61.189(4) (4) Any village incorporated after August 12, 1959, may not become a city unless it meets the standards for incorporation in ss. 66.0205 and 66.0207.

61.189 History History: 1971 c. 304, 336; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c); 1981 c. 4 s. 19; 1981 c. 390; 1983 a. 484; 1985 a. 304 s. 156; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2015 a. 55.

61.19 61.19 Annual elections; appointments. At the annual spring election in each village in odd-numbered years, except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be chosen: A president, a clerk, a treasurer, an assessor if election of the assessor is provided and a constable. In villages in counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the officers named shall be elected for a term of 2 years on the first Tuesday of April of each even-numbered year. Any other officers shall be appointed annually by the village board at their first meeting after the first Tuesday in April unless the board otherwise provides. No person not a resident elector in such village shall be elected to any office therein. The village clerk may appoint a deputy clerk for whom the clerk shall be responsible, and who shall take and file the oath of office, and in case of the absence, sickness or other disability of the clerk, may perform the clerk’s duties and receive the same compensation unless the village board appoints a person to act as such clerk. No assessor shall be elected or appointed if the village has come within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under s. 70.99.

61.19 History History: 1973 c. 90; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 16 s. 2; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.

61.191 61.191 Population, use of federal census. Except as provided in s. 61.189 (3), where the census of a village is required the last federal census, including a special federal census, if any, shall be used.

61.193 61.193 Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices.

61.193(1) (1) In this section, “compensation” means a salary, a per diem compensation for each day or part of a day necessarily devoted to the service of the village and the discharge of duties, or a combination of salary and per diem compensation.

61.193(2) (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), and subject to s. 61.32, the compensation for an elective village office shall be established before the earliest time for filing nomination papers for the office or, if nomination papers are not used, before the caucus date determined under s. 8.05 (1) (a). After that time or date, no change may be made in the compensation for the office that applies to the term of office for which the deadline or date applies. The compensation established for an elective office remains in effect for ensuing terms unless changed.

61.193(3) (3) In a newly incorporated village, the compensation for an elective office may be established during the first term of office.

61.193 History History: 2009 a. 173.

61.195 61.195 Discontinuance and change of term of offices. Any village may proceed pursuant to s. 66.0101 to discontinue the office of marshal or constable, to change the method of selection of or tenure of any officer other than members of the village board, to consolidate any such office or to change the term of office of members of the village board.

61.195 History History: 1999 a. 150 s. 672.

61.197 61.197 Selection of officers.

61.197(1) (1) Officers other than members of the village board and municipal judges except as provided in s. 61.65, shall be selected by one of the following methods:

61.197(1)(a) (a) Appointment by the village president.

61.197(1)(b) (b) Appointment by the village president subject to confirmation by the village board.

61.197(1)(c) (c) Appointment by the village board.

61.197(1)(d) (d) Election by the voters of those officers so enumerated in s. 61.19, unless otherwise provided pursuant to s. 61.195.

61.197(1)(e) (e) Selection under any of the above methods, the selection to be from an eligible list established pursuant to s. 66.0509.

61.197(1)(f) (f) A corporation or an independent contractor may be appointed as the village assessor. The corporation or independent contractor so appointed shall designate the person responsible for the assessment. The designee shall file the official oath under s. 19.01, and sign the affidavit of the assessor attached to the assessment roll under s. 70.49. No person may be designated by any corporation or independent contractor unless he or she has been granted the appropriate certification under s. 73.09. For purposes of this subsection, “independent contractor” means a person who either is under contract to furnish appraisal and assessment services or is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, business or profession in which the services are offered to the general public.

61.197(2) (2) Such officers shall continue to be selected in the manner prevailing on April 15, 1939, provided one of the above plans was in force on that date. Such method shall be continued until changed in the manner provided by s. 66.0101. However, any village may require that selection be made from an eligible list as specified under sub. (1) (e) by the enactment of an ordinary ordinance.

61.197 History History: 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 305 s. 64; 1979 c. 221; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.

61.20 61.20 Election of trustees; terms; number.

61.20(1) (1) Villages shall have 6 trustees, except as provided otherwise in sub. (3), whose term of office shall be 2 years, 3 of whom shall be elected each year.

61.20(3) (3) Villages having a population of 350 or less shall have 2 trustees, who together with the president shall constitute the village board, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. One trustee shall be elected each year for a term of 2 years.

61.20(4) (4) Any village may by ordinance change the number of trustees, but such change in the number of trustees shall not affect the term of office of trustees elected prior to the adoption of such ordinance authorizing such change.

61.21 61.21 Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office. Within 5 days after the election or appointment of any village officer the village clerk shall notify the person so selected thereof, and every person elected or appointed to any office named in s. 61.19 shall within 5 days after notice of election or appointment take and file the official oath, except that an elected assessor shall take and file the official oath within 5 days before June 1.

61.21 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 484.

61.22 61.22 Official bonds; officers not to be sureties. Every bond required of a village officer shall be executed with sufficient sureties in a sum fixed by the village board when not otherwise prescribed and be approved by the president. Whenever the village board deems any bond insufficient they may require an additional bond to be executed and filed in a sum and within a time not less than 10 days, to be fixed by them. The village board may provide a schedule or blanket bond that includes any or all village officers or officials.