AB85-ASA1,5 20Section 5. 59.10 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,8,221 59.10 (2) (c) 2. The board may increase the salary specified in subd. 1., or as
22otherwise adjusted under this paragraph, by an amount that does not exceed the
23percentage increase in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
24city average, for the period between the time that a supervisor's salary was last set

1under subd. 1. or by the board, and the year before the year in which the salary
2increase is to take effect.
AB85-ASA1,6 3Section 6. 59.10 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,8,114 59.10 (2) (c) 3. The board may increase the salary specified in subd. 1., or as
5otherwise adjusted under this paragraph, by an amount that exceeds the percentage
6increase in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average,
7for the period between the time that a supervisor's salary was last set under subd.
81. or by the board, and the year before the year in which the salary increase is to take
9effect, except that such an increase may not take effect unless it is ratified by a
10majority vote of the electors in the county voting in a referendum on the proposed
11salary increase.
AB85-ASA1,7 12Section 7. 59.10 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,8,1913 59.10 (2) (c) 4. A supervisor may not receive any other benefits or
14compensation, including health insurance and pension benefits, not specifically
15authorized or required by law. The maximum total dollar value of the salary and
16benefits that a supervisor, other than the chairperson of the board and the
17chairperson of the finance committee, receives in any year may not exceed the annual
18per capita income of Milwaukee County as most recently determined by the U.S.
19bureau of the census.
AB85-ASA1,8 20Section 8. 59.11 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,9,221 59.11 (2) (c) In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, upon a written
22request of the county executive delivered to the clerk which must have been approved
23by the county board chairperson, specifying the time and place of the meeting. The
24time shall not be less than 48 hours from the delivery of the request. Upon receiving
25the request and the approval of the county board chairperson, the clerk shall

1immediately mail to each supervisor notice of the time and place of the meeting. Any
2special meeting may be adjourned by a vote of a majority of all the supervisors.
AB85-ASA1,9 3Section 9. 59.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,9,114 59.12 (2) The board at the time of the election of the chairperson shall also elect
5a member vice chairperson, for the same term, who in case of the absence or disability
6of the chairperson shall perform the chairperson's duties. The board at the time of
7the election of the chairperson may also elect a member 2nd vice chairperson, for the
8same term, who in case of the absence or disability of the chairperson and vice
9chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson. The Except for the board
10of a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the
board may provide for the
11payment of additional compensation to the vice chairpersons.
AB85-ASA1,10 12Section 10. 59.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 59.17 (2) (b) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,9,1514 59.17 (2) (b) (intro.) In any county with a population of 500,000 or more,
15appoint
:
AB85-ASA1,9,25 161. Appoint and supervise the heads of all departments except where the
17statutes provide that the appointment shall be made by a board or commission or by
18other elected officers. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
19commission or the county board or county board chairperson appoint a department
20head, except ss. 17.21 and 59.47 (3), the county executive shall appoint and supervise
21the department head. Notwithstanding any Except for a statutory provision which
22specifies
that a board or commission or the county board shall supervise the
23administration of a department, the department head shall supervise the
24administration of the department
county executive, exclusively, shall administer,
25supervise, and direct all county departments, including any person who provides

