Local Government

Local Government Education
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• Local Government and Finance Education -Each Fall, UW-Extension’s Local Government Center puts on  local finance workshops for town and village officials. 

WisLine for 2010-2011 Topics and registration brochures for all of the Local Government Center’s WisLine series can be found on the LGC website at: http://lgc.uwex.edu//WisLines/index.html
Wisline Series Topics include:
      –Conducting Local Elections
      –Current Issues Affecting Local Government Officials
      –Local Land Use Planning, and Zoning

Local Government News from UW-Extension

• 2012 Board of Review Training
  Every city, town and village must conduct a board of review every year.  The board of review is a quasi-judicial body responsible for reviewing objections by property owners of their assessed property valuation and making a decision based upon the evidence presented.   Wisconsin law requires that at least one member of the municipal board [...]
• Town Clerks: Financial Report Form Training
  Each year, Carol Doran of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue would travel around the state and put on free half-day workshops for town clerks about how to complete their Form CT financial report.  With Carol’s retirement and no replacement yet in position, there will be no live workshops this year.  Carol did conduct a WisLine [...]
• Injunctions Halts Voter ID Law
  March 12, 2012 ,Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess found Wisconsin’s Act 23, the Voter ID law, in violation of the right to vote under the Wisconsin Constitution, and permanently enjoined its enforcement.  In another case ,on March 6, Dane County Judge David Flanagan entered a preliminary injunction halting implementation of 2011 Wisconsin Act 23. [...]