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1(b) Upon the recommendation of the finance committee in a county without a
2county executive or county administrator, or upon the recommendation of the county
3executive or county administrator in other counties, and by resolution adopted by a
4majority of the members present and voting at any meeting, the board may transfer
5any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof from one department or
6account to another.
SB777,36,87 (c) 1. Paragraph (b) does not apply to an appropriation which is irrepealable
8by law.
SB777,36,119 2. The board may not amend a recommendation under par. (b) to increase the
10amount to be transferred or to transfer funds to a department other than the
11department designated as the transferee in the recommendation.
SB777,36,1312 3. No transfer may be made under this subsection unless the director certifies
13that sufficient unencumbered funds are available for transfer.
SB777,36,16 14(8) Budgetary procedures, beyond 2017. (a) For fiscal years that begin after
15December 31, 2017, a county that chooses under sub. (1) (b) to operate under this
16section shall adopt a budget that contains the provisions specified in this section.
SB777,36,2017 (b) Beginning in 2017, and in every odd-numbered year thereafter, a county
18shall adopt a biennial budget following the timeline specified in par. (c) that sets forth
19all of the following items, and no others, for the 2 fiscal years that immediately follow
20the year in which the budget is adopted:
SB777,36,2121 1. The county tax levy.
SB777,36,2222 2. Anticipated revenue amounts from all sources.
SB777,36,2423 3. Appropriations for all departments and for any other obligations of the
24county.
SB777,36,2525 (c) 1. All departments shall submit their budget requests to the director.
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12. The county executive, county administrator, or, in a county without a county
2executive or administrator, the finance committee, shall submit his or her, or its,
3proposed budget to the board, either electronically or in writing, not later than
4October 1 of an odd-numbered year.
SB777,37,185 3. In a county with a county executive, the board shall approve the budget,
6engrossed with any amendments, and return it to the county executive no later than
7November 1 of an odd-numbered year. Any amendment to the budget must be
8submitted to the comptroller or budget director at least 7 business days before the
9amendment may be considered by the board or by a committee of the board, and the
10board or committee may not consider any amendment that is not submitted in
11conformity with this time frame. An amendment shall also include an estimate,
12prepared by the comptroller, of the costs that will be incurred, and the staffing
13changes that will be required, to implement the amendment during the next 5 fiscal
14years. The board shall make the amendment and the estimate available to the
15public, in an electronic format, at least 24 hours before the amendment may be
16considered by the board or by a committee of the board. The board shall have the
17budget resolution prepared as it was adopted by the board, incorporating any
18adopted amendments, before presenting the resolution to the executive.
SB777,37,2319 4. If a county executive wishes to veto any part of the budget under s. 59.17 (5)
20or (6), the county executive shall do so no later than November 15 of an
21odd-numbered year. The board may not schedule a meeting to act on the county
22executive's vetoes, as described in subd. 5., before it receives the vetoes or November
2316 of an odd-numbered year, whichever comes first.
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15. The board may act on all of the county executive's vetoes or changes, as
2described in s. 59.17 (5) and (6), no later than November 19 of an odd-numbered year,
3or the vetoes or changes shall be considered to be approved by the board.
SB777,38,44 6. In a county without a county executive, the board shall approve the budget.
SB777,38,65 (d) A county that uses the provisions of this section shall utilize fund
6accounting. Section 59.60 (3m), as it applies to s. 59.60, applies to this section.
SB777,38,127 (e) After a biennial budget takes effect, if revenues received or expenses
8incurred by the county are different from the amounts anticipated, the county
9executive, county administrator, or, in a county without a county executive or
10administrator, the finance committee, may increase or decrease appropriation
11amounts as he or she determines is appropriate to account for the changed revenue
12or expense amounts that affect the county.
SB777,38,2413 (f) Outside of the budget process, the county executive, county administrator,
14or, in a county without a county executive or administrator, the finance committee
15may propose to the board an increase or decrease in any appropriation or revenue
16amount, subject to the budget amendment procedures under par. (c) 3. To be
17approved, such a proposal requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
18members-elect of the board and the proposal may not be amended by the board,
19except that when such a proposal is made, and voted on by the board, after September
2030 and before November 16 of any even-numbered year, such a proposal may be
21approved by a simple majority vote of the members-elect of the board and the board
22may amend the proposal. Any proposal submitted after September 30 and before
23October 31 of an even-numbered year shall be voted on by the board before
24November 16 of that even-numbered year.
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1(g) With regard to every county department that has appropriations and
2expenses contained in a budget that is adopted under this section, the budget
3provisions that apply to such a department shall contain an appropriation account
4into which a gift or grant bestowed upon that department shall be deposited. If a
5department receives such a gift or grant, the department may spend the funds, with
6the consent of the county executive, county administrator, or, in a county without a
7county executive or administrator, the finance committee, but without county board
8approval, for the purposes for which the gift or grant was bestowed.
SB777,39,159 (h) During a biennium, a county board of a county with a county executive may
10not adopt a resolution to issue a municipal obligation, as defined in s. 67.01 (6), in
11an amount that is higher than the amount initially proposed by the county executive
12in his or her proposed budget for that biennium. During a biennium a county
13executive may propose, outside of the budget process, the issuance of additional
14municipal obligations, as defined under s. 67.01 (6). The board may approve the
15county executive's proposal, but may not increase the amount proposed.
SB777,40,316 (i) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the board of a county with a population of at least
17750,000 may not adopt a budget in which the total amount of budgeted expenditures
18related to the compensation of county board members, and to any other costs that are
19directly related to the operation and functioning of the county board or committees
20of the board, including staff, is greater than 0.4 percent of the county portion of the
21tax levy for that year to which the budget applies. The board may not alter any
22formula by which fringe benefits, interdepartmental charges for services,
23depreciation, or debt service are allocated in the recommended budget. An
24appropriation that is contingent upon additional approval by the board after the
25adoption of the budget is included in the 0.4 percent budget limitation described in

