SB584: Bill Text

SB584,4 Section 4 . 17.25 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB584,5,2 17.25 (1) (a) 2. a. If there are two vacancies in the town board, the remaining supervisors, the town clerk, and the town treasurer shall appoint an individual to fill one vacancy and the remaining supervisors, including the appointee, and the town clerk shall appoint an individual to fill the other vacancy.

SB584,5,9 b. If the number of vacancies on the town board are such that there are not at least 3 individuals, including any remaining supervisors, the town clerk, and the town treasurer, available to make appointments, the town clerk, or the county clerk if the town clerk position is vacant, shall call a special town meeting of the electors to vote to fill the number of vacancies necessary in order to follow the procedure for appointment under subd. 2. a. Notice of the meeting shall be given as provided under s. 60.12 (3).

SB584,5 Section 5. 19.84 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,5,16 19.84 (1) (b) By communication from the chief presiding officer of a governmental body or such person's designee to the public using a publication or posting method as described under s. 985.02, to those news media who have filed a written request for such notice, and to the official newspaper designated under ss. 985.04, 985.05 and 985.06 or, if none exists, to a news medium likely to give notice in the area.

SB584,6 Section 6. 60.30 (1e) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,5,24 60.30 (1e) (e) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (a) 2. and subject to pars. (f) and (g), a town board that is authorized to do so by a town meeting under s. 60.10 (1) (b) 2m. shall appoint, by a majority of the members-elect of the town board, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), a person to fill the office of town clerk, town treasurer, or both, or to fill the combined office of town clerk and town treasurer under s. 60.305 (1). The town board shall make the initial appointment not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the annual town meeting at which the authorization is given.

SB584,7 Section 7. 60.30 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB584,6,3 60.30 (5) (c) If a town board supervisor is temporarily incapacitated because of physical or mental disability, the town board may appoint a person to discharge the supervisor's duties until the disability is removed.

SB584,8 Section 8. 60.307 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,6,7 60.307 (3) (b) If the town does not have or adopt a civil service system, the town board shall appoint assessors on the basis of merit, experience and general qualifications for a term not to exceed 3 5 years.

SB584,9 Section 9 . 60.37 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,6,20 60.37 (4) (a) An elected town officer, other than a town clerk, a town treasurer, or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk and town treasurer, who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $5,000 each year. An elected town officer, who is a town clerk, a town treasurer, or an officer serving in a combined office of town clerk and town treasurer, who also serves as a town employee may be paid an hourly wage for serving as a town employee, not exceeding a total of $15,000 each year. Amounts that are paid under this paragraph may be paid in addition to any amount that an individual receives under s. 60.32 or as a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical services practitioner, or emergency medical responder under s. 66.0501 (4) (a). The $5,000 $15,000 maximum in this paragraph includes amounts paid to a town board supervisor who is acting as superintendent of highways under s. 82.03 (1).

SB584,10 Section 10 . 60.61 (1m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,6,22 60.61 (1m) (title) Building code enforcement; appeal process.

SB584,11 Section 11 . 60.61 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 60.61 (1m) (a).

SB584,12 Section 12 . 60.61 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB584,7,8 60.61 (1m) (b) If an applicant is denied a temporary use permit or an extension of a temporary use permit and the individual denying the permit or extension is the chief of a fire district, or an authorized individual acting on the chief's behalf, and if the basis of the denial is a discretionary determination by the chief or authorized individual, the permit or extension applicant may appeal the denial to the town board of the town to which the application relates. Following a hearing on the fire district chief's or authorized individual's denial, the town board may approve the applicant's temporary use permit or extension application.

SB584,13 Section 13 . 62.23 (9) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,7,10 62.23 (9) (title) Building inspection ; appeal process.

SB584,14 Section 14 . 62.23 (9) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB584,7,19 62.23 (9) (c) If an applicant is denied a temporary use permit or an extension of a temporary use permit and the individual denying the permit or extension is the chief of a fire district, or an authorized individual acting on the chief's behalf, and if the basis of the denial is a discretionary determination by the chief or authorized individual, the permit or extension applicant may appeal the denial to the common council of the city to which the application relates. Following a hearing on the fire district chief's or authorized individual's denial, the common council may approve the applicant's temporary use permit or extension application.

SB584,15 Section 15. 70.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB584,8,4 70.47 (2) Notice. At least 15 days before the first session of the board of review, or at least 30 days before the first session of the board of review in any year in which the taxation district conducts a revaluation under s. 70.05, the clerk of the board shall publish a class 1 notice, place a notice in at least 3 public places and place a notice on the door of the town hall, of the village hall, of the council chambers or of the city hall under ch. 985 of the time and place of the first meeting of the board under sub. (3) and of the requirements under sub. (7) (aa) and (ac) to (af). A taxpayer who shows that the clerk failed to publish the notice under this subsection may file a claim under s. 74.37.

SB584,16 Section 16 . Initial applicability.

SB584,8,9 (1) Building permit appeals. The treatment of s. 62.23 (9) (title) and (c), the amendment of s. 60.61 (1m) (title), the renumbering and amendment of s. 60.61 (1m), and the creation of s. 60.61 (1m) (b) first apply to a temporary use permit or extension application that is filed on the effective date of this subsection.

SB584,8,12 (2) Public notice, governmental meetings. The treatment of ss. 19.84 (1) (b) and 70.47 (2) first applies to a meeting that is noticed on the effective date of this subsection.

SB584,8,14 (3) Appointment of town officers. The treatment of s. 60.30 (1e) (e) first applies to an initial appointment that occurs on the effective date of this subsection.

SB584,8,16 (4) Appointment of assessors. The treatment of s. 60.307 (3) (b) first applies to an appointment of an assessor on the effective date of this subsection.

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