59.74(2)(a)1.1. No landmark, monument, corner post of the government survey or survey made by the county surveyor or survey of public record may be destroyed, removed, or covered by any material that will make the landmark, monument, or corner post inaccessible for use, without first having erected witness or reference monuments as provided in subd.
2. for the purpose of identifying the location of the landmark and making a certified copy of the field notes of the survey setting forth all the particulars of the location of the landmark with relation to the reference or witness monuments so that its location can be determined after its destruction or removal. The certified copy of the field notes shall be filed as provided under par.
(b) 2. 59.74(2)(a)2.
2. Witness monuments shall be made of durable material, including cement, natural stone, iron or other equally durable material, except wood. If iron pipe monuments are used, they shall be made of 2 inch or more galvanized iron pipe not less than 30 inches in length having an iron or brass cap fastened to the top and marked with a cross cut on the top of the cap where the point of measurement is taken. If witness monuments are made of cement, stone or similar material, they shall be not less than 30 inches in length nor less than 5 inches in diameter along the shortest diagonal marked on the top with a cross where the point of measurement is taken.
59.74(2)(b)1.1. Whenever it becomes necessary to destroy, remove, or cover up in such a way that will make it inaccessible for use, any landmark, monument of survey, or corner post within the meaning of this subsection, the person including employees of governmental agencies who intend to commit such act shall serve written notice at least 30 days prior to the act upon the county surveyor of the county within which the landmark is located. Notice shall also be served upon the municipality's engineer if the landmark is located within the corporate limits of a municipality. The notice shall include a description of the landmark, monument of survey, or corner post and the reason for removing or covering it. In this paragraph, removal of a landmark includes the removal of railroad track by the owner of the track. In a county having a population of less than 750,000 where there is no county surveyor, notice shall be served upon the clerk. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, notice shall be served upon the executive director of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county. Notwithstanding par.
(c), upon receipt of the notice the clerk shall appoint a professional land surveyor to perform the duties of a county surveyor under subd.
2. 59.74(2)(b)2.
2. The county surveyor or executive director of the regional planning commission, upon receipt of notice under subd.
1., shall within a period of not to exceed 30 working days, either personally or by a deputy, or by the municipality's engineer make an inspection of the landmark, and, if he or she considers it necessary because of the public interest to erect witness monuments to the landmark, he or she shall erect 4 or more witness monuments or, if within a municipality, may make 2 or more offset marks at places near the landmark where they will not be disturbed. The county surveyor shall make a survey and field notes giving a description of the landmark and the witness monuments or offset marks, stating the material and size of the witness monuments and locating the offset marks, the horizontal distance and courses in terms of the references set forth in s.
59.45 (1) (a) 2. that the witness monuments bear from the landmark and, also, of each witness monument to all of the other witness monuments. The county surveyor may also make notes as to such other objects, natural or artificial, that will enable anyone to locate the position of the landmark. The county surveyor upon completing the survey shall make a certified copy of the field notes of the survey and record it as provided under s.
59.45 (1). The municipality's engineer upon completing the survey shall record the notes in his or her office, open to the inspection of the public, and shall file a true and correct copy with the county surveyor. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the certified copy of the field notes of the survey shall be filed in the office of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.
59.74(2)(c)
(c) In those counties where there are no county surveyors a petition can be made to the board by any resident of this state requesting the board to appoint a professional land surveyor to act in the capacity of the county surveyor. The board, upon receipt of this petition, shall appoint a professional land surveyor to act in the capacity of the county surveyor. In counties with a population of 750,000 or more, the board may appoint a governmental agency to act in the capacity of county surveyor.
59.74(2)(d)
(d) The cost of the work of perpetuating the evidence of any landmark under the scope of this subsection shall be borne by the county or counties proportionally, in which said landmark is located.
59.74(2)(e)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
2., any person who removes, destroys or makes inaccessible any landmark, monument of survey, corner post of government survey, survey made by the county surveyor or survey of public record without first complying with this subsection shall be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year.
59.74(2)(e)2.
