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 intends to engage in the following special improvements: [list specific improvements].
A special assessment district is to be created consisting of the following area: [specifically describe the area].
Special assessments of special benefits will be levied against property in the district. [Special assessments may be paid in ________ installments or Special assessments may be paid in installments, the number of installments to be determined on a later date after a public hearing].
________ ________ [designate a town officer or employee] shall make a report to the board as to the project and assessments containing all of the following:
A. [Preliminary or Final] plans and specifications.
B. An estimate of the entire cost of the proposed work or improvement.
C. [Choose Alternative 1 or 2, as applicable.]
(Alternative 1) An estimate, as to each parcel of property affected, of all of the following:
1. The assessment of benefits to be levied.
2. The damages to be awarded for property taken or damaged.
3. The net amount of the benefits over damages or the net amount of the damages over benefits.
(Alternative 2) A statement that the property against which the assessments are proposed is benefited, if the work or improvement constitutes an exercise of the police power. [If this alternative applies, the estimates required under Alternative 1 shall be replaced by a schedule of the proposed assessments.]
[If the proportion of the cost to be assessed is to be limited, the resolution should so specify.]
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution 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, has adopted a resolution that certain public work or improvements be carried on in the town, specifically [describe what is to be done]; that a special assessment district be created consisting of [specify the general boundary lines], that special assessments shall be levied against property in the district; and [that the special assessments may be paid in _______ installments or that the number of installments will be determined after the public hearing on the project]; and
________ ________, of the town, has made and filed with the town clerk a report containing the plans and specifications of the project, an estimate of the entire cost of the project, and an estimate, as to each parcel affected, of the net amount of benefits [if applicable over damages for property taken or the net amount of damages over benefits. When work is done in the exercise of the police power, only benefits need be estimated.]
Notice is given that the report on file may be inspected at the office of the town clerk [specify days and hours].
Notice is further given that the town board will hold a public hearing concerning the matters contained in the preliminary resolution and the report at ________ __.m. on ________ ___, 20__, at ______________. All persons interested, or their agents or attorneys, may appear and be heard.
[Signature of town clerk]
Note: This notice should be published as a class 1 notice under chapter 985, Wis. stats., and a copy of this notice must be mailed at least 10 days before the hearing date to every interested person. The hearing must be not less than 10 nor more than 40 days after publication.
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 make the following special improvements: [list specific improvements].
A special assessment district is created consisting of the following area: [specifically describe the area].
The work or special improvement shall be carried out and special assessments levied in accordance with the report of ________ ________ as finally approved by the town board.
The town clerk shall publish this resolution as a class 1 notice under chapter 985, Wis. stats., and mail by first class mail a copy of this resolution to every interested person whose post-office address is known, or can be ascertained with reasonable diligence.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Information on water use regulation can be accessed on the Public Service Commission website:
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:
A public hearing to discuss a proposed action to discontinue a public way in the Town of ________ shall be held as provided in accordance with the following Notice of Hearing.
The town clerk shall publish the following Notice of Hearing as a class 3 notice under chapter 985, Wis. stats., and the town clerk shall cause the Notice of Hearing to be served on the owners of all of the frontage of lots and lands abutting upon the public way sought to be discontinued in the manner provided for the service of summons in circuit court at least 30 days before the hearing, except that when service cannot be made within the town, a copy of the notice shall be mailed to the owner's last-known address at least 30 days before the hearing:
Notice of Hearing – Discontinuance of a Public Way in the Town of ________,
A public hearing will held be held by the Town Board of the Town of ________ at ________________ on ________ ___, 20__, at _____ __.m.,
* to discuss a proposed action to commence discontinuance of the following described town road initiated by [petition under
s. 66.1003 (2), Wis. stats., or introduction of resolution of the Town Board of the Town of ________ under
s. 66.1003 (4), Wis. stats.,] specifically: [describe public way to be discontinued].
The town clerk shall file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for ________ County, Wisconsin, a lis pendens related to the proposed discontinuance of public way.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Under
s. 66.1003 (4) (b), Wis. stats., the hearing must be at least 40 days after introduction of the resolution.
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 declares as follows:
The public way described below is vacated and discontinued under
s. 66.1003 (4), Wis. stats. It is in the public interest that the public way described below is vacated and discontinued under
s. 66.1003 (4), Wis. stats. The public way to be discontinued is described as follows: [describe public way to be discontinued].
The discontinuance of the above-described public way will not result in a landlocked property and no owner of property abutting the discontinued public way will be damaged by the discontinuance. The discontinued public way will be vacated and the land awarded to the following owner or owners of real estate abutting the discontinued way: [insert names of affected abutting owners].
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Under
s. 66.1003 (4) (b), Wis. stats., the hearing must be at least 40 days after introduction of the resolution.
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 declares as follows:
The public way described below and dedicated to the town in that conveyance of real estate between ________ ________, as grantor, and ________ ________, as grantee, dated ________ ___, 20__, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for ________ County, Wisconsin, on ________ ___, 20__, at ________________ [give recording information, such as volume and page number] is accepted pursuant to
s. 66.1024, Wis. stats. [optional subject to the following conditions: listing them]
It is in the public interest that the dedication of the public way described below is accepted by the town.
The public way to be dedicated to the town is described as follows: [describe public way being dedicated]
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ________ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Forms related to tax incremental financing are available from the State of Wisconsin, Department of Revenue, Madison, Wisconsin. Electronic copies of many of these forms may be downloaded, and additional information may be obtained at the following website:
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
________ ________, being duly sworn, states that [he or she] is the clerk of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin; that on ________ ___, 20__, [he or she] posted notices of the referendum election to be held in the town on ________ ___, 20__, a copy of which is annexed to and made part of this document in 3 public places in the town, to wit: [state the places].
[Signature of town clerk]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ of ________, 20__.
[Signature of officer administering oath]
Filed in my office ________ ___, 20__.
Recorded in the town bond record book on page ________, on ________ ___, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
Note: If the notice was published in a local newspaper, obtain and file and record the printer's affidavit of publication of the notice. See
s. 985.12, Wis. stats.