1lobbying services for, or negotiates on behalf of, the county,
and the county board,
2other
board, or commission shall perform any advisory or policy-making function
3authorized by statute. Any appointment by the county executive under this
4paragraph subdivision requires the confirmation of the county board unless the
5county board, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation. An appointee of the county
6executive may assume his or her duties immediately, pending board action which
7shall take place within 60 days after the county executive submits the appointment
8to the board for confirmation.
Any department head appointed by a county executive
9under this subsection may be removed at the pleasure of the county executive. The
10county executive shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making
11appointments under this paragraph.
AB85-ASA1,11 12Section 11. 59.17 (2) (b) 2. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:
AB85-ASA1,10,2013 59.17 (2) (b) 2. Establish departments in county government, and sections and
14divisions within those departments, that the county executive believes are necessary
15for the efficient administration of the county. Any department or subunit of a
16department that the county executive creates under this subdivision may not be
17established unless its creation is approved by a vote of the board. The county
18executive, exclusively, shall administer, supervise, and direct any department or
19subunit of a department that is created under this subdivision, and those
20departments and subunits shall report to the county executive.
AB85-ASA1,10,2521 3. Exercise the authority under s. 59.52 (6) (a) that would otherwise be
22exercised by a county board. With regard to the sale or lease of property, the county
23executive's action must be consistent with established county board policy and must
24be approved by the county board to take effect. The county board may only approve
25or reject the contract as negotiated by the county executive.
AB85-ASA1,11,7
14. Sign all contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness on behalf of
2the county, to the extent that no other county officer or employee is specifically
3required to sign such contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness, and
4countersign all other contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness. No
5contract with the county is valid unless it is signed or countersigned by the county
6executive and, as provided in ss. 59.255 (2) (e) and 59.42 (2) (b) 5., by the comptroller
7and corporation counsel.
AB85-ASA1,11,98 5. Introduce proposed ordinances and resolutions for consideration by the
9board.
AB85-ASA1,11,1310 6. Hire and supervise the number of employees that the county executive
11reasonably believes are necessary for him or her to carry out the duties of the county
12executive's office, subject to board approval of the county executive department
13budget.
AB85-ASA1,12 14Section 12. 59.17 (2) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,11,2515 59.17 (2) (bm) 2. Each appointment under subd. 1. is subject to the confirmation
16of the county board and is in the unclassified service, serving at the pleasure of the
17county executive and holding office until a new appointment is made by the county
18executive and confirmed by the board. An appointee of the county executive may
19assume his or her duties immediately, pending board action which shall take place
20within 60 days after the county executive submits the appointment to the board for
21confirmation.
No prior appointee may serve longer than 6 months after the term for
22which he or she was appointed and confirmed expires, unless reappointed and
23reconfirmed. The term of each appointment is 4 years or less. The county executive
24shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making appointments under
25subd. 1.
AB85-ASA1,13
1Section 13. 59.22 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,12,92 59.22 (2) (a) Except for elective offices included under sub. (1), supervisors and
3circuit judges, and subject to s. 59.794 (3), the board has the powers set forth in this
4subsection, sub. (3) and s. 59.03 (1) as to any office, department, board, commission,
5committee, position or employee in county service created under any statute, the
6salary or compensation for which is paid in whole or in part by the county, and the
7jurisdiction and duties of which lie within the county or any portion thereof and the
8powers conferred by this section shall be in addition to all other grants of power and
9shall be limited only by express language.
AB85-ASA1,14 10Section 14. 59.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,12,2311 59.22 (3) Reimbursement for expense. The board may provide for
12reimbursement to any elective officer, deputy officer, appointive officer or employee
13for any out-of-pocket expense incurred in the discharge of that person's duty in
14addition to that person's salary or compensation, including without limitation
15because of enumeration, traveling expenses, tuition costs incurred in attending
16courses of instruction clearly related to that person's employment, and the board may
17establish standard allowances for mileage, room and meals, the purposes for which
18allowances may be made, and determine the reasonableness and necessity for such
19reimbursements, and also establish in advance a fair rate of compensation to be paid
20to the sheriff for the board and care of prisoners in the county jail at county expense.
21Any reimbursement paid under this subsection to an officer or employee of a county
22with a population of 750,000 or more is subject to the budget limitation described in
23s. 59.60 (7e).
AB85-ASA1,15 24Section 15. 59.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,13,10
159.52 (6) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take Except as provided in s. 59.17 (2)
2(b) 3., take
and hold land acquired under ch. 75 and acquire, lease or rent property,
3real and personal, for public uses or purposes of any nature, including without
4limitation acquisitions for county buildings, airports, parks, recreation, highways,
5dam sites in parks, parkways and playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal
6for county institutions, lime pits for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for
7clearing and draining land and controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18),
8ambulances, acquisition and transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate
9institutions or research facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for
10the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).
AB85-ASA1,16 11Section 16. 59.52 (31) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,13,1312 59.52 (31) Public contracts, populous counties. (a) In this subsection,
13"county" means any county with a population of 750,000 or more.
AB85-ASA1,13,1814 (b) 1. Any contract with a value of at least $100,000, but not more than
15$300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
16requirements, may take effect only if the board's finance committee does not vote to
17approve or reject the contract within 14 days after the contract is signed or
18countersigned by the county executive, or as described in subd. 2.
AB85-ASA1,13,2319 2. If a board's finance committee votes to approve a contract described under
20subd. 1, the contract may take effect. If a board's finance committee votes to reject
21a contract described under subd. 1., the contract may take effect only if the contract
22is approved by a vote of the board within 30 days after the board's finance committee
23votes to reject the contract.
AB85-ASA1,14,224 (c) Any single contract, or group of contracts between the same parties which
25generally relate to the same transaction, with a value or aggregate value of more

