Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,365,15 986. Page 669, line 17: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,365,16 " Section 2003sc. 60.323 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,365,19 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 official capacity or office of the town at the same time.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2003se Section 2003se. 60.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,2 60.37 (1) General. The town board may employ on a temporary or permanent basis persons necessary to carry out the functions of town government including, subject to sub. (4), any elected officer of the town. The board may establish the qualifications and terms of employment, which may include the residency of the employee. The board may delegate the authority to hire town employees to any town official or employee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2003sg Section 2003sg. 60.37 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,11 60.37 (4) Elected officers serving as employees. (a) An elected town officer who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $5,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this paragraph may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 60.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder under s. 66.0501 (4). The $5,000 maximum in this paragraph includes amounts paid to a town board supervisor who is acting as superintendent of highways under s. 81.01 (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,13 (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the town meeting shall establish the hourly wage to be paid an elected town officer for serving as a town employee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,16 2. If authorized by the town meeting under s. 60.10 (2) (L), the town board may establish the hourly wage to be paid an elected town officer, other than a town board supervisor, for serving as a town employee.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,17 987. Page 669, line 18: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,18 " Section 2004g. 64.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,366,24 64.12 (4) At the end of each fiscal year the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by competent certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442 who shall report in full to the council. The summaries of such audits shall be presented and furnished to all newspapers and libraries of the city and to such other persons as shall apply therefor.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2004j Section 2004j. 64.34 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,6 64.34 (2) At the end of each year the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all of the books and accounts of the city to be made by competent certified public accountants licensed or certified under ch. 442, who shall report in full thereon to the council. Copies of such reports shall be furnished by the council to all newspapers of the city and to all persons who shall apply therefor.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,8 988. Page 677, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 678, line 10.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,9 989. Page 678, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,10 " Section 2019g. 66.0217 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,18 66.0217 (9) (b) Within 10 days of receipt of the ordinance, certificate and plat, the secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance, certificate and plat to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of administration, one copy to the department of revenue, one copy to the department of public instruction, one copy to the department, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of forestry, one copy to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and 2 copies to the clerk of the municipality from which the territory was annexed.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,19 990. Page 679, line 21: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,367,21 " Section 2019mn. 66.0221 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,368,18 66.0221 (1) Upon its own motion, a city or village by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of its governing body may enact an ordinance annexing territory which comprises a portion of a town or towns and which was completely surrounded by territory of the city or village on December 2, 1973. The ordinance shall include all surrounded town areas except those that are exempt by mutual agreement of all of the governing bodies involved. The annexation ordinance shall contain a legal description of the territory and the name of the town or towns from which the territory is detached. Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or village clerk immediately shall file 6 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of the secretary of state, together with 6 copies of a scale map. The secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance and scale map to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of forestry, one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of administration. This subsection does not apply if the town island was created only by the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This subsection does not apply to land owned by a town government which has existing town government buildings located on the land. No town island may be annexed under this subsection if the island consists of over 65 acres or contains over 100 residents. Section 66.0217 (11) applies to annexations under this subsection. Except as provided in sub. (2), after December 2, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation, create a town area which is completely surrounded by the city or village.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,368,19 991. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,368,20 " Section 2026k. 66.0901 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,369,11 66.0901 (6) Separation of contracts; classification of contractors. In public contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling, or improvement of a public building or structure, other than highway structures and facilities, a municipality may bid projects based on a single or multiple division of the work. Public contracts shall be awarded according to the division of work selected for bidding. The municipality may set out in any public contract reasonable and lawful conditions as to the hours of labor, wages, residence, character, and classification of workers to be employed by any contractor, classify contractors as to their financial responsibility, competency, and ability to perform work, and set up a classified list of contractors. The municipality may reject the bid of any person, if the person has not been classified for the kind or amount of work in the bid. If one of the conditions a municipality imposes under a contract that is let under this section authorizes preferences or set-asides to minority businesses in the awarding of a contract under this section, the condition shall require that the minority business be certified by the department of commerce under s. 560.036 (2).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,369,12 992. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,369,13 " Section 2020n. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,2 66.0301 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, family care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district or, regional planning commission, or city-county health department.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,3 993. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,4 " Section 2020m. 66.0609 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,8 66.0609 (3) The ordinance under sub. (1) shall require that the governing body of the city or village obtain an annual detailed audit of its financial transactions and accounts by a certified public accountant licensed or certified under ch. 442 and designated by the governing body.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,9 994. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,10 " Section 2020i. 66.0607 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,20 66.0607 (1) Except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) to (5) and in s. 66.0608, in a county, city, village, town, or school district, all disbursements from the treasury shall be made by the treasurer upon the written order of the county, city, village, town, or school clerk after proper vouchers have been filed in the office of the clerk. If the statutes provide for payment by the treasurer without an order of the clerk, the clerk shall draw and deliver to the treasurer an order for the payment before or at the time that the payment is required to be made by the treasurer. This section applies to all special and general provisions of the statutes relative to the disbursement of money from the county, city, village, town, or school district treasury except s. 67.10 (2).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 2020ic Section 2020ic. 66.0608 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,370,24 66.0608 Separate accounts for municipal fire, emergency medical technician, and first responder volunteer funds. