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59.12
(2) The board at the time of the election of the chairperson shall also elect
3a member vice chairperson, for the same term, who in case of the absence or disability
4of the chairperson shall perform the chairperson's duties. The board at the time of
5the election of the chairperson may also elect a member 2nd vice chairperson, for the
6same term, who in case of the absence or disability of the chairperson and vice
7chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson.
The Except for the board
8of a county with a population of 750,000 or more, the board may provide for the
9payment of additional compensation to the vice chairpersons.
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10Section
10. 59.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 59.17 (2) (b) (intro.) and
11amended to read:
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59.17
(2) (b) (intro.) In any county with a population of
500,000 750,000 or
13more
, appoint:
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141. Appoint and supervise the heads of all departments except where the
15statutes provide that the appointment shall be made by a board or commission or by
16other elected officers. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
17commission or the county board or county board chairperson appoint a department
18head, except ss. 17.21 and 59.47 (3), the county executive shall appoint and supervise
19the department head.
Notwithstanding any Except for a statutory provision
which
20specifies that a board or commission
or the county board shall supervise the
21administration of a department, the
department head shall supervise the
22administration of the department county executive shall administer, supervise, and
23direct all county departments, including any person who provides lobbying services
24for, or negotiates on behalf of, the county, and the
county board, other board
, or
25commission shall perform any advisory or policy-making function authorized by
1statute. Any appointment by the county executive under this
paragraph subdivision 2requires the confirmation of the county board unless the county board, by ordinance,
3elects to waive confirmation.
An appointee of the county executive may assume his
4or her duties immediately, pending board action which shall take place within 60
5days after the county executive submits the appointment to the board for
6confirmation. Any department head appointed by a county executive under this
7subsection may be removed at the pleasure of the county executive.
The county
8executive shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making
9appointments under this paragraph.
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10Section
11. 59.17 (2) (b) 2. to 6. of the statutes are created to read:
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59.17
(2) (b) 2. Establish departments in county government, and sections and
12divisions within those departments, that the county executive believes are necessary
13for the efficient administration of the county. Any department or subunit of a
14department that the county executive creates under this subdivision may not be
15established unless its creation and funding are approved by a vote of the board. The
16county executive shall administer, supervise, and direct any department or subunit
17of a department that is created under this subdivision, and those departments and
18subunits shall report to the county executive.
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3. Exercise the authority under s. 59.52 (6) (a) that would otherwise be
20exercised by a county board. With regard to the sale or lease of property, the county
21executive's action must be consistent with established county board policy and must
22be approved by the county board to take effect. The county board may only approve
23or reject the contract as negotiated by the county executive.
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4. Sign all contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness on behalf of
25the county, to the extent that no other county officer or employee is specifically
1required to sign such contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness, and
2countersign all other contracts, conveyances, and evidences of indebtedness. No
3contract with the county is valid unless it is signed or countersigned by the county
4executive and, as provided in ss. 59.255 (2) (e) and 59.42 (2) (b) 5., by the comptroller
5and corporation counsel.
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5. Introduce proposed ordinances and resolutions for consideration by the
7board.
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6. Hire and supervise the number of employees that the county executive
9reasonably believes are necessary for him or her to carry out the duties of the county
10executive's office, subject to board approval of the county executive department
11budget.
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12Section 11e. 59.17 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.17
(2) (bm) 1. (intro.) In any county with a population of
500,000 750,000 14or more, appoint the following persons:
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15Section
12. 59.17 (2) (bm) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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59.17
(2) (bm) 2. Each appointment under subd. 1. is subject to the confirmation
17of the county board and is in the unclassified service, serving at the pleasure of the
18county executive and holding office until a new appointment is made by the county
19executive and confirmed by the board.
An appointee of the county executive may
20assume his or her duties immediately, pending board action which shall take place
21within 60 days after the county executive submits the appointment to the board for
22confirmation. No prior appointee may serve longer than 6 months after the term for
23which he or she was appointed and confirmed expires, unless reappointed and
24reconfirmed. The term of each appointment is 4 years or less.