1than $300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
2requirements, may take effect only if it is approved by a vote of the board.
AB85-ASA1,14,63 (d) With regard to any contract to which a county is a party and which is subject
4to review by the board or by a committee of the board under this subsection, the
5board's finance committee is the only committee which has jurisdiction over the
6contract.
AB85-ASA1,17 7Section 17. 59.53 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,15,28 59.53 (5) (a) The board shall contract with the department of children and
9families to implement and administer the child and spousal support and
10establishment of paternity and the medical support liability programs provided for
11by Title IV of the federal social security act, except that in a county with a population
12of 750,000 or more the county executive, exclusively, shall exercise all of this
13authority
. The board may designate by board resolution any office, officer, board,
14department or agency, except the clerk of circuit court, as the county child support
15agency and, in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county executive
16shall administer the designated county child support agency
. The board or, county
17child support agency, or county executive of a county with a population of 750,000 or
18more
shall implement and administer the programs in accordance with the contract
19with the department of children and families. The attorneys responsible for support
20enforcement under sub. (6) (a), circuit court commissioners and all other county
21officials shall cooperate with the county and the department of children and families
22as necessary to provide the services required under the programs. The county shall
23charge the fee established by the department of children and families under s. 49.22
24for services provided under this paragraph to persons not receiving benefits under

1s. 49.148 or 49.155 or assistance under s. 48.645, 49.19, 49.46, 49.465, 49.47, 49.471,
2or 49.472.
AB85-ASA1,18 3Section 18. 59.53 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,15,94 59.53 (6) (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. and in a county with a population
5of 750,000 or more
, each board shall employ or contract with attorneys to provide
6support enforcement. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county
7executive shall hire or contract with attorneys to provide support enforcement under
8this subdivision.
Section 59.42 (1), (2) (a) and (3) does not preclude a board from
9assigning these support enforcement duties to any attorney employed by the county.
AB85-ASA1,19 10Section 19. 59.53 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,15,2211 59.53 (6) (a) 2. If on June 1, 1989, a county has 1.0 or more full-time equivalent
12attorney positions that have primary responsibility for handling cases described in
13par. (b), as determined by the district attorney of the prosecutorial unit, the county
14shall establish and maintain a support enforcement office consisting of support
15enforcement attorneys and office personnel. In counties having a population of less
16than 500,000, a county budget under s. 65.90 shall list the proposed appropriation
17under s. 65.90 (2) for the support enforcement office separate from any other office,
18department or activity. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, a county
19budget shall treat a support enforcement office as a department, as defined in s.
2059.60 (2) (a), separate from all other departments, and administered by the county
21executive
. If a county ceases to employ 1.0 or more full-time equivalent attorney
22positions in the office, the county may provide support enforcement under subd. 1.
AB85-ASA1,20 23Section 20. 59.53 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,16,224 59.53 (20) Work centers. The board may establish and operate a work center
25licensed under s. 104.07 to provide employment for severely handicapped

