CHAPTER 61
VILLAGES
61.187 Dissolution.
61.188 Certain villages may become cities by charter ordinance.
61.189 Villages of 1,000 may become cities.
61.19 Annual elections; appointments.
61.191 Population, use of federal census.
61.195 Discontinuance and change of term of offices.
61.197 Selection of officers.
61.20 Election of trustees; terms; number.
61.21 Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office.
61.22 Official bonds; officers not to be sureties.
61.23 Terms; temporary vacancy.
61.24 President.
61.25 Clerk.
61.26 Treasurer.
61.261 Deputy village treasurer.
61.27 Assessor.
61.28 Marshal.
61.29 Constable.
61.31 Peace officers, who are.
61.32 Village board; meeting; salaries.
61.325 Trustee may be appointed president.
61.34 Powers of village board.
61.342 Direct legislation.
61.345 Recycling or resource recovery facilities.
61.35 Village planning.
61.351 Zoning of wetlands in shorelands.
61.354 Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
61.36 Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses.
61.39 Service pipes and sewers.
61.44 Railroads, dust prevention.
61.46 Village taxes.
61.47 Street and sidewalk improvement tax.
61.48 County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts.
61.50 Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed.
61.51 Auditing accounts.
61.54 Bids on improvements.
61.55 Contracts involving over $25,000; how let; exception.
61.56 Alternative letting of contracts.
61.57 Acquisition of recycling or resource recovery facilities without bids.
61.61 Village orders; borrowing money.
61.64 Ambulance service.
61.65 Police and fire departments; pension funds.
61.66 Combined protective services.
61.71 Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings.
61.72 Pest and disease prevention.
61.73 Village housing authorities.
61.74 Detachment of farm lands from villages.
61.75 Rewards.
61.187 61.187 Dissolution.
61.187(1)(1)Procedure. Whenever a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40, signed by at least one-third as many electors of any village as voted for village officers at the next preceding election for village officers in that village, shall be presented to the village board, and filed as provided in s. 8.37, praying for dissolution of the village, the village board shall submit to the electors of the village the question whether or not the village shall be dissolved. The question shall be determined by ballot, in substantially the manner provided by ss. 5.64 (2) and 10.02, at a general election or at a special election called by the village board for that purpose.
61.187(2) (2)Date of; property; claims; territory.
61.187(2)(a)(a) Subject to par. (c), if two-thirds of the ballots cast at the election under sub. (1) are in favor of dissolution, the village shall, at the expiration of 6 months from the date of the election, cease to be a village.
61.187(2)(c) (c) The territory included within the village at the time of its dissolution shall revert to and become a part of the town or towns from which it was taken or in which it is then located, except that if the town or towns from which all of the village territory was taken is no longer in existence, the village may not dissolve. The assets and liabilities of the village shall be apportioned under s. 66.0235 and, in accordance with that section, all assets and liabilities of the village shall become the assets and liabilities of the town or towns to which the village territory reverts.
61.187(2)(d) (d) If, in accordance with par. (a) , the results of the election under sub. (1) provide for dissolution, the village clerk shall, within 10 days after the election, record the petition and determination of the village board of canvassers in the office of the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the village is located and file with the secretary of state certified copies of the petition and the determination of inspectors of election. The village clerk shall also record in the office of the register of deeds a certificate by the village clerk showing the date on which the dissolution takes effect and file with the secretary of state 4 copies of the certificate. These documents shall be recorded and indexed by the register of deeds. The index shall include the volume or reel number and the page or image number of the original documents. The secretary of state shall forward 2 copies of the certificate to the department of transportation and one to the department of revenue.
61.188 61.188 Certain villages may become cities by charter ordinance. Any village having a population of 1,000 or more may proceed under s. 66.0101 to organize as a city of the appropriate class. The village may by charter or charter ordinance adopted under s. 66.0101 elect not to be governed by ch. 62 or 66 in whole or in part or may create that system of government considered by the village to be most appropriate. The charter or charter ordinance may include the following: method of election of members of the council by districts, at-large or by a combination of methods, procedure for election of the first common council, creation and selection of all administrative officers, departments, boards and commissions, powers and duties of all officers, boards and commissions and terms of office. The charter or charter ordinance may not alter those provisions of ch. 62 dealing with police and fire departments or chs. 115 to 121 dealing with education. Any village incorporated after August 12, 1959, may not become a city under this section unless it meets the standards for incorporation in ss. 66.0205 and 66.0207.
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