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,1 (a) "Emergency medical technician" has the meaning given in s. 146.50 (1) (e).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,6 (b) "Emergency medical technician volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's emergency medical technician department, by volunteers, or by donation to the emergency medical technician department, for the benefit of the municipality's emergency medical technician department.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,9 (c) "Fire volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's fire department, by volunteers, or by donation to the fire department, for the benefit of the municipality's fire department.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,10 (d) "First responder" has the meaning given in s. 146.53 (1) (d).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,14 (e) "First responder volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's first responder department, by volunteers, or by donation to the first responder department, for the benefit of the municipality's first responder department.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,15 (f) "Municipality" means any city, village, or town.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,16 (g) "Public depository" has the meaning given in s. 34.01 (5).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,18 (h) "Volunteer funds" means emergency medical technician volunteer funds, fire volunteer funds, or first responder volunteer funds.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,371,20 (2) General authority. Subject to subs. (3) and (4), the governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance that does all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,2 (a) Authorizes a particular official or employee of the municipality's fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department to deposit volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as an official or employee, in an account in the name of the fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department, in a public depository.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,7 (b) Gives the municipality's fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department, through the official or employee described under par. (a), exclusive control over the expenditure of volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as an official or employee in an account described under par. (a).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,9 (3) Limitations, requirements. An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) may include any of the following limitations or requirements:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,11 (a) A limit on the type and amount of funds that may be deposited into the account described under sub. (2) (a).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,14 (b) A limit on the amount of withdrawals from the account described under sub. (2) (a) that may be made, and a limit on the purposes for which such withdrawals may be made.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,16 (c) Reporting and audit requirements that relate to the account described under sub. (2) (a).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,19 (4) Ownership of funds. Notwithstanding an ordinance enacted under sub. (2), volunteer funds shall remain the property of the municipality until the funds are disbursed.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,20 995. Page 680, line 5: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,21 " Section 2022s. 66.0316 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,372,23 66.0316 Renew Wisconsin performance review. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,3 (a) "Analysis" means a performance analysis of the cost and benefit of a political subdivision providing a governmental service compared to a private person providing the same service.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,4 (b) "Chief executive officer" has the meaning given in s. 66.1106 (1) (a).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,5 (c) "Department" means the department of revenue.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,6 (d) "Extension" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (7).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,7 (e) "Governmental service" means a service related to any of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,8 1. Law enforcement.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,9 2. Fire protection.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,10 3. Emergency services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,11 4. Public health.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,12 5. Solid waste collection and disposal.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,13 6. Recycling.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,14 7. Public transportation.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,15 8. Public housing.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,16 9. Animal control.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,17 10. Libraries.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,18 11. Recreation and culture.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,19 12. Human services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,20 13. Youth services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,373,22 (f) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, or county with a population greater than 2,500.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,3 (2) Pilot program. The department shall establish a pilot program to study governmental services delivered by and to political subdivisions. The department shall solicit political subdivisions to participate in the program. Based on the department's solicitation, the department shall select 5 political subdivisions to form councils as provided under sub. (3) and shall include in that selection at least one county and at least one city, village, or town.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,6 (3) Creation of council. (a) No later than January 1, 2002, each political subdivision selected under sub. (2) shall create a council consisting of 5 members, as follows:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,7 1. The chief executive officer of the political subdivision, or his or her designee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,8 2. A member who is an employee of the political subdivision.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,10 3. A member with cost accounting experience who is a resident of the political subdivision and who is not a political subdivision officer or employee.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,13 4. Two members, not including the member under subd. 3., who are residents of the political subdivision and who are not political subdivision officers or employees.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,19 (b) The political subdivision's chief executive officer shall appoint the council members under par. (a) 2. to 4. The chief executive officer shall appoint 2 members to initial terms of 2 years and the remaining 2 members to initial terms of 4 years. The chief executive officer shall appoint the respective successors of the members under par. (a) 2. to 4. to terms of 4 years. All members under par. (a) 2. to 4. shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,21 (c) The council shall organize annually at its first meeting to elect a chairperson. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,374,24 (4) Duties of council. The council shall conduct an analysis of governmental services provided by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated. In conducting such an analysis, the council shall do all of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,2 (a) Establish specific benchmarks for performance, including goals related to intergovernmental cooperation to provide governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,4 (b) Conduct research and establish new methods to promote efficiency in the delivery of governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,6 (c) Identify and recommend collaborative agreements to be developed with other political subdivisions to deliver governmental services.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,9 (5) Data collection and analysis. (a) A council may conduct an analysis of a governmental service provided by the political subdivision with which the council is affiliated on its own or after receiving any of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,11 1. A written suggestion regarding delegating a governmental service to a private person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,14 2. A written complaint that a governmental service provided by the political subdivision is competing with the same or a similar service provided by a private person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,375,17 3. A written suggestion by a political subdivision employee or political subdivision employee labor organization to review a governmental service delegated to a private person.