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3. A member with cost accounting experience who is a resident of the political
7subdivision and who is not a political subdivision officer or employee.
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4. Two members, not including the member under subd. 3., who are residents
9of the political subdivision and who are not political subdivision officers or
10employees.
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(b) The political subdivision's chief executive officer shall appoint the council
12members under par. (a) 2. to 4. The chief executive officer shall appoint 2 members
13to initial terms of 2 years and the remaining 2 members to initial terms of 4 years.
14The chief executive officer shall appoint the respective successors of the members
15under par. (a) 2. to 4. to terms of 4 years. All members under par. (a) 2. to 4. shall
16serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
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(c) The council shall organize annually at its first meeting to elect a
18chairperson. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
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19(4) Duties of council. The council shall conduct an analysis of governmental
20services provided by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated. In
21conducting such an analysis, the council shall do all of the following:
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(a) Establish specific benchmarks for performance, including goals related to
23intergovernmental cooperation to provide governmental services.
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(b) Conduct research and establish new methods to promote efficiency in the
25delivery of governmental services.
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1(c) Identify and recommend collaborative agreements to be developed with
2other political subdivisions to deliver governmental services.
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3(5) Data collection and analysis. (a) A council may conduct an analysis of a
4governmental service provided by the political subdivision with which the council is
5affiliated on its own or after receiving any of the following:
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1. A written suggestion regarding delegating a governmental service to a
7private person.
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2. A written complaint that a governmental service provided by the political
9subdivision is competing with the same or a similar service provided by a private
10person.
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3. A written suggestion by a political subdivision employee or political
12subdivision employee labor organization to review a governmental service delegated
13to a private person.
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(b) After receiving a suggestion or complaint under par. (a), the council shall
15meet to decide whether an analysis of the governmental service indicated in the
16suggestion or complaint is necessary. The council may hold hearings, conduct
17inquiries, and gather data to make its decision. If the council decides to analyze a
18governmental service under this paragraph, the council shall do all of the following:
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1. Determine the costs of providing the governmental service, including the
20cost of personnel and capital assets used in providing the service.
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2. Determine how often and to what extent the governmental service is
22provided and the quality of the governmental service provided.
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3. Make a cost-benefit determination based on the findings under subds. 1. and
242.
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14. Determine whether a private person can provide the governmental service
2at a cost savings to the political subdivision providing the service and at a quality at
3least equal to the quality of the service provided by the political subdivision.
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5. If the council decides that a governmental service is not suitable for
5delegating to a private person, determine whether the governmental service should
6be retained in its present form, modified, or eliminated.
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(c) After completing an analysis under par. (b), the council shall make a
8recommendation to the political subdivision providing the governmental service
9analyzed under par. (b) and publish the council's recommendation. The
10recommendation shall specify the recommendation's impact on the political
11subdivision and the political subdivision's employees.
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12(6) Training and assistance. The board of regents of the University of
13Wisconsin System shall direct the extension to assist councils created under this
14section in performing their duties under subs. (4) and (5). The board of regents shall
15ensure that council members are trained in how to do all of the following:
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(a) Conduct an analysis of a governmental service.
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(b) Determine ways to improve the efficiency of delivering a governmental
18service.
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(c) Establish, quantify, and monitor performance standards.
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(d) Prepare the reports required under sub. (7) (a) and (b).
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21(7) Reports. (a) On or before June 30, 2002, each council shall submit a report
22to the department describing the council's activities.
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(b) On or before June 30, 2003, each council shall submit a final report to the
24department describing the council's activities and recommendations and the extent
25to which its recommendations have been adopted by the political subdivision with
1which the council is affiliated. A report submitted under this paragraph shall
2provide a detailed explanation of all analyses conducted under subs. (4) and (5).
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(c) On or before July 31, 2003, the department shall submit a report concerning
4the activities and recommendations described in the reports submitted under pars.
5(a) and (b) to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) and to the governor. The
6department's report shall describe ways to implement such recommendations
7statewide.
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966.0317 Cooperation region. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Cooperation region" means a federal standard metropolitan statistical
11area. For purposes of this section, if only a part of a county is located in a federal
12standard metropolitan statistical area the entire county is considered to be located
13in the federal standard metropolitan statistical area.
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(b) "Governmental service" has the meaning given in s. 66.0316 (1) (e).
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(c) "Metropolitan service delivery" means any governmental service provided
16to a city that is provided by the city or by another city or by a town, village, or county
17and provided on a multijurisdictional basis.
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(d) "Municipality" means any city, village, or town.
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19(2) Area cooperation compacts. (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 3., beginning
20in 2003 and ending in 2005, a municipality shall enter into an area cooperation
21compact with at least 2 municipalities or counties located in the same cooperation
22region as the municipality, or with any combination of at least 2 such entities, to
23perform at least 2 governmental services.
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2. Except as provided in subd. 3., beginning in 2006 and in each subsequent
25year, a municipality shall enter into an area cooperation compact with at least 4
1municipalities or counties located in the same cooperation region as the municipality,
2or with any combination of at least 4 such entities, to perform at least 5 governmental
3services.
