STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority under
s. 82.03 (7), Wis. stats., to adopt this ordinance.
This ordinance, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, provides for the naming of town highways in the town as follows:
A. The town highway described as hereinafter set forth is named:________ ________: [here describe the specific highway]
B. [so continue]
C. The town chairperson, or his or her designee, shall erect road name signs at all intersections of town highways with other highways, including other town highways.
This ordinance is effective on publication or posting.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this ordinance as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ________ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders as follows:
The town shall [construct a or repair the] [bridge
or culvert] lying [wholly or partly] within the town, at [describe location of bridge or culvert], with one-half of the cost to be paid by the Town of ________ and one-half by the County of ________, as provided by
s. 82.08, Wis. stats.
Acted on the ____ of ________, 20__.
Number of votes for the resolution ________.
Number of votes against the resolution ________.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Notes: If the town funds are to be borrowed, the provisions of chapter 67, Wis. stats., should be followed.
County obligations to pay costs of bridges and culverts only apply to a bridge or culvert with a 36-inch or greater span, or a structure of equivalent capacity to carry water.
To the County Board of ________ County, Wisconsin:
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, petitions the County Board of ________ County, Wisconsin, as follows:
1. On ________ ___, 20__, the town board approved a resolution to [construct a or repair the] [bridge or culvert] lying [wholly or partly] within the town.
2. The [bridge or culvert] to be [constructed
or repaired] [has a 36-inch or greater span, or is a structure with an equivalent capacity to carry water of a bridge or culvert that has a 36-inch or greater span].
3.
[add in case of emergency under
s. 82.08 (4)] By reason of a flood on or about ________ ___, 20__, the bridge was [washed out or damaged, or state other cause of the emergency], and it is necessary to [reconstruct or repair] the [bridge or culvert] without delay, as a result of [list the facts respecting the immediate necessity for the construction or repairs].
Wherefore the Town Board of the Town of ________ petitions for an appropriation to be made by the county to aid the [construction or repair] of the [bridge
or culvert], as provided by
s. 82.08, Wis. stats.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Adapt the forms:
To the supervisors of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin:
We, the undersigned freeholders, residing in the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, apply to you to [lay out or alter or discontinue] a highway in the town described as follows: [insert the legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered].
A scale map of the land that will be affected by this application is attached.
We request that this application remain on file until the time set for hearing and inspection by the parties concerned.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of applicants]
Note:
Section 82.01 (2), Wis. stats., provides: “Freeholder” means a person who owns a fee simple or life estate interest in land, a person who is a land contract vendee, or a person who has an interest in land arising under
chapter 766, Wis. stats.
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders as follows:
The process under chapter 82, Wis. stats., to [lay out or alter or discontinue] a highway in the town described as follows is hereby initiated: [insert the legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered].
A scale map of the land that will be affected by this application is attached.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
[Proper application having been made to or A resolution having been adopted by] the supervisors of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, to [lay out or alter or discontinue] a highway as described as follows, a scale map of the land that will be affected by this application being attached: [insert the legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered and attach map];
Notice is hereby given that the supervisors of the town will meet on ________ ___, 20__, at ____ o'clock __ m. of that day, at ______________ [give location], in the town, and decide upon the [application or resolution].
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
Note: The town board or, at the board's direction, the applicants shall give notice to all owners of record of lands through which the highway may pass, all owners of record of all lands abutting the highway, the Department of Natural Resources, the county land conservation committee, and the Secretary of Transportation, if the highway that is the subject of the application or resolution is located within one-quarter mile of a state trunk highway or connecting highway by registered mail at least 30 days prior to the hearing date, and shall publish a class 3 notice under chapter 985, Wis. stats.
TOWN OF ____________ LIS PENDENS
s. 840.11, WIS. STATS.
COUNTY OF ________
STATE OF WISCONSIN
IN THE MATTER OF A HIGHWAY IN
THE TOWN OF ________, ________ COUNTY
BE IT NOTED THAT:
In the matter of a current action to [lay out or alter or discontinue] a highway in the Town of ________, ________ County, on ________ ___, 20__, the Town Board of the Town of ________ adopted a resolution to have a highway [laid out or altered or discontinued]. This described action may affect certain unplatted parcels in the Town of ________, ________ County, described as follows:
The [described highway is now located or proposed highway action will occur] on land described as follows: [insert the legal description of the highway to be discontinued or of the proposed highway to be laid out or altered].
A map is attached as “Exhibit A” to describe [the highway location or where the proposed highway action will occur].
This lis pendens, at the direction of the Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, is to be filed by the Town Clerk in the Register of Deeds Office, ________ County, Wisconsin, for the purpose of notice of all titleholders and prospective titleholders that a highway may be [laid out or altered or discontinued] affecting the above-described unplatted parcels in the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin. Upon the adoption of a final highway order affecting the above-described unplatted parcels in the Town of ________, ________ County, by the Town Board of the Town of ________, approving or disapproving the resolution for the [laying out or alteration or discontinuation] of the highway, a certified copy of the final highway order, with a full and accurate description of the subject highway property, shall be recorded by the town clerk in the Office of Register of Deeds, ________ County.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
Town of ________
_________ County, Wisconsin
STATE OF WISCONSIN
________ COUNTY
Personally came before me this ____ day of ________, 20__, the above-named ________ ________, known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same.
[Signature of town chairperson]
or
[Signature of notary public]
Notary Public, State of Wisconsin
My commission _________.
This instrument drafted by: _________________
Whose address is: ________________________
Note:
Section 82.10 (5), Wis. stats., provides: In the case of a resolution under sub. (2), the board shall file a lis pendens within 10 days of the introduction of the resolution.
TOWN OF ____________ LIS PENDENS
s. 840.11 WIS. STATS.
COUNTY OF ________