1this subdivision. When so adopted, the sums provided shall, subject to the provisions
2of sub. (7), constitute legal appropriations and anticipated revenues for the ensuing
3year.
SB777,40,64 2. The 0.4 percent budget limitation for a county with a population of at least
5750,000 that is described in subd. 1. does not apply to any of the following elements
6of the county's budget:
SB777,40,87 a. Any costs related to pension and health care payments for retired county
8officers, employees, and their families.
SB777,40,119 b. The costs for the salary, health benefits, and pension benefits of county board
10supervisors and the county board chairperson for any term that begins before April
112018.
SB777,40,1312 c. Any costs associated with duties performed by the county clerk under s. 59.23
13(2).
SB777,40,1414 d. Any costs associated with a department created under s. 59.52 (32).
SB777,40,1515 e. Space rental that is attributable to the county board.
SB777,64 16Section 64. 59.61 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB777,40,1917 59.61 (4) Fund accounting. (a) A county that is subject to s. 59.60 shall utilize
18fund accounting. Section 59.60 (3m), as it applies to s. 59.60, applies to this
19subsection.
SB777,41,620 (b) In addition to a general fund, a county may create other governmental
21funds, proprietary funds, fiduciary funds, and other appropriate funds allowed by
22government accounting practice, provided that in creating each fund the county
23describes the sources of revenues that may be deposited into each fund and the types
24of expenditures that may be made from each fund. Counties may maintain
25reasonable balances in each such fund to provide the county with necessary working

1capital, based on sound business principles, to avoid cash flow interruptions and the
2need to engage in short-term borrowing to fund daily operations. In counties with
3no county executive, the board may create a fund described in this paragraph by
4ordinance. In counties with a county executive, only the county executive may create
5a fund described in this paragraph by executive order, and such an executive order
6may not be modified or otherwise affected by county board action.
SB777,41,97 (c) A county that creates governmental, proprietary, fiduciary, or other funds
8under this subsection shall develop policies and procedures that apply to each such
9fund, including all of the following:
SB777,41,1010 1. Setting a working cash flow target for each fund.
SB777,41,1111 2. Publishing annual estimates of working cash flow balances.
SB777,41,1312 3. A description of possible uses of balances in a fund that accumulate above
13the cash flow target.
SB777,41,1514 (d) Each governmental and proprietary fund created under this subsection
15shall serve as a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts.
SB777,65 16Section 65. 59.69 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,41,2017 59.69 (2) (a) 2. If the board in a county with a county executive authorizes the
18creation of a county planning and zoning commission, designated the county zoning
19agency, the county executive shall appoint the commission, subject to confirmation
20by the board and to the confirmation provisions of s. 59.17 (2) (b) 1.
SB777,66 21Section 66. 59.69 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,42,622 59.69 (2) (a) 3. If a county planning and zoning commission is created under
23subd. 2., the county executive may appoint, for staggered 3-year terms, 2 alternate
24members of the commission, who are subject to confirmation by the board, and to the
25confirmation provisions of s. 59.17 (2) (b) 1
. Annually, the county executive shall