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3. A municipality that is not adjacent to at least 2 other municipalities located
5in the same cooperation region as the municipality may enter into a cooperation
6compact with any adjacent municipality or with the county in which the municipality
7is located to perform the number of governmental services as specified under subd.
81. or 2.
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(b) An area cooperation compact shall provide a plan for any municipalities or
10counties that enter into the compact to collaborate to provide governmental services.
11The compact shall provide benchmarks to measure the plan's progress and provide
12outcome-based performance measures to evaluate the plan's success.
13Municipalities and counties that enter into the compact shall structure the compact
14in a way that results in significant tax savings to taxpayers within those
15municipalities and counties.
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(c) 1. Annually, beginning in 2002, a municipality shall certify to the
17department of revenue by May 1, in a manner prescribed by the department that the
18municipality complied with pars. (a) and (b).
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2. Annually, beginning in 2002, a municipality shall submit to the department
20of revenue on or before June 30, in a manner prescribed by the department, a report
21that indicates whether the municipality has entered into any agreements with any
22other municipality or any county located in the same cooperation region as the
23municipality related to the following:
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1a. Establishment of performance standards for delivery of governmental
2services by municipalities or counties within a federal standard metropolitan
3statistical area or county.
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b. Collaborative service delivery.
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c. Reduction or elimination of overlapping service delivery.
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d. Municipal revenue sharing under s. 66.0305.
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e. Smart growth planning under s. 16.965.
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f. Metropolitan service delivery.
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g. Financial incentives for shared regional planning services.
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h. Boundary issues.
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i. Other intergovernmental issues.
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(d) The department of revenue may grant a municipality additional time to
13submit any report under par. (c), if the municipality shows good cause for granting
14the additional time.
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(e) Annually, beginning in 2004, the legislative audit bureau shall prepare a
16report on the performance of area cooperation compacts and shall submit copies of
17the report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the
18appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) by June 30.".
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66.0501
(4) Compatible offices and positions. A volunteer fire fighter,
22emergency medical technician
, or first responder in a city, village
, or town whose
23annual compensation
from one or more of those positions, including fringe benefits,
24does not exceed $2,500 may also hold an
elected elective office in that city, village
,
1or town.
It is compatible with his or her office for an elected town officer to receive
2wages under s. 60.37 (4) for work that he or she performs for the town.".
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566.0602 Accumulation of reserves for specified purposes. (1) Any city,
6village, or town may accumulate cash or other liquid assets in nonlapsing reserve
7funds for any of the purposes specified in sub. (2) if the reserve funds are kept in
8segregated accounts in the municipal treasury. Each reserve fund must have a
9designated, specific purpose for which the cash or other assets are being
10accumulated, and may be spent only for the specified purpose.
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11(2) Cash or other liquid assets in reserve funds may be accumulated for any of
12the following purposes:
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(a) The purchase of a capital asset that is expected to last at least several years.
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(b) The construction or repair of public infrastructure.
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(c) The payment or financing of recovery or rebuilding costs that are
16necessitated by a natural disaster.".
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66.0227
(3) The governing body of a city, village or town involved may, or if a
20petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 signed by a number of qualified
21electors equal to at least 5% of the votes cast for governor in the city, village or town
22at the last gubernatorial election, demanding a referendum, is presented to it within
2330 days after the passage of either of the ordinances under sub. (2) shall, submit the
24question to the electors of the city, village or town whose electors petitioned for
1detachment, at a referendum election
called for that purpose held at the next election
2permitted under s. 8.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) but not less
3than 42 days
nor more than 72 days after the filing of the petition, or after the
4enactment of either ordinance. The petition shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. If
5a number of electors cannot be determined on the basis of reported election statistics,
6the number shall be determined in accordance with s. 60.74 (6). The governing body
7of the municipality shall appoint 3 election inspectors who are resident electors to
8supervise the referendum. The ballots shall contain the words "For Detachment"
9and "Against Detachment". The inspectors shall certify the results of the election by
10their attached affidavits and file a copy with the clerk of each town, village or city
11involved, and none of the ordinances may take effect nor be in force unless a majority
12of the electors approve the question. The referendum election shall be conducted in
13accordance with chs. 6 and 7 to the extent applicable.
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(2m) (b) If a referendum is to be held on a resolution, the municipal
16governing body shall file the resolution as provided in s. 8.37 and shall direct the
17municipal clerk to
call a special election for the purpose of submitting submit the
18resolution to the electors for
approval of the electors at a referendum
on approval or
19rejection. In lieu of a special election, the municipal governing body may specify that
20the election be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September
21primary or general election called in accordance with s. 8.065.
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(1) (c) An ordinance under sub. (1) may not take effect until 60 days
24after passage and publication unless sooner approved by a referendum. Within the
2560-day period electors equal in number to 20% of those voting at the last regular
1municipal election may file a petition requesting
for a referendum. The petition shall
2be in writing and filed with the clerk
and as provided in s. 8.37. The petition shall
3conform to the requirements of s. 8.40
, except that each signer shall also state his or
4her. Each signer shall state his or her residence and signatures shall be verified by
5the affidavit of an elector. The referendum shall be held at the next
regular
6municipal election
, or at a special election within 90 days of the authorized under s.
