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:
Whereas, the town board has municipal jurisdiction over the lands described as follows:
[insert legal description]; and
Whereas, the town board finds and determines pursuant to
s. 70.27, Wis. stats., that the above-described lands meet the criteria for the making of an assessor's plat under
s. 70.27, Wis. stats., in that the description of the different parcels within the above-described lands cannot be made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purposes of assessment, taxation, or tax title procedures without noting the correct metes and bounds of the same, or that gross errors exist in lot measurements or locations so that difficulty is encountered in locating new structures, public utilities, or streets; and
Whereas, the town board determines that the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands will be a local improvement for which the town may charge to the titleholders of the parcels included within the above-described lands [add if applicable including ________ County, Wisconsin, pursuant to
s. 66.0705, Wis. stats.,] the costs and expenses of the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands;
The town board resolves and orders as follows:
1.
An assessor's plat for the above-described lands shall be made for the above-noted purposes pursuant to
s. 70.27, Wis. stats.
2. Initially the costs and expenses for making of the assessor's plat shall be paid by the town.
3. All of the above-described lands, whether now platted or unplatted parcels, without inclusion of improvements within the assessor's plat, shall be charged with the costs and expense incurred by the town in the making of the assessor's plat and the individual titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat shall be required to reimburse the town for their share of the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in making the assessor's plat that are not paid in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board.
4.
The actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in the making of the assessor's plat that are not timely paid by the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat or in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board as provided in paragraph 3 above, shall be collected from the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat by the town board and charged, if necessary, as a special assessment against the parcels contained within the assessor's plat as provided by
s. 66.0703, Wis. stats., or any successor provision.
5. The town clerk shall notify by mailing, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, a copy of this resolution to all titleholders of record of any parcel, within the above-described lands, for which record title is held by the titleholders on the date of adoption of this resolution.
6. The town clerk shall, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, file a lis pendens with the Register of Deeds for ________ County, Wisconsin, on the parcels within the above-described lands.
7.
When completed, the assessor's plat shall be filed with the town clerk. The sworn certificate of the surveyor who made the plat that meets the requirements of
s. 70.27 (7), Wis. stats., shall be appended to the title page of the assessor's plat.
8. Within 2 days after the assessor's plat is filed with the town clerk, the town clerk shall transmit the assessor's plat to the State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration.
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]
