Wisconsin Code § 60.16

First town meeting in new towns
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(1) WHEN
HELD. The first town meeting in a newly organized town shall be
held at 8 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the first April after the town
is organized. If the 3rd Tuesday of the first April after a town is
organized has passed and the first town meeting has not been
held, 3 qualified electors of the town may call the first town meeting any time thereafter by posting notice of the town meeting in at
least 3 public places at least 10 days prior to the date of the
meeting.
(2) WHERE HELD. The first town meeting shall be held at the
location designated in the documents which established the town.
The location may be within the town or, if convenient, within any
other town or within a city or village in the county in which the
town is located.
(3) OFFICERS. The qualified electors present at the first town
meeting shall choose one elector as chairperson of the town meeting, 2 electors as inspectors and one elector as clerk. The inspectors and clerk shall take and sign the oath required of inspectors at
elections under s. 7.30 (5). The oath may be administered to the
inspectors and clerk by the chairperson and either inspector may
then administer the oath to the chairperson. After they have
signed the oath, the chairperson, clerk and inspectors shall conduct the first town meeting.
(4) JURISDICTION. The first town meeting may conduct any
business that a town meeting may conduct under ss. 60.11 and
60.12.

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