78.065 (2) or an election authorized under s. 8.065 (3) to be held not sooner than 45
8days after filing of the petition. The ordinance may not take effect unless approved
9by a majority of the votes cast. This paragraph does not apply to extensions by a
10utility previously franchised by the village, city or town.".
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66.0309
(8m) Authority to acquire real property. A regional planning
14commission may acquire and hold real property for public use and may convey and
15dispose of the property.".
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(3) (am) A local governmental unit, before making a contract by direct
19negotiation or soliciting bids on a contract, for the erection, construction, remodeling,
20repairing or demolition of any project of public works, including a highway, street or
21bridge construction project, shall apply to the department to determine the
22prevailing wage rate for each trade or occupation required in the work contemplated.
23The department shall conduct investigations and hold public hearings as necessary
24to define the trades or occupations that are commonly employed on projects that are
1subject to this section and to inform itself as to the prevailing wage rates in all areas
2of the state for those trades or occupations, in order to determine the prevailing wage
3rate for each trade or occupation.
In defining those trades or occupations, the
4department shall define metal building assembler as a separate trade or occupation
5for purposes of determining the prevailing wage rates for that trade or occupation
6and shall include among the typical duties of that trade or occupation reroofing and
7assembling components for use in construction canopies, reroofs, and mezzanines. 8The department shall issue its determination within 30 days after receiving the
9request and shall file the determination with the requesting local governmental
10unit.".
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(2) Facilities authorized. A municipality may enter into a joint
16contract with a nonprofit corporation organized for civic purposes and located in the
17municipality to construct or otherwise acquire, equip, furnish, operate and maintain
18a facility to be used for municipal and civic activities if a majority of the voters voting
19in a referendum
at a special election or at a spring primary or election or September
20primary or general authorized municipality to enter into a joint contract. The
21referendum shall be held at an election
approve the question of entering into the joint
22contract authorized under s. 8.065.".
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166.1105
(2) (k) "Tax incremental district" means a contiguous geographic area
2within a city defined and created by resolution of the local legislative body, consisting
3solely of whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes,
4other than railroad rights-of-way, rivers or highways. Railroad rights-of-way,
5rivers or highways may be included in a tax incremental district only if they are
6continuously bounded on either side, or on both sides, by whole units of property as
7are assessed for general property tax purposes which are in the tax incremental
8district. "Tax incremental district" does not include any area identified as a wetland
9on a map under s.
23.32 278.32.
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(1) (c) "Eligible costs" means capital costs, financing costs and
12administrative and professional service costs, incurred or estimated to be incurred
13by a political subdivision, for the investigation, removal, containment or monitoring
14of, or the restoration of soil, air, surface water, sediments or groundwater affected by,
15environmental pollution, including monitoring costs incurred within 2 years after
16the date on which the department of
natural resources
environmental management 17certifies that environmental pollution on the property has been remediated, property
18acquisition costs, demolition costs including asbestos removal, and removing and
19disposing of underground storage tanks or abandoned containers, as defined in s.
20292.41 (1), except that for any parcel of land "eligible costs" shall be reduced by any
21amounts received from persons responsible for the discharge, as defined in s. 292.01
22(3), of a hazardous substance on the property to pay for the costs of remediating
23environmental pollution on the property, by any amounts received, or reasonably
24expected by the political subdivision to be received, from a local, state or federal
25program for the remediation of contamination in the district that do not require
1reimbursement or repayment and by the amount of net gain from the sale of the
2property by the political subdivision. "Eligible costs" associated with groundwater
3affected by environmental pollution include investigation and remediation costs for
4groundwater that is located in, and extends beyond, the property that is being
5remediated.
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(1) (f) "Environmental remediation tax incremental base" means the
8aggregate value, as equalized by the department, of a parcel of real property that is
9certified under this section as of the January 1 preceding the date on which the
10department of
natural resources environmental management issues a certificate
11certifying that environmental pollution on the property has been remediated in
12accordance with rules promulgated by the department of
natural resources 13environmental management.
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(4) Certification. (intro.) Upon written application to the department
16of revenue by the clerk of a political subdivision on or before April 1 of the year
17following the year in which the certification described in par. (a) is received from the
18department of
natural resources environmental management, the department of
19revenue shall certify to the clerk of the political subdivision the environmental
20remediation tax incremental base of a parcel of real property if all of the following
21apply:
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(4) (a) The political subdivision submits a statement that it has
24incurred some eligible costs, and includes with the statement a detailed proposed
25remedial action plan approved by the department of
natural resources
1environmental management that contains cost estimates for anticipated eligible
2costs and a schedule for the design, implementation and construction that is needed
3to complete the remediation, with respect to the parcel or contiguous parcels of
4property and the statement details the purpose and amount of the expenditures
5already made and includes a dated certificate issued by the department of
natural
6resources environmental management that certifies that the department of
natural
7resources environmental management has approved the site investigation report
8that relates to the parcel or contiguous parcels in accordance with rules promulgated
9by the department of
natural resources environmental management.