2. Any person who removes railroad track as provided in par.
(b) 1. without first complying with par.
(b) 1. shall be subject to a forfeiture not to exceed $1,000.
59.74(2)(f)
(f) Any person who destroys, removes or covers any landmark, monument or corner post rendering them inaccessible for use, without first complying with pars.
(a) 1. and
(b) 1. shall be liable in damages to the county in which the landmark is located, for the amount of any additional expense incurred by the county because of such destruction, removal or covering.
59.74(2)(g)
(g) Every professional land surveyor and every officer of the department of natural resources and the district attorney shall enforce this subsection.
59.74(2)(h)
(h) Any professional land surveyor employed by the department of transportation or by a county highway department, may, incident to employment as such, assume and perform the duties and act in the capacity of the county surveyor under this subsection with respect to preservation and perpetuation of landmarks, witness monuments, and corner posts upon and along state trunk, county trunk, and town highways. Upon completing a survey and perpetuating landmarks and witness monuments under par.
(b) 2., a professional land surveyor employed by the state shall file the field notes and records in the district office or main office of the department of transportation, and a professional land surveyor employed by a county shall file the field notes and records in the office of the county highway commissioner, open to inspection by the public, and in either case a true and correct copy of the field notes and records shall be filed with the county surveyor. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, a copy of the field notes and records shall also be filed in the office of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.
59.74(2)(i)
(i) The records of the corners of the public land survey may be established and perpetuated in the following manner: commencing on January 1, 1970, and in each calendar year thereafter, the county surveyor or a deputy may check and establish or reestablish and reference at least 5 percent of all corners originally established in the county by government surveyors, so that within 20 years or less all the original corners will be established or reestablished and thereafter perpetuated.
59.74(2)(j)
(j) The county surveyor may employ other professional land surveyors to assist in this work and may accept reference checks for these corners from any professional land surveyor.
59.74(2)(k)
(k) The cost of perpetuating these corners shall be paid out of the county road and bridge fund or other county fund under s.
83.11.
59.74 Annotation
Discussing resurveys of the public lands under s. 59.635 (8) [now sub. (2) (i)]. 66 Atty. Gen. 134.
59.74 Annotation
A city or village engineer acting under s. 59.635 (2) [now sub. (2) (b) 2.] need not be registered as a land surveyor. 68 Atty. Gen. 185.
59.75
59.75
Certificates and records as evidence. The certificate and also the official record of the county surveyor when produced by the legal custodian thereof, or any of the county surveyor's deputies, when duly signed by the county surveyor in his or her official capacity, shall be admitted as evidence in any court within the state, but the same may be explained or rebutted by other evidence. If any county surveyor or any of his or her deputies are interested in any tract of land a survey of which becomes necessary, such survey may be executed by any professional land surveyor appointed by the board.
59.75 History
History: 1977 c. 449;
1995 a. 201 s.
398; Stats. 1995 s. 59.75;
2013 a. 358.
59.76
59.76
Registration of farms. The owner of any farm or country estate, or that person's authorized agent, may register the name of the farm or estate in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the farm or estate is situated. The owner or purchaser of the farm or any part of the farm may change or release the name from that person's respective interest in the farm by recording a certificate stating that the original registered name is released. A new name of the farm or any parts of the farm may then be registered. Every register of deeds shall index all registrations of farm documents and make the index available upon request. The index shall contain the name of the owner of the farm or estate and the name for the farm or estate that the owner or agent may designate, if no other farm or estate in the county has been previously registered under the same name. The fee for recording an instrument under this subsection shall be the fee specified under s.
59.43 (2) (ag).
POPULOUS COUNTIES
59.79
59.79
Milwaukee County. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the board may:
59.79(1)
(1)
Housing facilities. Build, furnish and rent housing facilities to residents of the county. Such a county may borrow money or accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of any project to build, furnish and rent such housing facilities, to take over any federal lands and to such ends enter into such contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases or other agreements as the federal government may require. It is the intent of this subsection to authorize such a county to do anything necessary to secure the financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government in any undertaking by the county authorized by this subsection, including the authority to provide housing subsidies or allowances by participation in federal government housing programs.