1designate one of the alternate members as first alternate and the other as 2nd
2alternate. The first alternate shall act, with full power, only when a member of the
3commission refuses to vote because of a conflict of interest or when a member is
4absent. The 2nd alternate shall act only when the first alternate refuses to vote
5because of a conflict of interest or is absent, or if more than one member of the
6commission refuses to vote because of a conflict of interest or is absent.
SB777,67 7Section 67. 59.70 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,43,98 59.70 (2) Solid waste management. (intro.) The board of any county may
9establish and operate a solid waste management system or participate in such
10system jointly with other counties or municipalities. Except in counties having a
11population of 500,000 or more, the board of a county or the boards of a combination
12of counties establishing a solid waste management system may create a solid waste
13management board to operate the system and such board, in a county that does not
14combine with another county, shall be composed of not less than 9 nor more than 15
15persons of recognized ability and demonstrated interest in the problems of solid
16waste management, but not more than 5 of the board members may be appointed
17from the county board of supervisors. In any combination of counties, the solid waste
18management board shall be composed of 11 members with 3 additional members for
19each combining county in excess of 2. Appointments shall be made by the county
20boards of supervisors of the combining counties in a manner acceptable to the
21combining counties, but each of the combining counties may appoint to the solid
22waste management board not more than 3 members from its county board of
23supervisors. The term of office of any member of the solid waste management board
24shall be 3 years, but of the members first appointed, at least one-third shall be
25appointed for one year; at least one-third for 2 years; and the remainder for 3 years.

1Vacancies shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term in the manner that
2original appointments are made. Any solid waste management board member may
3be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the appointing authority. The solid
4waste management board may employ a manager for the system. The manager shall
5be trained and experienced in solid waste management. For the purpose of operating
6the solid waste management system, the solid waste management board may
7exercise the following powers, except that the authority to enter into a lease under
8this subsection may be exercised only by the county executive, if the county has such
9an office
:
SB777,68 10Section 68. 59.70 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,43,1711 59.70 (18) Land clearing and weed control. The board may purchase or
12accept by gift or grant tractors, bulldozers and other equipment for clearing and
13draining land and controlling weeds on same, and for such purposes to operate or
14lease the same for work on private lands, except that the authority to enter into a
15lease under this subsection may be exercised only by the county executive, if the
16county has such an office
. The board may charge fees for such service and for rental
17of such equipment on a cost basis.
SB777,69 18Section 69. 59.79 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
SB777,70 19Section 70. 59.792 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,43,2220 59.792 (3) (a) (intro.) The county's board may do any of the following, except
21that the authority to enter into a lease under this paragraph may be exercised only
22by the county executive, if the county has such an office
:
SB777,71 23Section 71. 59.84 (2) (d) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
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159.84 (2) (d) 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of subds. 2. and 7., the authority
2to enter into a lease under this paragraph may be exercised only by the county
3executive, if the county has such an office.
SB777,72 4Section 72. 60.40 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,44,85 60.40 (2) Preparation. The town board is responsible for preparation of the
6proposed budget required under s. 65.90, unless the town board chair acts under s.
765.30 (2) (b)
. In preparing the budget, the town board may provide for assistance by
8any person.
SB777,73 9Section 73. 60.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,44,1110 60.40 (3) Hearing. The town board shall conduct the budget hearing required
11under s. 65.30 or 65.90.
SB777,74 12Section 74. 60.40 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,44,1413 60.40 (5) Amendment. The town budget may be amended by the town board
14under s. 65.90 (5) or 65.30 (4) or (6).
SB777,75 15Section 75. 63.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,44,2316 63.02 (2) The director of personnel shall cause the minutes of its proceedings
17to be taken and fully transcribed. The original transcribed copy shall be the official
18minutes of such proceedings and shall be open and available for public inspection.
19The director of personnel shall preserve all reports made to the commission, keep a
20record of all examinations held under its direction and perform such other duties as
21the commission may from time to time prescribe. The director of personnel shall be
22appointed by the county executive in the unclassified civil service and is subject to
23confirmation by the county board, as provided in s. 59.17 (2) (bm)
.
SB777,76 24Section 76. 65.30 of the statutes is created to read:
SB777,44,25 2565.30 Alternative budget procedure. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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1(a) “Budget director” means the officer or employee of a municipality, other
2than the chief executive, who is principally responsible for developing and
3coordinating a municipality's budget, except that if the municipality's chief executive
4is principally responsible for developing and coordinating a municipality's budget,
5the chief executive is the budget director.
SB777,45,76 (b) “Chief executive” means a mayor or city manager, a village president, or a
7town board chairperson.
SB777,45,118 (c) Notwithstanding s. 65.02 (1), “department” means any department, board,
9commission, or other body under the control of a governing body which expends
10municipal funds or incurs obligations for a municipality, and unless otherwise
11expressed refers to the head of such department.
SB777,45,1312 (d) “Governing body” means the common council of a city, the village board of
13a village, or the town board of a town.
SB777,45,1414 (e) “Municipality” means any city, village or town.
SB777,45,16 15(2) Application. (a) Subject to par. (b), the provisions of this section may be
16used by any municipality, including a 1st class city.
SB777,45,2217 (b) To use the provisions of this section, the municipality's chief executive must
18issue a written proclamation stating that the municipality will use the provisions of
19this section instead of the applicable provisions of s. 60.40 or the other provisions of
20this chapter. Once the proclamation is issued, it takes effect. No action by the
21governing body is needed for the proclamation to take effect, and no governing body
22action may stop or repeal the proclamation.
SB777,46,2 23(3) Accounting and budgeting procedure. Every accounting and budgeting
24procedure that is applied under this section shall comply with generally accepted

