Wisconsin Code § 198.08

Directors
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(1) DIRECTOR FOR EACH SUBDISTRICT.
There shall be a director for each subdistrict who shall be appointed by the chief executives of the municipalities included
within said subdistrict.
(2) APPOINTMENT; MEETING OF MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. Within 10 days after the creation and incorporation of a
municipal power district is completed the chief executives in each
subdistrict containing more than one municipality shall meet for
the selection of a director for the subdistrict. The time and place
of the meeting shall be designated by the county clerk.
(3) APPOINTMENT, VOTE BY MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. In the selection of a director for a subdistrict each chief executive shall have one vote for each 1,000 voters within that chief
executive’s municipality, or the part of the municipality that is located in the subdistrict. A three-fourths vote shall be necessary
for the selection of a director. The result of the selection of the director shall be certified to by the chairperson and clerk of the
meeting and immediately filed with the secretary of state and the
clerk of each municipality in the district.
(4) ADJOURNMENT. Such meeting may adjourn from time to
time.
(5) APPOINTMENT BY EXECUTIVE. Where a municipality contains 2 subdistricts or where a subdistrict includes only one municipality, the chief executive of the municipality shall select a director for each such subdistrict, and shall immediately file a certified copy of the selection as provided by sub. (3).
(6) DIRECTOR AT LARGE. Where the selection of a director at
large is required such selection shall be made by the governor. A
certified copy of such selection shall be filed forthwith by the
governor as provided in sub. (3).
(7) TERM, OATH. The regular term of directors of the district
after the first term shall be 4 years. Each director shall hold office until the director’s successor is selected and qualifies. Each
director shall, before entering upon the discharge of the director’s
duties, take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office.
Each director’s oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the
district.
(8) BIENNIAL ELECTIONS. The meeting of chief executives for
the selection of directors subsequent to the initial selection of directors shall be held within the district on the second Tuesday in
April in even numbered years prior to the expiration of the term
of any director. The clerk of the district shall designate the time
and place of each such meeting. Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection and in s. 198.09, every selection of a director subsequent to the initial selection of directors shall be made in the
manner provided by this chapter for the initial selection of
directors.
(9) CLASSIFICATION. Directors selected from odd-numbered
subdistricts shall for the first term serve for a period that shall end
2 years after the first Monday of May of the next even-numbered
year. Directors selected from even-numbered subdistricts shall
for the first term serve for a period which shall end 4 years after
the first Monday of May of the next even-numbered year. For the
purposes of this section directors at large shall be considered to
be from odd-numbered subdistricts.
(10) ELECTION STATISTICS. The clerk of the district shall
seasonably obtain, compile, and file in his or her office, for the
information of the public, a statement showing the total number
of votes cast for the office of governor in the last preceding general election in each subdistrict of the district. The clerk of every
municipality and the elections commission shall furnish such information so far as obtainable from their records, duly certified,
to the clerk of the district upon request therefor by the clerk of the
district. If the total number of votes cast in any subdistrict for the
office of governor in the last preceding election cannot, because
of an intervening change of boundaries of election wards or for
any reason, be ascertained from any official record the clerk of
the district shall fairly estimate such number for the purposes of
such statement to be filed in his or her office.

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