The management, operation and control of the
sewer system for the Village shall be vested in the Commission. All
records, minutes and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept
by the Secretary thereof. The Village Clerk or designee shall keep
all the financial records thereof.
The Commission shall have the power to construct
sewer lines for public use and shall have the power to lay sewer pipes
in and through the public alleys, streets and public grounds located
within the Village and generally to do all such work as may be found
necessary or convenient in the management of the sewer system. The
Commission shall have power by itself, its officers, agents and servants
to enter upon any land in the Village for the purpose of making examination
or supervising in the performance of its duties under this Part 2,
without liability therefor, and the Commission shall have the power
to purchase and acquire for the Village for the benefit of the Commission
all real and personal property which may be necessary for construction
of the sewer system or for any repair, remodeling or additions thereto.
The owner of property abutting a public sewer shall maintain sewer service from the public sewer main to the structure or building on the owner's property, including all controls between the same, without expense to the Village or Commission, except when they are damaged as a result of negligence or carelessness on the part of the respective Village or Commission. Without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, the owner has the sole responsibility for the repair and maintenance of all building sewers, and the ownership thereof shall at all times be vested in such property owner. All sewer services must be maintained free of defective conditions by and at the expense of the owner or occupant of the property. When any sewer service is to be relayed and there are two or more buildings on such service, each building shall be disconnected from such service and a new sewer service shall be installed for each building. In the event of any obstruction of, damage to or repair of a building sewer, the same shall be the responsibility of the property owner, except as provided for in §
312-27 hereof or as otherwise provided for herein.
All property, real, personal and mixed, including
but not limited to easements, acquired for the construction of each
sewer system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books
and records connected therewith, and all buildings, machinery and
fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property of and titled in
the name of the Village for the benefit of the Commission. Nothing
contained in this Part 2 shall be construed as revoking, changing,
abandoning or otherwise altering any conveyance of property previously
made to the Village prior to the effective date of this Part 2, and
such title shall be deemed to be vested in the Village as provided
for herein.
Nothing contained in this Part 2 shall be construed
as limiting the power and authority of the Village or Commission as
provided for by applicable Wisconsin Statutes, and the Village and
Commission shall have all rights and authority as provided for by
law.
Whenever any real estate or any easement therein
or use thereof shall in the judgment of the Commission be necessary
to the sewer system, and whenever for any reason an agreement for
purchase from the owners cannot be made, the Commission after approval
of the Village Board shall proceed with all necessary steps to take
such real estate easement or use by condemnation in accordance with
the Wisconsin Statutes and any other applicable federal or state provisions.