1accounting principles for government as promulgated by the governmental
2accounting standards board or its successor bodies or other authoritative sources.
SB777,46,19 3(4) Publication of budget and public hearing. (a) The governing body shall
4refer the chief executive's or budget director's budget to the finance committee, or
5similar committee, and such committee shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch.
6985, a summary of the chief executive's or budget director's budget and comparative
7figures together with a statement of the municipality's bonded indebtedness, and
8shall make available to the general public reprinted copies of the summary as
9published. The publication shall also state the date, hour, and place of the public
10hearing to be held by the governing body on such chief executive's or budget director's
11budget. The governing body shall, not less than 14 days after publication of the
12summary of the chief executive's or budget director's budget, prior to the adoption
13of the property tax levy, hold a public hearing on such chief executive's or budget
14director's budget, at which time the municipality's residents may appear and express
15their opinions. After such public hearing, and on or before its next meeting on the
16budget, the finance committee, or similar committee, shall submit to the governing
17body its recommendations for amendments to the chief executive's or budget
18director's budget, if any, and the governing body shall adopt the budget with such
19changes as it considers proper and advisable.
SB777,47,920 (b) A request for an amendment to the budget must be submitted to the
21comptroller or budget director at least 7 business days before the amendment may
22be considered by the municipality's governing body or by a committee of the body, and
23the governing body or committee may not consider any amendment which is not
24submitted in conformity with this time frame. In any municipality, any amendment
25to the budget shall include an estimate, prepared by the comptroller, of the costs that

1will be incurred, and the staffing changes that will be required, to implement the
2amendment during the next 5 fiscal years. If a municipality does not have a
3comptroller, the estimate shall be prepared by the municipality's budget director.
4The common council shall make the amendment and the estimate available to the
5public, in an electronic format, at least 24 hours before the amendment may be
6considered by the common council or by a committee of the common council. The
7common council shall have the budget resolution prepared as it was adopted by the
8common council, incorporating any adopted amendments, before presenting the
9resolution to the mayor.
SB777,47,19 10(5) Transfers of appropriations. (a) At the request of the head of any
11department, and after receiving the recommendation of the chief executive, the
12budget director shall, at any time during the fiscal year, transfer any unencumbered
13appropriation balance or portion thereof between principal objects of expenditures
14within a department; but no transfers shall be made of appropriations originating
15from bond funds unless the purpose for which the bonds were issued has been
16fulfilled or abandoned. If more than one department is under the jurisdiction of the
17same board or commission or under the same general management, the group of
18departments may be considered as though they were a single unit with respect to
19transfers of appropriations within the group.
SB777,47,2320 (b) Upon the recommendation of the chief executive, and by resolution adopted
21by a majority of the members present and voting at any meeting, the governing body
22may transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof from one
23department or account to another.
SB777,47,2524 (c) 1. Paragraph (b) does not apply to an appropriation which is irrepealable
25by law.
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12. The governing body may not amend a recommendation under par. (b) to
2increase the amount to be transferred or to transfer funds to a department other than
3the department designated as the transferee in the recommendation.
SB777,48,54 3. No transfer may be made under this subsection unless the budget director
5certifies that sufficient unencumbered funds are available for transfer.
SB777,48,8 6(6) Budgetary procedures, beyond 2017. (a) For fiscal years that begin after
7December 31, 2017, a municipality which chooses under sub. (1) (b) to operate under
8this section shall adopt a budget that contains the provisions specified in this section.
SB777,48,129 (b) Beginning in 2017, and in every odd-numbered year thereafter, a
10municipality shall adopt a biennial budget following the timeline specified in par. (c)
11that sets forth all of the following items, and no others, for the 2 fiscal years that
12immediately follow the year in which the budget is adopted:
SB777,48,1313 1. The municipal tax levy.
SB777,48,1414 2. Anticipated revenue amounts from all sources.
SB777,48,1615 3. Appropriations for all departments and for any other obligations of the
16municipality.
SB777,48,1717 (c) 1. All departments shall submit their budget requests to the budget director.
SB777,48,2018 2. The chief executive shall submit his or her proposed budget to the governing
19body, either electronically or in writing, not later than October 1 of an odd-numbered
20year.
SB777,49,1021 3. The governing body shall approve the budget, engrossed with any
22amendments, and return it to the chief executive no later than November 1 of an
23odd-numbered year. Any amendment to the budget adopted by the common council
24of a 1st class city must be submitted to the comptroller at least 7 business days before
25the amendment may be considered by the governing body or by a committee of the

