AB245,3288Section 32. 62.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,898962.13 (1) Commissioners. Except as provided in subs. (2), (2g), (2m), (2s), and (8) (b) each city shall have a board of police and fire commissioners consisting of 5 citizens, 3 of whom shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall annually, between the last Monday of April and the first Monday of May, appoint in writing to be filed with the secretary of the board, one member for a term of 5 years. No appointment shall be made which will result in more than 3 members of the board belonging to the same political party. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings.
AB245,3390Section 33. 62.13 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,919162.13 (2) (b) A city that creates a joint police or fire department with a village under sub. (1m) and s. 61.65 is not required to create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The city shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department, as required in s. 61.65. If the city also creates one separate protective services department in addition to the joint protective services department, the city shall create a separate board of commissioners to govern that department. A city’s joint board of commissioners is subject to s. 61.65 (3g) (d). A city’s separate board of commissioners is subject to this section.
AB245,3492Section 34. 62.13 (2m) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) (title) and amended to read:
AB245,,939362.13 (1m) (title) Joint departments, contract services.
AB245,3594Section 35. 62.13 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (1m) and amended to read:
AB245,,959562.13 (1m) A city may create a joint police department or a joint fire department, or both, with another city, village, or town.
AB245,3696Section 36. 62.13 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 62.13 (2) (c) and amended to read:
AB245,,979762.13 (2) (c) A city that creates a joint police department or a joint fire department, or both, with another city under par. (a) sub. (1m) is not required to create a separate board of police and fire commissioners under this section. The cities shall create a joint board of commissioners to govern the joint department. If only one joint department is created, each city shall retain its existing board of police and fire commissioners to govern the separate department. The cities may jointly determine the number of commissioners to be appointed to the joint board by each city and the length of the commissioners’ terms. A majority of the commissioners is a quorum. A joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police department is subject to the provisions of subs. (3) to (7n), a joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint fire department is subject to the provisions of subs. (8) to (12) and a joint board of commissioners that is created under this paragraph to govern a joint police and fire department is subject to the provisions of subs. (2) to (12).
AB245,3798Section 37. 62.50 (1h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,999962.50 (1h) Organization. In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens, not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4, if the board has 9 members, of whom shall at any time belong to the same political party. At least one member of the board shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least one member shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents fire fighters. Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection shall be residents of the 1st class city and may not be currently employed by the 1st class city. Individuals included in a list submitted under this subsection by an employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers or fire fighters shall have professional law enforcement experience or professional fire fighting experience, respectively, and may not be currently employed as a professional law enforcement officer or fire fighter, respectively. The staff and members of the board shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the common council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner as the salary of other city officials and employees. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in s. 59.001 (2m), of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business. A 3-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority vote, a trial described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote, charges filed by an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the mayor of the city, on or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members of the board, designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2 years, 2 to hold 3 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 4 years if the board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of office shall be 5 years from the 2nd Monday in July, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7 members by failing to appoint 2 successors for individuals whose terms expire at the same time. Every person appointed a member of the board shall be subject to confirmation by the common council and every appointed member shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and file the same duly certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city. Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll in a training class that is related to the mission of the board and, not later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall complete the class. The training class shall be conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this subchapter first applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the common council.
AB245,38100Section 38. 62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10110162.50 (1m) Policy review. The board shall conduct at least once each year a policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of the city and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy changes. The board may prescribe general policies and standards for the departments. The board may inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited to books and records, required for a review under this section.
AB245,39102Section 39. 62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB245,,10310362.50 (3) (title) Regulation of the departments.
AB245,40104Section 40. 62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10510562.50 (3) (a) The board may prescribe rules for the government of the members chief of each department shall establish policies relating to the control and management of each department and may delegate its rule-making authority to the chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review, modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including, but not limited to, any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984.
AB245,41106Section 41. 62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10710762.50 (3) (am) The common council may suspend or modify any rule prescribed by the board policy established under par. (a) only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council.
AB245,42108Section 42. 62.623 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB245,,10910962.623 (1) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. subs. (2), and (3) employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee’s share of the required contributions.
AB245,43110Section 43. 62.623 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11111162.623 (3) In any employee retirement system of a 1st class city that is located in a county with a population of more than 750,000 and that has elected to become a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1), except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), irrespective of the funding status of the retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee contributions.
AB245,44112Section 44. 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11311362.625 Amortization period for employer contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1, 2024, in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this section shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city.
AB245,45114Section 45. 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
AB245,,11511562.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax authority. All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
AB245,,116116(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply: