[If applicable] The [choose one: authority granted or directive made] to the town board under this resolution is [choose one: general or limited in the following ways: _________________________________________].
This resolution [choose one: is continuing or shall continue in effect until _______________ [provide date].
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats. Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Qualified electors present and voting:
Ayes _____
Nays _____
Qualified electors present and not voting:
Note: The following are suggestions for resolution language for common topics arising at town meetings.
Adoption of village powers: The town board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, is authorized to exercise the powers of a village board. [A grant of village powers must be a general and continuing grant of authority. See s. 60.10 (2) (c), Wis. stats.] Disposal of property: The town board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, may dispose of the following parcel of real property: [provide property description].
Purchase of land: The town board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, may purchase the following: [specify either land in general or particular properties], [if applicable] for the following purposes: [specify purposes]. [If applicable] Purchases under this authorization may not exceed $________.
Construction of buildings: The town board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, may [select one or more: purchase, lease, or construct] the following buildings for the use of the town: [describe buildings affected by the resolution].
The following statutes affect this form: ss. 60.10 (2) (L) and 60.37 (4), Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The town meeting of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by a majority vote of the eligible electors voting at [the annual town meeting or a special town meeting with notice] assembled and voting resolves and orders as follows:
A. Except as provided in subsection B, an hourly wage of $________ per hour shall be paid under s. 60.37 (4), Wis. stats., to Town of ________ employees who are also elected town officers. B. The total amount of hourly wages paid under section A may not exceed $5,000 per year for each such employee except that the total amount of hourly wages paid under section A to an employee who also serves the [town clerk or town treasurer or the town clerk/treasurer] may not exceed a total of $15,000 per year.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats., within 30 days of the below-noted adoption date. Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
Number of town electors authorized to vote _____
Ayes _____
Nays _____
Abstain _____
Not voting _____
[Signature of town meeting chairperson]
[Signature of town meeting clerk]
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.11 (7), Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The following is a true and correct poll list as kept at a town meeting held in the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, on ________ ___, 20__, containing the names of all the persons voting at the meeting:
Total number of ballots cast ________.
[Signature of town clerk]
Note: See also s. 60.15, Wis. stats. The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.12, Wis. stats. To ________ ________, clerk of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin:
You are hereby requested by the undersigned, ________ [state number] qualified voters of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, to call a special town meeting for the purpose of [here state particularly the purpose for which the meeting is to be held] to be held on ________ ___, 20__, at ____ o’clock __.m.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures]
Note: The number of electors must be equal to not less than 10% of the votes cast in the town for governor at the last general election. Special town meetings may also be called by a town meeting or held by action of the town board.
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.12 (3), Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
Notice is hereby given that a special town meeting of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, will be held in the town at ________ [state address of meeting place] on ________ ___, 20__, at ____ o’clock __.m., for the purpose of [state purpose as in request], a request for the meeting having been made to me in writing by ________ [state number] qualified voters of the town, being not less than 10% of the votes cast for governor.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
Note: The town clerk shall publish a class 2 notice of the meeting not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the date of the meeting.
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.16 (1), Wis. stats. The Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, newly organized, having failed to hold its first town meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the first April after the town was organized, the undersigned, 3 qualified voters of the Town of ________, call a town meeting for the town and give notice that the meeting will be held at ________ [state the place] on ________ ___, 20__, at ____ o’clock __.m.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures]
Note: This notice shall be posted in at least 3 public places at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
Sanitary District
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.71 (2), Wis. stats. To the Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin:
The undersigned, [constituting at least 51% of the persons owning real estate or the owners of at least 51% of the land] within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a town sanitary district, as described below, request that you establish a town sanitary district, to be known as Town Sanitary District No. ____ of the Town[s] of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, for the reasons that a sanitary district is necessary and that the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare will be promoted by the establishment of a district and that the property to be included in the district will be benefited by establishment of a sanitary district.
The boundaries of the territory to be included in the proposed sanitary district are as follows: [insert legal description].
A plat [or sketch] showing the approximate area and boundaries of the proposed sanitary district is attached.
The following is a general outline of the proposed improvement: [give general outline].
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of petitioners]*
Verification
STATE OF WISCONSIN
________ County
________ ________, being first duly sworn, states on oath that [he or she] is one of the above petitioners, that the above petition was signed personally by the petitioners, and that the above petition is true and correct to the affiant’s own knowledge, except as to matters stated on information and belief, which the affiant believes to be true.
[Signature of affiant]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ of ________, 20__.
[Signature and title of officer]
Notes: If a proposed sanitary district is within more than one town, the town board with the largest portion of the equalized value of taxable property within the district has exclusive jurisdiction to establish the sanitary district. The verification may be signed by one of the petitioners before any of the officials listed in s. 887.01 (1), Wis. stats. The petition must be filed with the town clerk. Section 60.71 (2) (b), Wis. stats., provides, “One or more of the petitioners shall verify that the petition was signed personally by the persons whose signatures appear on the petition, or a person who signs a petition may have his or her signature notarized.” When signatures are notarized, appropriate attestation by the notary must be added, such as: Personally came before me this ________ day of _____, 20__, ________ ________, of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, known to me to be the person who signed this petition, and acknowledged the same.
[Signature of notary public]
Notary Public, State of Wisconsin
My commission _________.
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.71 (3), Wis. stats. We, [state the name of the principals], as principals, and [state the name of the sureties], as sureties, of ________ County, Wisconsin, jointly and severally undertake and agree that the principals will pay to the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, all the expenses connected with the proceedings upon the petition of the principals to establish a town sanitary district in the town as provided by s. 60.71, Wis. stats., in case the town board refuses to establish a sanitary district. [Signatures and seals]
In presence of:
[Signatures of 2 witnesses]
Approval of Bond
The above bond was approved by the Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, at its meeting held on ________ ___, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
The following statutes affect this form: s. 60.71 (4) (b), Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
Notice is hereby given that a hearing on a petition for the establishment of a town sanitary district, to be known as Town Sanitary District No. ____ of the Town[s] of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, will be held at ______________ [town hall or some other proper place] at ____ o’clock ___m., on ________ ___, 20__. The boundaries of the proposed district are as follows: [define boundaries].