1body, and the governing body or committee may not consider any amendment that
2is not submitted in conformity with this time frame. An amendment shall also
3include an estimate, prepared by the comptroller, of the costs that will be incurred,
4and the staffing changes that will be required, to implement the amendment during
5the next 5 fiscal years. A governing body shall make the amendment and, if required,
6the estimate, available to the public, in an electronic format, at least 24 hours before
7the amendment may be considered by the governing body or by a committee of the
8governing body. The governing body shall have the budget resolution prepared as
9it was adopted by the governing body, incorporating any adopted amendments,
10before presenting the resolution to the chief executive.
SB777,49,1511 4. If a mayor wishes to veto any part of the budget under s. 62.09 (8) (c), the
12mayor shall do so no later than November 15 of an odd-numbered year. The common
13council may not schedule a meeting to act on the mayor's vetoes, as described in subd.
145., before it receives the vetoes or November 16 of an odd-numbered year, whichever
15comes first.
SB777,49,1816 5. The common council may act on all of the mayor's vetoes or changes, as
17described in s. 62.09 (8) (c), no later than November 19 of an odd-numbered year, or
18the vetoes or changes shall be considered to be approved by the common council.
SB777,49,2319 (d) After a biennial budget takes effect, if revenues received or expenses
20incurred by the municipality are different from the amounts anticipated, the chief
21executive may increase or decrease appropriation amounts as he or she determines
22is appropriate to account for the changed revenue or expense amounts that affect the
23municipality.
SB777,50,824 (e) Outside of the budget process, the chief executive may propose to the
25governing body an increase or decrease in any appropriation or revenue amount,

1subject to the budget amendment procedures under par. (c) 3. To be approved, such
2a proposal requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members-elect of the
3governing body, as defined in s. 66.10015 (1) (bs), and the proposal may not be
4amended by the governing body, except that when such a proposal is made and voted
5on by the governing body after September 30 and before November 16 of any
6even-numbered year, such a proposal may be approved by a simple majority vote of
7the members-elect of the governing body and the governing body may amend the
8proposal.
SB777,50,159 (f) With regard to every municipal department that has appropriations and
10expenses contained in a municipality's budget that is adopted under this section, the
11budget provisions that apply to such a department shall contain an appropriation
12account into which a gift or grant bestowed upon that department shall be deposited.
13If a department receives such a gift or grant, the department may spend the funds,
14with the consent of the chief executive, but without the approval of the governing
15body, for the purposes for which the gift or grant was bestowed.
SB777,50,2216 (g) During a biennium, a governing body may not adopt a resolution to issue
17a municipal obligation, as defined in s. 67.01 (6), in an amount that is higher than
18the amount initially proposed by the chief executive in his or her proposed budget for
19that biennium. During a biennium a chief executive may propose, outside of the
20budget process, the issuance of additional municipal obligations, as defined under
21s. 67.01 (6). The governing body may approve the chief executive's proposal, but may
22not increase the amount proposed.
SB777,77 23Section 77. 68.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB777,51,324 68.14 (1) The seeking of a review pursuant to s. 68.10 or 68.13 does not preclude
25a person aggrieved from seeking relief from the governing body of the municipality

1or any of its boards, commissions, committees, or agencies which that may have
2jurisdiction, except that the authority under this section of a county board is subject
3to the limitations in s. 59.17 (2) (d)
.
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