65 (1) (a) nor a fire department under s. 61.65 (2) (a) and in which the same person may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n).
(b)
Persons in a police department or fire department who, alone or in combination with persons designated as police officers or fire fighters, may be required to perform police protection and fire protection duties without being required to perform police protection duties for more than 8 hours in each 24 hours except in emergency situations, as described under s. 62.13 (7n).
(2)
The governing body of a village acting under sub. (1) may designate any person required to perform police protection and fire protection duties under sub. (1) as primarily a police officer or fire fighter for purposes described in ss. 62.13 (7m), (7n), (10m), and (11), 891.45, 891.453, and 891.455.
History:  1987 a. 399; 1997 a. 173; 2005 a. 3; 2009 a. 284; 2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.71 - Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings.

61.71
Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings.
The village board may cause a revised and consolidated plat of the lots and blocks of the village to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds, and may compel the owners and occupants of all buildings within the village to number the same in such manner as the board may from time to time prescribe.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.72 - Pest and disease prevention.

61.72
Pest and disease prevention.
When a village board shall appropriate money for the control of insect pests, weeds, or plant or animal diseases, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection upon request of the village board shall cooperate with the village and shall provide technical assistance and direction for the expenditure of such funds.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (4).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.73 - Village housing authorities.

61.73
Village housing authorities.
The provisions of ss. 66.1201 to 66.1329 apply to villages, and the powers and duties conferred and imposed by ss. 66.1201 to 66.1329 upon mayors, councils and specified city officials are conferred upon presidents, village boards and village officials performing duties similar to the duties of the specified city officials respectively. An ordinance or resolution passed before June 4, 1949, by a village board creating a housing authority in substantially the manner provided in ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 is valid, and village housing authorities may participate in any state grants-in-aid for housing in the same manner as city housing authorities created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1213.
History:  1981 c. 390; 1993 a. 300; 1999 a. 150.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.74 - Detachment of farm lands from villages.

61.74
Detachment of farm lands from villages.
Land of an area of 200 acres or more contiguous to the boundary of any village which has been within the corporate limits of such village for 20 years or more and which during all of said time has been used exclusively for agricultural purposes may be detached from such village and annexed to an adjoining town or towns in a proceeding as provided by s. 62.075 in the case of such detachments from cities. For the purpose of this section, the provisions of s. 62.075 govern wherever applicable, except the word “village" is substituted for the word “city" as used therein.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 61 - Villages. › 61.75 - Rewards.

61.75
Rewards.
Section 62.26 (4) shall apply to villages. As used in that section:
(1)
“Alderpersons" means village trustees.
(2)
“Mayor" means village president.
History:  1971 c. 116; 1983 a. 189; 1993 a. 184, 491.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.01 - Saving clause.

62.01
Saving clause.
That no inconvenience may arise by reason of change of government of cities from special charter to general charter, or by reason of the revision of the general charter law, it is declared that:
(1)
All vested rights, pending actions and prosecutions, and existing judgments, claims, and contracts, both as to individuals and bodies corporate, shall continue as though no change had taken place.
(3)
Ordinances in force, so far as not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until altered or repealed.
(5)
Nothing herein shall change the time for paying taxes as provided in any special city charter until the council shall by ordinance change the same to conform to general law.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.02 - Repeal of special charters.

62.02
Repeal of special charters.
All special charters for cities of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes are hereby repealed and such cities are hereby incorporated under this subchapter. The city clerk shall forthwith certify the boundaries of such city to the secretary of administration, who shall file the same and issue to such city a certificate of incorporation as of the date when this subchapter became effective, and record the same.
History:  1977 c. 151; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.03 - First class cities excepted.

62.03
First class cities excepted.
(1)
This subchapter, except ss. 62.071, 62.08 (1), 62.09 (1) (e) and (11) (j), (k), and (m), 62.175, 62.23 (7) (em) and (he), and 62.237, does not apply to 1st class cities under special charter.
(2)
Any such city may adopt by ordinance this subchapter or any section or sections thereof, which when so adopted shall apply to such city.
(3)
The revision of the general charter law by chapter 242, laws of 1921 shall not affect the application of any provisions of the general charter previously adopted by any 1st class city under special charter, but such provisions shall as to such cities retain the same force and application as they had before the enactment of chapter 242, laws of 1921.
History:  1977 c. 151; 1979 c. 90 s. 21; 1979 c. 221, 260, 355; 1981 c. 281 s. 17; 1983 a. 395, 532, 538; 1989 a. 113; 1993 a. 400; 1999 a. 150; 2023 a. 19.
Milwaukee can adopt less than a statute “section" from this chapter [now this subchapter]. State ex rel. Cortez v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners, 49 Wis. 2d 130, 181 N.W.2d 378 (1970).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.04 - Intent and construction.

62.04
Intent and construction.
It is declared to be the intention of the revision of the city charter law, to grant all the privileges, rights and powers, to cities which they heretofore had unless the contrary is patent from the revision. For the purpose of giving to cities the largest measure of self-government compatible with the constitution and general law, it is hereby declared that ss. 62.01 to 62.26 shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights, powers and privileges of cities to promote the general welfare, peace, good order and prosperity of such cities and the inhabitants thereof.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.05 - Classes of cities.

62.05
Classes of cities.
(1)
Cities shall be divided into 4 classes for administration and the exercise of corporate powers as follows:
(a)
Cities of 150,000 population and over shall constitute 1st class cities.
(b)
Cities of 39,000 and less than 150,000 population shall constitute 2nd class cities.
(c)
Cities of 10,000 and less than 39,000 population shall constitute 3rd class cities.
(d)
Cities of less than 10,000 population shall constitute 4th class cities.
(2)
Population of cities shall be determined by the last federal census, including a special federal census taken of such city, except in newly incorporated cities when a census is taken as provided by law. Cities shall pass from one class to another when such census shows that the change in population so requires, when provisions for any necessary changes in government are duly made, and when a proclamation of the mayor, declaring the fact, is published according to law.
History:  1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 35.
Cross-reference:  See s. 990.001 (15), which provides that “If a statute refers to a class of city specified under s. 62.05 (1), such reference does not include any city with a population which makes the city eligible to be in that class unless the city has taken the actions necessary to pass into the class under s. 62.05 (2)".
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.115 - Defense of officers by city attorney.

62.115
Defense of officers by city attorney.
(1)
The common council of any city, however incorporated, may by ordinance or resolution authorize the city attorney to defend actions brought against any officer or employee of such city or of any board or commission thereof, growing out of any acts done in the course of employment, or out of any alleged breach of duty as such officer or employee, excepting actions brought to determine the right of such officer or employee to hold or retain that person's office or position, and excepting also actions brought by such city against any officer or employee thereof.
(2)
Nothing in this section contained, nor any action taken by any city or by any city attorney pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall be construed to impose any liability, either for costs, damages or otherwise, upon such city or city attorney.
History:  1991 a. 316.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.133 - Ambulance service.

62.133
Ambulance service.
The common council may purchase, equip, operate and maintain ambulances and contract for ambulance service with one or more providers for conveyance of the sick or injured. The common council may determine and charge a reasonable fee for ambulance service provided under this section.
History:  1991 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 62 - Cities. › 62.135 - Highway safety coordinator.

62.135
Highway safety coordinator.
In cities with a population of 150,000 and more, the mayor may appoint a city highway safety coordinator who shall be a member of the city agency or commission responsible for traffic accident analysis and traffic safety related matters. The commission or agency shall meet at least quarterly to review city traffic accident data and other traffic safety related matters.
History:  1983 a. 291.