59.79(2)
(2)
Intergovernmental committees; appropriation. Appropriate money to defray the expenses of any intergovernmental committee organized in the county with participation by the board to study countywide governmental problems, and make recommendations thereon. All items of expense paid out of the appropriations shall be presented on vouchers signed by the chairperson and secretary of the intergovernmental committee.
59.79(3)
(3)
Transportation studies. Undertake the necessary studies and planning, alone or with other urban planning activities, to determine the total transportation needs of the county areas; to formulate a program for the most efficient and economical coordination, integration and joint use of all existing transportation facilities; and to study the interrelationship between metropolitan county area growth and the establishment of various transportation systems for such area in order to promote the most comprehensive planning and development of both. In pursuance of such undertaking the board may employ the services of consultants to furnish surveys and plans, and may appropriate funds for the payment of the cost of such work and the hiring of consultants.
59.79(5)
(5)
Fee for certain marriage ceremonies. Enact an ordinance imposing a fee to be paid in advance to the clerk for each marriage ceremony performed by a judge or a circuit or supplemental court commissioner specified in s.
765.16 (1m) (e) in the courthouse, safety building, or children's court center during hours when any office in those public buildings is open for the transaction of business. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the board.
59.79(7)
(7)
Lakefront parking facility. 59.79(7)(a)
(a) Contract with the state to use and pay reasonable charges for the use of all or a portion of the parking facility authorized under s.
13.485 and to guaranty all or a portion of the debt service for revenue obligations issued under s.
13.485 as compensation for benefits to be derived by the county and the public from the facility funded by the issuance.
59.79(7)(b)
(b) Take any action that is necessary to facilitate contracting with the state under par.
(a), including the levying of any direct annual tax for that purpose.
59.79(8)
(8)
Contractual personnel services. Enter into a contract for a period not to exceed 2 years for the services of retired county employees, provided such services shall not replace or duplicate an existing office or position in the classified or unclassified service nor be considered an office or position under s.
63.03.
59.79(10)
(10)
County hospital. Determine policy for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under s.
49.71 (2) and, notwithstanding the powers and duties specified under s.
46.21 (2) (k),
(3r) and
(6) with respect to the county hospital and the administrator and specified under s.
46.21 (2) (b),
(L),
(m),
(n),
(nm),
(o),
(p) and
(q) and
(3g), provide for the management of the county hospital as the board considers appropriate, except that the employee positions at the hospital will be county employee positions. If the board acts under this subsection, the board may not discontinue operation, maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under s.
49.71 (2) and shall exercise the duties under s.
46.21 (4m). This subsection does not apply if the board acts under s.
46.21 with respect to the county hospital under s.
49.71 (2).
59.79 History
History: 1995 a. 201 ss.
137,
164,
166,
168,
170,
184,
189,
194 to
196,
223,
225,
235,
236,
431,
454;
1999 a. 9,
83;
2001 a. 61;
2007 a. 63;
2013 a. 4 s.
2;
2013 a. 14,
372;
2017 a. 207 s.
5.
59.79 Annotation
Milwaukee County has authority to acquire vacant land on the open market and to resell it at a reduced price to private parties under a contract of sale that requires purchasers to build low-income and middle-income housing, especially for persons displaced by expressway construction. 60 Atty. Gen. 242.
59.792
59.792
Milwaukee County; sewage, waste, refuse. 59.792(1)(a)
(a) “County" means a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
59.792(1)(b)
(b) “Waste" includes, without limitation because of enumeration, garbage, ashes, municipal, domestic, industrial and commercial rubbish, waste or refuse material.
59.792(2)
(2) The county's board may provide for the transmission and disposal of sewage from any county buildings. The county shall annually pay to the municipality in which the buildings are situated its proportion of the expense of the transmission and disposal of the sewage by the municipality, as certified under s.
