60.10 Powers of town meeting.
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60.10 Powers of town meeting.
(1)Direct powers. The town meeting may:
(a)Raise money. Raise money, including levying taxes, to pay for expenses of the town, unless the authority has been delegated to the town board under sub.
(a).
(b)Town offices and officers.
1. Fix the compensation of elective town offices under s. 60.32 , unless the authority has been delegated to the town board under sub.
(k).
2. Combine the offices of town clerk and town treasurer under s. 60.305
(1).
2m. Provide for the appointment by the town board of the town clerk, town treasurer, or both, or of the combined office of town clerk and town treasurer under s. 60.305
(1), at a level of compensation to be set by the board that may not be reduced during the term to which the person is appointed.
3. Combine the offices of town assessor and town clerk under s. 60.305
(2).
4. Establish or abolish the office of town constable and establish the number of constables. Abolition of the office is effective at the end of the term of the person serving in the office.
5. Designate the office of town clerk, town treasurer or the combined office of clerk and treasurer as part-time under s. 60.305
(b).
6. Designate town board supervisors as full-time officers.
(c)Election of town officers.
1. Adopt a plan under s. 5.60
(6)to elect town board supervisors to numbered seats.
2. Provide under s. 8.05
(a)for the nomination of candidates for elective town offices at a nonpartisan primary election.
(e)Cemeteries. Authorize the acquisition and conveyance of cemeteries under s. 157.50
(1)and
(3).
(f)Administrator agreements. Approve agreements to employ an administrator for more than 3 years under s. 60.37
(d).
(g)Hourly wage of certain employees. Establish the hourly wage to be paid under s. 60.37
(4)to a town employee who is also an elected town officer, unless the authority has been delegated to the town board under sub.
(L).
(2)Directives or grants of authority to town board. Except as provided under par.
(c), directives or grants of authority to the town board under this subsection may be general and continuing or may be limited as to purpose, effect or duration. A resolution adopted under this subsection shall specify whether the directive or grant is general and continuing or whether it is limited as to purpose, effect or duration. A resolution that is continuing remains in effect until rescinded at a subsequent town meeting by a number of electors equal to or greater than the number of electors who voted for the original resolution. This subsection does not limit any authority otherwise conferred on the town board by law. By resolution, the town meeting may:
(a)Raise money. Authorize the town board to raise money, including levying taxes, to pay for expenses of the town.
(b)Membership of town board in populous towns. In a town with a population of 2,500 or more, direct the town board to increase the membership of the board under s. 60.21
(2).
(c)Exercise of village powers. Authorize the town board to exercise powers of a village board under s. 60.22
(3). A resolution adopted under this paragraph is general and continuing.
(d)General obligation bonds. Authorize the town board to issue general obligation bonds in the manner and for the purposes provided by law.
(e)Purchase of land. Authorize the town board to purchase any land within the town for present or anticipated town purposes.
(f)Town buildings. Authorize the town board to purchase, lease or construct buildings for the use of the town, to combine for this purpose the town’s funds with those of a society or corporation doing business or located in the town and to accept contributions of money, labor or space for this purpose.
(g)Disposal of property. Authorize the town board to dispose of town real property, other than property donated to and required to be held by the town for a special purpose.
(h)Exercise of certain zoning authority. In a town located in a county which has enacted a zoning ordinance under s. 59.69 , authorize, under s. 60.62
(2), the town board to enact town zoning ordinances under s. 61.35 .