The county executive
1shall comply with hiring policies set by the board when making appointments under
2subd. 1.
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59.17
(2) (br) In any county with a population of less than
500,000 750,000,
5appoint and supervise the heads of all county departments except those elected by
6the people and except where the statutes provide that the appointment shall be made
7by other elected officers. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
8commission or the county board or county board chairperson appoint a department
9head, except s. 17.21, the county executive shall appoint and supervise the
10department head. Notwithstanding any statutory provision that a board or
11commission supervise the administration of a department, the department head
12shall supervise the administration of the department and the board or commission
13shall perform any advisory or policy-making function authorized by statute. An
14appointment by the county executive under this subsection requires the
15confirmation of the board unless the board, by ordinance, elects to waive
16confirmation or unless the appointment is made under a civil service system
17competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. Any
18department head appointed by a county executive under this subsection may be
19removed at the pleasure of the county executive unless the department head is
20appointed under a civil service system competitive examination procedure
21established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63.
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59.22
(2) (a) Except for elective offices included under sub. (1), supervisors and
24circuit judges,
and subject to s. 59.794 (3), the board has the powers set forth in this
25subsection, sub. (3) and s. 59.03 (1) as to any office, department, board, commission,
1committee, position or employee in county service created under any statute, the
2salary or compensation for which is paid in whole or in part by the county, and the
3jurisdiction and duties of which lie within the county or any portion thereof and the
4powers conferred by this section shall be in addition to all other grants of power and
5shall be limited only by express language.
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59.22
(3) Reimbursement for expense. The board may provide for
8reimbursement to any elective officer, deputy officer, appointive officer or employee
9for any out-of-pocket expense incurred in the discharge of that person's duty in
10addition to that person's salary or compensation, including without limitation
11because of enumeration, traveling expenses, tuition costs incurred in attending
12courses of instruction clearly related to that person's employment, and the board may
13establish standard allowances for mileage, room and meals, the purposes for which
14allowances may be made, and determine the reasonableness and necessity for such
15reimbursements, and also establish in advance a fair rate of compensation to be paid
16to the sheriff for the board and care of prisoners in the county jail at county expense.
17Any reimbursement paid under this subsection to an officer or employee of a county
18with a population of 750,000 or more is subject to the budget limitation described in
19s. 59.60 (7e).
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59.52
(6) (a)
How acquired; purposes.
Take Except as provided in s. 59.17 (2)
22(b) 3., take and hold land acquired under ch. 75 and acquire, lease or rent property,
23real and personal, for public uses or purposes of any nature, including without
24limitation acquisitions for county buildings, airports, parks, recreation, highways,
25dam sites in parks, parkways and playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal
1for county institutions, lime pits for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for
2clearing and draining land and controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18),
3ambulances, acquisition and transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate
4institutions or research facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for
5the uses and purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).
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59.52
(31) Public contracts, populous counties. (a) In this subsection,
8"county" means any county with a population of 750,000 or more.
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(b) 1. Any contract with a value of at least $100,000, but not more than
10$300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
11requirements, may take effect only if the board's finance committee does not vote to
12approve or reject the contract within 14 days after the contract is signed or
13countersigned by the county executive, or as described in subd. 2.
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2. If a board's finance committee votes to approve a contract described under
15subd. 1, the contract may take effect. If a board's finance committee votes to reject
16a contract described under subd. 1., the contract may take effect only if the contract
17is approved by a vote of the board within 30 days after the board's finance committee
18votes to reject the contract.
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(c) Any single contract, or group of contracts between the same parties which
20generally relate to the same transaction, with a value or aggregate value of more
21than $300,000, to which a county is a party and which satisfies any other statutory
22requirements, may take effect only if it is approved by a vote of the board.
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(d) With regard to any contract to which a county is a party and which is subject
24to review by the board or by a committee of the board under this subsection, the
1board's finance committee is the only committee which has jurisdiction over the
2contract.