200.55 (5). The county's proportionate expense shall be determined by the ratio that the amount of sewage contributed by any county buildings bears to the total amount of sewage contributed by the municipality to the sewage system. Each municipality in which county buildings are located, if payment is to be made, shall provide and furnish meters to determine the amount of sewage so contributed. This subsection shall not apply to user charges billed to the county under s.
200.59.
59.792(3)(a)(a) The county's board may do any of the following:
59.792(3)(a)1.
1. Engage in the function of the destruction or disposal of waste by providing dumpage facilities.
59.792(3)(a)2.
2. Acquire lands by purchase, lease, donation or right of eminent domain within the county and use the lands as dumpage sites for depositing, salvaging, processing, burning or otherwise disposing of waste.
59.792(3)(a)3.
3. Acquire land by purchase, lease or donation outside the county for purposes described in subd.
2. where state and local regulations permit.
59.792(3)(a)4.
4. Construct and equip incinerators and other structures to be used for disposal of waste.
59.792(3)(a)6.
6. Maintain, control and operate incinerators for burning waste.
59.792(3)(a)7.
7. Utilize or dispose of by sale or otherwise heat or power reclaimed from incinerator facilities.
59.792(3)(a)8.
8. Sell all salvageable waste materials and by-products.
59.792(3)(a)9.
9. Levy a tax to create a working capital fund to maintain and operate dumpage facilities, construct, equip and operate incinerators and other structures for disposal of wastes.
59.792(3)(a)10.
10. Charge or assess reasonable fees to persons making use of such sites, incinerators or other structures for the disposal of waste.
59.792(3)(a)11.
11. Make charges approximately commensurate with the cost of services rendered to any municipality using the county waste disposal facilities.
59.792(3)(a)12.
12. Authorize payment to any municipality, in which county waste disposal facilities, including incinerators, are located, to cover the reasonable cost of fire fighting services rendered to the county when fire fighting service is required.
59.792(3)(a)13.
13. Contract with private collectors and municipalities and transporters to receive and dispose of waste other than garbage at dumpage and incinerator sites.
59.792(3)(a)14.
14. Levy taxes to provide funds to acquire sites and to construct and equip incinerators and other structures for disposal of wastes.
59.792(3)(a)15.
15. Enact and enforce ordinances, and adopt and enforce rules and regulations, necessary for the orderly conduct of providing dumpage facilities and services and provide forfeitures for the violation thereof.
59.792(3)(b)
(b) The charges for waste disposal services shall be determined by the board and shall include a reasonable charge for depreciation. In the determination of the charges the board shall give full consideration to any fees directly collected for the service. Waste disposal charges shall be apportioned under s.
70.63 to the respective municipalities receiving the service. The depreciation charges shall create a reserve for future capital outlays for waste disposal facilities.
59.792(3)(c)
(c) Before acquiring any site in the county to be used for dumping or the erection of an incinerator or other structure for the disposal of waste, a public hearing shall be held in the county following notice of hearing by publication as a class 3 notice, under ch.
985.
59.792(3)(d)
(d) The powers conferred by this subsection are declared to be necessary to the preservation of the public health, welfare and convenience of the county.
59.792 History
History: 1999 a. 83;
1999 a. 150 s.
672;
2017 a. 207 s.
5.
59.794
59.794
Milwaukee County; limitations on board authority and on intergovernmental cooperation, shared services. 59.794(1)(a)
(a) “Agreement" means an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
66.0301, or a contract to provide consolidated services under s.
59.03 (2) (e), entered into by a county and another local governmental unit that is located wholly within that county.
59.794(1)(c)
(c) “County" means a county with a population of 750,000 or more.
59.794(1)(d)
(d) “Executive council" means a body that consists of the mayor of a 1st class city, and the elected executive officer of every city and village that is wholly located within the county and who is also a member of the executive council as described in s.
200.23 (2) (b).
59.794(2)(a)(a) Subject to par.
(b), before an agreement may take effect and become binding on a county, it must be approved by the executive council. If the county enters into an agreement, the executive council shall meet as soon as practicable to vote on the agreement.
59.794(2)(b)
(b) With regard to an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
66.0301, the requirements under par.
