61.197 Selection of officers.
(1) Officers other than members of the village board and municipal judges except as provided in s. 61.65, shall be selected by one of the following methods:
(a) Appointment by the village president.
(b) Appointment by the village president subject to confirmation by the village board.
(c) Appointment by the village board.
(d) Election by the voters of those officers so enumerated in s. 61.19, unless otherwise provided pursuant to s. 61.195.
(e) Selection under any of the above methods, the selection to be from an eligible list established pursuant to s. 66.0509.
(f) A corporation or an independent contractor may be appointed as the village assessor. The corporation or independent contractor so appointed shall designate the person responsible for the assessment. The designee shall file the official oath under s. 19.01, and sign the affidavit of the assessor attached to the assessment roll under s. 70.49. No person may be designated by any corporation or independent contractor unless he or she has been granted the appropriate certification under s. 73.09. For purposes of this subsection, “independent contractor" means a person who either is under contract to furnish appraisal and assessment services or is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, business or profession in which the services are offered to the general public.
(2) Such officers shall continue to be selected in the manner prevailing on April 15, 1939, provided one of the above plans was in force on that date. Such method shall be continued until changed in the manner provided by s. 66.0101. However, any village may require that selection be made from an eligible list as specified under sub. (1) (e) by the enactment of an ordinary ordinance.
History: 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 305 s. 64; 1979 c. 221; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
61.188 - Certain villages may become cities by charter ordinance.
61.189 - Villages of 1,000 may become cities.
61.19 - Annual elections; appointments.
61.191 - Population, use of federal census.
61.193 - Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices.
61.195 - Discontinuance and change of term of offices.
61.197 - Selection of officers.
61.20 - Election of trustees; terms; number.
61.21 - Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office.
61.22 - Official bonds; officers not to be sureties.
61.23 - Terms; temporary vacancy.
61.261 - Deputy village treasurer.
61.31 - Peace officers, powers.
61.32 - Village board; meeting; salaries.
61.325 - Trustee may be appointed president.
61.327 - Village trustees serving as employees.
61.34 - Powers of village board.
61.345 - Recycling or resource recovery facilities.
61.351 - Zoning of wetlands in shorelands.
61.352 - Required notice on certain approvals.
61.353 - Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.
61.354 - Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
61.36 - Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses.
61.39 - Service pipes and sewers.
61.44 - Railroads, dust prevention.
61.47 - Street and sidewalk improvement tax.
61.48 - County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts.
61.50 - Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed.
61.57 - Acquisition of facilities without bids.
61.61 - Village orders; borrowing money.
61.65 - Police and fire departments; pension funds.
61.66 - Combined protective services.
61.71 - Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings.
61.72 - Pest and disease prevention.
61.73 - Village housing authorities.