1individuals, except that in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county
2executive shall be in charge of the operation of the work center
.
AB85-ASA1,21 3Section 21. 59.53 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,16,134 59.53 (21) Operation of relief programs. The board may establish and operate
5a program of relief for a specific class or classes of persons residing in that county,
6except that in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county executive
7shall be in charge of the operation of the program of relief
. The county may set such
8eligibility criteria to obtain relief, and may provide such services, commodities or
9money as relief, as the county determines to be reasonable and necessary under the
10circumstances. The program may include work components. The county may enact
11any ordinances necessary or useful to the operation of a relief program under this
12subsection. Counties may use vehicle registration information from the department
13of transportation in determining eligibility for relief programs under this subsection.
AB85-ASA1,22 14Section 22. 59.56 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,16,1915 59.56 (11) Fish and game. The board may establish, maintain, and operate fish
16hatcheries and facilities for raising game birds, except that in a county with a
17population of 750,000 or more, the county may own the hatcheries and facilities, but
18must lease the hatcheries and facilities to another person who will maintain and
19operate them
.
AB85-ASA1,23 20Section 23. 59.60 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,17,1921 59.60 (7) Publication of budget and public hearing. The board shall refer the
22executive's or administrator's budget to the finance committee and such committee
23shall publish as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, a summary of the executive's or
24administrator's budget and comparative figures together with a statement of the
25county's bonded indebtedness, in the 2 daily newspapers having the largest

1circulation in the county, and shall make available to the general public reprinted
2copies of the summary as published. The publication shall also state the date, hour,
3and place of the public hearing to be held by the board on such executive's or
4administrator's budget. The board shall, not less than 14 days after publication of
5the summary of the executive's or administrator's budget, but not later than the first
6Monday in November of each year and prior to the adoption of the property tax levy,
7hold a public hearing on such executive's or administrator's budget, at which time
8citizens may appear and express their opinions. After such public hearing, and on
9or before the annual meeting, the finance committee shall submit to the board its
10recommendations for amendments to the executive's or administrator's budget, if
11any, and the board shall adopt the budget with such changes as it considers proper
12and advisable. Subject to sub. (7e), the board of a county with a population of at least
13500,000 may not adopt a budget in which the total amount of budgeted expenditures
14related to the compensation of county board members, and to any other costs that are
15directly related to the operation and functioning of the county board, including staff,
16is greater than 0.4 percent of the county portion of the tax levy for that year to which
17the budget applies.
When so adopted, the sums provided shall, subject to the
18provisions of sub. (8), constitute legal appropriations and anticipated revenues for
19the ensuing year.
AB85-ASA1,24 20Section 24. 59.60 (7e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,17,2321 59.60 (7e) Milwaukee county budget cap. The 0.4 percent budget limitation
22for a county with a population of at least 500,000 that is described in sub. (7) does
23not apply to any of the following elements of the county's budget:
AB85-ASA1,17,2524 (a) Any costs related to pension and health care payments for retired county
25officers, employees, and their families.
AB85-ASA1,18,2
1(b) The costs for the salary of county board supervisors and the county board
2chairperson for any term that begins before April 2016.
AB85-ASA1,18,43 (c) Any costs associated with duties performed by the county clerk under s.
459.23 (2).
AB85-ASA1,25 5Section 25. 59.698 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,18,10 659.698 Zoning, building inspector. Except as provided under s. 59.69 (2)
7(bm), for the enforcement of all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted
8under s. 59.69, the board may appoint a building inspector, define the building
9inspector's duties and fix the building inspector's term of office and compensation.
10This section does not apply to a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
AB85-ASA1,26 11Section 26. 59.70 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,18,1412 59.70 (7) Soil conservation. The board of any county with a population of less
13than 750,000
may contract to do soil conservation work on privately owned land
14either directly or through a committee designated by it.
AB85-ASA1,27 15Section 27. 59.70 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,18,2116 59.70 (8m) Harbor improvement. The board may establish, own, operate,
17lease, equip, and improve harbor facilities on land owned by the county that is
18located in this state or in another state, subject to the laws of the state in which the
19land is located, and may appropriate money for the activities specified in this
20subsection, except that in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county
21executive shall be in charge of the operation of the harbor facilities
.
AB85-ASA1,28 22Section 28. 59.70 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,19,223 59.70 (12) (a) A county or 2 or more contiguous counties may establish a district
24to control mosquitoes, upon a majority vote of each board, except that the board of

