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2008 Special Committee on Differences in Laws Applicable to Cities and Villages

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The Special Committee is directed to review laws relating to cities and villages, other than those laws that relate to the fundamental organizational structure that distinguishes cities and villages, to determine discrepancies and inconsistencies in the application of those laws to each type of municipality and recommend, when appropriate and advantageous, rectifying those discrepancies and inconsistencies that exist for no apparent policy rationale.

August 5, 2008 Meeting [ Agenda | Minutes | Notice ]

September 11, 2008 Meeting [ Notice | Agenda | Minutes ]

October 6, 2008 Meeting [ Notice | Agenda | Minutes ]

Completed Committee Work

WLC: 0046/2, relating to establishing and changing compensation for city and village elective offices; signing village contracts; bidding procedure for village public construction contracts; officer-of-the-peace status of village officers; publication by the city clerk of fund receipts and disbursements; village and 4th class city regulation of political signs; liability of counties and cities for mob damage; means of providing police and fire protection by cities and villages; holdover status of appointed city and village officers; use of the s. 32.05 procedure in villages for certain housing and urban renewal condemnation; and application of public contract bidder prequalification to 1st class cities.

Recommendations to the Joint Legislative Council (March 26, 2009)

Report to the Legislature