60.79(4)(a)
(a) Continue, alter or discontinue operation by a commission.
60.79(4)(b)
(b) Continue or discontinue existing methods of financing construction and operation of the system.
60.79(4)(d)
(d) Levy special assessments within the area of the former town sanitary district under
s. 66.0703. Special assessments may be levied regardless of the time when the improvement was commenced or completed, when used for refunding purposes in conjunction with issuance of general obligation-local improvement bonds under
s. 67.16 or special assessment bonds under
s. 66.0713 (4).
60.79(5)
(5) Collection of special assessments by towns. Towns shall aid cities and villages, and villages and cities shall aid towns, in the levy and collection of special assessments, property taxes and all service charges under this section by entering them on town, city or village assessment and tax rolls and collecting and forwarding the moneys to the levying municipality.
60.79 Annotation
Sub. (2) (b) requires selective rather than automatic application of subs. (2) (c) to (e). Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire,
173 Wis. 2d 450,
496 N.W.2d 656 (Ct. App. 1992).
60.79 Annotation
Sub. (2) (d) is inapplicable to annexed property that contains no commercial or personal patrons of a town water system that runs through it. Under sub. (1) the annexed property lies within the annexing city's domain as a matter of law and the city bears the responsibility of providing water. Town of Sheboygan v. City of Sheboygan,
203 Wis. 2d 274,
553 N.W.2d 275 (Ct. App. 1996).
MISCELLANEOUS
60.80
60.80
Publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions. 60.80(1)(1)
General requirement. The town clerk shall publish as a class 1 notice under
ch. 985, or post in at least 3 places in the town likely to give notice to the public, the following, within 30 days after passage or adoption:
60.80(1)(a)
(a) Resolutions, motions and other actions adopted by the town meeting, or in the exercise of powers, under
s. 60.10.
60.80(1)(c)
(c) Resolutions of general application adopted by the town board and having the effect of law.
60.80(1m)
(1m) Exception for municipal obligations. Nothing under
sub. (1) may be deemed to require notice under this subsection of the passage of any resolution authorizing the issuance of municipal obligations, as defined under
s. 67.01 (6).
60.80(2)
(2) Requirement for forfeitures. If an ordinance imposes a forfeiture, posting may not be used in lieu of publication under
sub. (1).
60.80(3)
(3) Effective upon publication. An ordinance, resolution, motion or other action required to be published or posted under this section shall take effect the day after its publication or posting, or at a later date if expressly provided in the ordinance, resolution, motion or action.
60.80(4)
(4) Affidavit of posting. If an ordinance, resolution, motion or other action is posted under this section, the town clerk shall sign an affidavit attesting that the item was posted as required by this section and stating the date and places of posting. The affidavit shall be filed with other records under the jurisdiction of the clerk.
60.80 History
History: 1983 a. 532;
1987 a. 197.
60.81
60.81
Population; use of federal census. If the census of a town is required, the last federal census, including a special federal census, if any, shall be used.
60.81 History
History: 1983 a. 532.
60.82
60.82
Regional planning programs. The town board may act jointly with other municipalities in the area to establish and maintain a regional planning program to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the town as part of the region. The board may make payments out of the general fund for the town's share of the cost of the program.
60.82 History
History: 1983 a. 532.
60.83
60.83
Destruction of obsolete town records. The town board may provide for the destruction of obsolete town records under
s. 19.21 (4).
60.83 History
History: 1983 a. 532.
60.84(1)(1)
Survey, contract for. The town board may contract with the county surveyor or any registered land surveyor to survey all or some of the sections in the town and to erect monuments under this section as directed by the board.
60.84(2)
(2) Bond. Before the town board executes a contract under
sub. (1), the surveyor shall execute and file with the town board a surety bond or other financial security approved by the town board.
60.84(3)(a)(a) Monuments shall be set on section and quarter-section corners established by the United States survey. If there is a clerical error or omission in the government field notes or if the bearing trees, mounds or other location identifier specified in the notes is destroyed or lost, and if there is no other reliable evidence by which a section or quarter-section corner can be identified, the surveyor shall reestablish the corner under the rules adopted by the federal government in the survey of public lands. The surveyor shall set forth his or her actions under this paragraph in the certificate under
sub. (4).
60.84(3)(b)
(b) All monuments set under this section are presumed to be set at the section and quarter-section corners, as originally established by the United States survey, at which they respectively purport to be set.
60.84(3)(c)
(c) To establish, relocate or perpetuate a corner, the surveyor shall set in the proper place a monument, as determined by the town board, consisting of:
60.84(3)(c)1.
1. A stone or other equally durable material, not less than 3 feet long and 6 inches square, with perpendicular, dressed sides and a square, flat top. As prescribed by the town board, the top shall be engraved with either:
60.84(3)(c)1.a.
a. A cross formed by lines connecting the corners of the top; or
60.84(3)(c)1.b.
b. If the monument is set at a section corner, the number of the section or, if set at a quarter-section corner, "1/4S"; or
60.84(3)(c)2.
2. A 3-inch diameter iron pipe, not less than 3 feet long, with pipe walls not less than one-quarter inch thick, galvanized or coal-charred to prevent rust. The pipe shall have a flat plate, screwed to the top, engraved as prescribed in
subd. 1. The pipe shall have a suitable bottom plate or anchor.
60.84(3)(d)
(d) A monument under
par. (c) shall be set 2 1/2 feet in the ground. If the monument is located in a highway, the top of the monument shall be even with or below the surface of the highway.
60.84(4)
(4) Certificate. The surveyor shall prepare a certificate setting forth a complete and accurate record of any survey under this section, including the exact bearings and distances of each monument from each other monument nearest it on any line in the town. The certificate shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the surveyed land is located.
60.84 History
History: 1983 a. 532.