1a county with a population of 750,000 or more may not take any action under this
2subsection or sub. (13)
.
AB85-ASA1,29 3Section 29. 59.79 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB85-ASA1,30 4Section 30. 59.79 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
AB85-ASA1,31 5Section 31. 59.79 (12) of the statutes is repealed.
AB85-ASA1,32 6Section 32. 59.79 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
AB85-ASA1,33 7Section 33. 59.794 of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,19,10 859.794 Milwaukee County; limitations on board authority and on
9intergovernmental cooperation, shared services.
(1) Definitions. In this
10section:
AB85-ASA1,19,1311 (a) "Agreement" means an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
1266.0301, or a contract to provide consolidated services under s. 59.03 (2) (e), entered
13into by a county and another local governmental unit.
AB85-ASA1,19,1414 (b) "Board" means the board of a county.
AB85-ASA1,19,1515 (c) "County" means a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
AB85-ASA1,19,1816 (d) "Executive council" means a body that consists of the elected executive
17officer of every city and village that is wholly located within the county and who is
18also a member of the executive council as described in s. 200.23 (2) (b).
AB85-ASA1,19,1919 (e) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 66.0131 (1) (a).
AB85-ASA1,19,23 20(2) Limitation on agreements. Before an agreement may take effect and
21become binding on a county, it must be approved by the executive council. If the
22county enters into an agreement, the executive council shall meet as soon as
23practicable to vote on the agreement.
AB85-ASA1,20,2 24(3) Limitations on board authority. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
2559.51, the board may not exercise day-to-day control of any county department or

1subunit of a department. Such control may be exercised only by the county executive
2as described in s. 59.17.
AB85-ASA1,20,93 (b) A board may require, as necessary, the attendance of any county employee
4or officer at a board meeting to provide information and answer questions. Except
5as provided in par. (d), for the purpose of inquiry, or to refer a specific constituent
6concern, the board and its members may deal with county departments and subunits
7of departments solely through the county executive, and no supervisor may give
8instructions or orders to any subordinate of the county executive that would conflict
9with this section.
AB85-ASA1,20,1110 (c) The board may not create any county department or subunit of a
11department, except as provided in s. 59.17 (2) (b) 2.
AB85-ASA1,20,1312 (d) The board may use the legal services of the corporation counsel under s.
1359.42 (2).
AB85-ASA1,20,1814 (e) The board may not terminate, lower the salary or benefits of, or eliminate
15the position of, any county employee who works in the office of the county executive
16unless a similar change is made which affects county employees, on a countywide
17basis, in all other county departments. This paragraph does not apply after the
18county board supervisors who are elected in the 2016 spring election take office.
AB85-ASA1,34 19Section 34. 59.875 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,20,21 2059.875 (title) Payment of contributions in and employment of
21annuitants under
an employee retirement system of populous counties.
AB85-ASA1,35 22Section 35. 59.875 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,21,223 59.875 (3) No individual who is receiving an annuity under an employee
24retirement system of a county and who is reemployed by the county may continue to
25receive the annuity if a similarly situated individual who is receiving an annuity

1under the Wisconsin Retirement System and who was reemployed by a participating
2employer under that system would be required to terminate the annuity.
AB85-ASA1,36 3Section 36. 66.0301 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,21,154 66.0301 (2) In Subject to s. 59.794 (2), and in addition to the provisions of any
5other statutes specifically authorizing cooperation between municipalities, unless
6those statutes specifically exclude action under this section, any municipality may
7contract with other municipalities and with federally recognized Indian tribes and
8bands in this state, for the receipt or furnishing of services or the joint exercise of any
9power or duty required or authorized by law. If municipal or tribal parties to a
10contract have varying powers or duties under the law, each may act under the
11contract to the extent of its lawful powers and duties. A contract under this
12subsection may bind the contracting parties for the length of time specified in the
13contract. This section shall be interpreted liberally in favor of cooperative action
14between municipalities and between municipalities and Indian tribes and bands in
15this state.
AB85-ASA1,37 16Section 37. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (1) (j) (intro.) and
17amended to read:
AB85-ASA1,21,1818 111.70 (1) (j) (intro.) "Municipal employer" means any city, of the following:
AB85-ASA1,21,19 192. a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., any county .
AB85-ASA1,21,25 201. Any city, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district,
21long-term care district, transit authority under s. 59.58 (7) or 66.1039, local cultural
22arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political subdivision of
23the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that
24engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a
25municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied.
AB85-ASA1,38
1Section 38. 111.70 (1) (j) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB85-ASA1,22,32 111.70 (1) (j) 2. b. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the county
3executive.
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