[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lawrence 5-13-1998. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
By the authority granted to it under §§ 60.23(2),
66.0801, 66.0805, 66.0819, 66.0827 and 196.01(5), Wis. Stats., the
Town of Lawrence hereby creates the Town of Lawrence Utility District.
By the authority granted to it under § 66.0827, Wis.
Stats., the Town of Lawrence hereby dissolves the Town of Lawrence
Sanitary District.
A.
Combined Utility. The Town of Lawrence Utility District shall operate
as a combined Water and Sewer Utility.
B.
Assumption of Sanitary District assets, liabilities and functions.
The Town of Lawrence Utility District shall immediately take over
all assets, liabilities, and functions of the now dissolved and former
Town of Lawrence Sanitary District.
C.
Utility District boundaries. The boundaries of the Town of Lawrence
Utility District shall be identical and coexistent with the boundaries
of the Town of Lawrence.
D.
Utility District Commission. The Town Board of the Town of Lawrence
shall serve as the Commission of the Town of Lawrence Utility District,
and the Town Clerk/Treasurer of the Town of Lawrence shall serve as
the Clerk of the Town of Lawrence Utility District and Commission.
The Town of Lawrence Town Board has the authority to select other
members to serve as the Commission of the Town of Lawrence Utility
District. Control of the Sewer and Water Utility systems for the Town
of Lawrence Utility District is vested in the Town of Lawrence Town
Board; all records, minutes, and all written proceedings thereof shall
be kept by the Town Clerk/Treasurer; the Clerk/Treasurer of the Town
of Lawrence shall keep all the Utility District's financial records.
E.
Utility District general powers. The sewer and water utilities of
the Town of Lawrence Utility District shall have the power to construct
sewer and water lines for public use and shall have the power to lay
sewer and water pipes in and through the alleys, streets, and public
grounds of the Town and, generally, to do all such work as may be
found necessary or convenient in the management of the Town of Lawrence
Utility District sewer and water systems. The Town of Lawrence Town
Board shall have power, by itself, its officers, agents, and servants,
to enter upon any land for the purpose of making examination or to
supervise in the performance of its duties under this chapter without
liability therefor, and the Town of Lawrence Town Board shall have
the power to purchase and acquire for the Town all real and personal
property which may be necessary for construction of Utility District
sewer and/or water systems or for any repair, remodeling, or additions
thereto.
F.
Condemnation of real estate. Wherever any real estate or any easement
therein, or use thereof, shall in the judgment of the Town of Lawrence
Town Board be necessary to the sewer or water system, and whenever,
for any cause, an agreement for the purchase thereof cannot be made
with the owner thereof, the Town of Lawrence Town Board shall proceed
with all necessary steps to take such real estate easement or use
by condemnation, in accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes.
G.
Title to real estate and personal property. All property, real, personal,
and mixed, acquired for the construction of a Sewer or Water Utility
system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books and
records connected with said sewer and/or water system, and all buildings,
machinery and fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property of
the Town of Lawrence.
A.
Headings. The headings set forth in this chapter are for convenience
only and shall not be used to interpret or construe the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
No limitation on authority. Nothing stated within this chapter shall
in any way limit or restrict any additional authority or power granted
to either the Town of Lawrence or the Town of Lawrence Utility District
under applicable Wisconsin law.
