Wis. Stat. § 66.0503
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Combination of municipal offices.
Official statutory text
(1) The office of county supervisor may be consolidated by charter ordinance under s. 66.0101 :
(a) With the office of village president in any village which has boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under s. 59.10 (3) .
(b) With the office of alderperson or council member in any city in which the district from which the alderperson or council member is elected is coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under s. 59.10 (3) .
(2) After the effective date of adoption or repeal of a charter ordinance under this section, the clerk of the municipality shall file a copy of the ordinance with the clerk of the county within which the supervisory district lies. When so consolidated, nomination papers shall contain that number of signatures required under s. 8.10 for county supervisors and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
(3) Removal from office of any incumbent of an office consolidated under this section vacates the office in its entirety whether effected under ss. 17.09 , 17.12 and 17.13 or other pertinent statute.
(4) Compensation for an office consolidated under this section shall be separately established by the several governing bodies affected by the consolidation as though no consolidation of offices had occurred.
(5) Tenure for an officer of an office consolidated under this section shall coincide with the term for county supervisors.
History: 1971 c. 94 ; 1973 c. 118 s. 7 ; 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (1) ; 1993 a. 184 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 311 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0503; 2001 a. 30 .
(a) With the office of village president in any village which has boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under s. 59.10 (3) .
(b) With the office of alderperson or council member in any city in which the district from which the alderperson or council member is elected is coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under s. 59.10 (3) .
(2) After the effective date of adoption or repeal of a charter ordinance under this section, the clerk of the municipality shall file a copy of the ordinance with the clerk of the county within which the supervisory district lies. When so consolidated, nomination papers shall contain that number of signatures required under s. 8.10 for county supervisors and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
(3) Removal from office of any incumbent of an office consolidated under this section vacates the office in its entirety whether effected under ss. 17.09 , 17.12 and 17.13 or other pertinent statute.
(4) Compensation for an office consolidated under this section shall be separately established by the several governing bodies affected by the consolidation as though no consolidation of offices had occurred.
(5) Tenure for an officer of an office consolidated under this section shall coincide with the term for county supervisors.
History: 1971 c. 94 ; 1973 c. 118 s. 7 ; 1985 a. 135 s. 83 (1) ; 1993 a. 184 ; 1995 a. 201 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 311 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0503; 2001 a. 30 .
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