(a) apply only to any single contract, or group of contracts between the same parties which generally relate to the same transaction, with a value or aggregate value of more than $300,000.
59.794(3)
(3)
Limitations on board authority. 59.794(3)(a)
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
59.51, the board may not exercise day-to-day control of any county department or subunit of a department. Such control may be exercised only by the county executive as described in s.
59.17.
59.794(3)(b)
(b) A board may require, as necessary, the attendance of any county employee or officer at a board meeting to provide information and answer questions. Except as provided in par.
(d), for the purpose of inquiry, or to refer a specific constituent concern, the board and its members may deal with county departments and subunits of departments solely through the county executive, and no supervisor may give instructions or orders to any subordinate of the county executive that would conflict with this section.
59.794(3)(e)
(e) The board may not terminate, lower the salary or benefits of, or eliminate the position of, any county employee who works in the office of the county executive unless a similar change is made which affects county employees, on a countywide basis, in all other county departments. This paragraph does not apply after the county board supervisors who are elected in the 2016 spring election take office.
59.794 History
History: 2013 a. 14.
59.794 Annotation
The verbs “provide, fix, or change" under s. 59.22 (2) (c) 1. a. establish a broad power for county boards to determine compensation levels for all unclassified county positions. However, under s. 59.22 (2) (a), the power is controlled by the power of the Milwaukee County Executive under sub. (3) to exercise day-to-day control of any county department or subunit of a department. In other words, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors can provide, fix, or change the pay of unclassified employees, unless and until board action interferes with the Milwaukee County Executive's day-to-day control of a county department or subunit. Lipscomb v. Abele,
2018 WI App 58,
384 Wis. 2d 1,
918 N.W.2d 434,
17-1023.
59.794 Annotation
The Milwaukee County Executive's day-to-day control power under sub. (3) (a) has the express intent of removing and clarifying some authority of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors (Board) under s. 59.22 (2) and increasing and clarifying the authority of the Milwaukee County Executive. The Milwaukee County Executive's day-to-day control power prevents the Board from taking actions that effectively direct what duties may or must be accomplished by employees or officers or how they may or must perform those duties, even when a Board action may result in a compensation change. Lipscomb v. Abele,
2018 WI App 58,
384 Wis. 2d 1,
918 N.W.2d 434,
17-1023.
59.794 Annotation
The Milwaukee County Executive is included in the definition of any “officer" whose appearance the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors may require under sub. (3) (b) to provide information and answer questions. The board as a whole may require an appearance under sub. (3) (b), not a board committee or other subset of board supervisors. Lipscomb v. Abele,
2018 WI App 58,
384 Wis. 2d 1,
918 N.W.2d 434,
17-1023.
59.796
59.796
Milwaukee County; opportunity schools and partnership program. Notwithstanding s.
59.81, the board of any county with a population of 750,000 or more may not have access to or exercise oversight of any private gifts and grants received by the county executive under s.
59.17 (2) (b) 7. 59.796 History
History: 2015 a. 55.
59.80
59.80
Milwaukee County; city-county crime commission. The board of any county with a population of 750,000 or more or the common council of any 1st class city however organized in such county may appropriate money to defray in whole or in part the expenses of a city-county crime commission organized and functioning to determine methods of crime prevention in such county. All items of expense paid out of such appropriation shall be presented and paid on board vouchers as are claims against counties.
59.80 History
History: 1995 a. 201 s.
167;
2017 a. 207 s.
5.
59.81
59.81
Cash flow, Milwaukee. In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the treasurer may be designated as the custodian for all cash received in an escrow, trust, bailment or safekeeping capacity by any other department of the county. This section is not applicable to the clerk of circuit court or any other depository specifically designated by a court of law or by a donor or other bailor even if the other depository retains control over such funds and the ultimate disposition. The treasurer may commingle this cash with general revenue cash and subject these funds to a common investment policy. Any interest earned on such investment reverts to the general fund of the county.
59.81 History
History: 1975 c. 41;
1995 a. 201 s.
271; Stats. 1995 s. 59.81;
2017 a. 207 s.
5.
