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Wis. Stat. § 62.12 (2026)
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62.12(2)(2) Budget. Annually on or before October 1, each officer or department shall file with the city clerk an itemized statement of disbursements made to carry out the powers and duties of the officer or department during the preceding fiscal year, a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements on account of any special fund under the supervision of the officer or department during the year and of the condition and management of the fund and detailed estimates of the same matters for the current fiscal year and for the ensuing fiscal year.
62.12(3)(3) Accounting. The city treasurer shall keep separate all special funds, and the city clerk shall keep a separate account with the general fund for each officer or department through which disbursements are made from the general fund to carry out the powers and duties of such officer or department. The council shall examine and adjust the accounts of the clerk, treasurer and all other officers or agents of the city after the same shall have been audited by the comptroller.
62.12(5)(5) License moneys. Moneys received for licenses may be used for such purpose as the council shall direct in the absence of specific appropriation by law.
62.12(6)(a)(a) Unless otherwise provided by law city funds shall be paid out only by authority of the council. Such payment shall be made in the manner provided by s. 66.0607.
62.12(6)(c)(c) No debt shall be contracted against the city nor evidence thereof given unless authorized by a majority vote of all the members of the council.
62.12(7)(7) City depositories. The council shall designate the public depository or depositories within this state with which city funds shall be deposited, and when the money is deposited in such depository in the name of the city, the treasurer and bondsmen shall not be liable for such losses as are defined by s. 34.01 (2). The interest arising therefrom shall be paid into the city treasury.
62.12(8)(a)(a) All claims and demands against the city shall be itemized and filed with the clerk, who shall deliver the same to the comptroller for examination. The comptroller shall within 30 days thereafter examine such claim or demand and return the same to the clerk with the comptroller’s report thereon in writing, who shall place the same before the council for action at its next meeting.
62.12(8)(b)(b) Payment of regular wages or salary pursuant to the budget and salary schedule adopted by the council may be by payroll, verified by the proper official, and filed in time for payment on the regular pay day.
62.12(9)(9) Loans. The council may loan money to any school district located within the city, or within which the city is wholly or partially located, in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such city accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the state superintendent of public instruction and the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined by the city council.
62.12 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 90, 333; 1975 c. 39, 80, 180, 224, 353, 421; 1977 c. 113 ss. 3, 6; 1977 c. 142; 1977 c. 203 s. 101; 1977 c. 272, 418; 1979 c. 34; 1979 c. 175 s. 51; 1981 c. 20, 61, 93; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (17), (21); 1985 a. 29, 225; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 27, 225; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
62.12 AnnotationLocal government units cannot include the value of tax-exempt manufacturing machinery and specific processing equipment and tax-exempt merchants’ stock-in-trade, manufacturers’ materials and finished products, and livestock in their property valuation totals for non-tax purposes, such as for municipal debt ceilings, tax levy limitations, shared tax distributions, and school aid payments. 63 Atty. Gen. 465.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1923–2011 · leading case: Kocinski v. Home Ins. Co., 433 N.W.2d 654 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988).
Kocinski v. Home Ins. Co., 433 N.W.2d 654 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “[38] Sec. 62.12(6)(a), Stats. [39] Sec. 62.12(8)(a), Stats.”
City of Madison v. State Dep't of Workforce Dev., 2003 WI 76 (Wis. 2003). “An officer's or firefighter's claim that the proposed discipline would violate the WFEA may be considered by the PFC under Wis. Stat. § 62.12 (5)(em), and reviewed by a circuit court on statutory appeal under Wis.”
Edith Milestone v. City of Monroe, 665 F.3d 774 (7th Cir. 2011). “See Wis. Stat. §§ 62.12 (2), 62.13. Milestone did not appeal the Board’s decision to the Common Council or seek judicial review.”
Sambs v. City of Brookfield, 289 N.W.2d 308 (Wis. Ct. App. 1979). “*20 The trial court correctly interpreted sec. 62.12, Stats., as being applicable to fixed or contractual claims rather than to the damage claims involved in this case.”
Worthington Pump & Mach. Corp. v. City of Cudahy, 195 N.W. 717 (Wis. 1923). “(8) (a), sec. 62.12, Stats. 1921. The circuit court held that the action did not lie because it was commenced before the common council had acted *10 upon the claim and before sixty days had expired from the date of the filing thereof, as provided in sub.”
Bear Dev., LLC v. City of Kenosha, 822 F. Supp. 2d 865 (E.D. Wis. 2011). “Kenosha also cites Wisconsin statute providing that no debts may be contracted against a city unless authorized by majority vote of the city council, Wis. Stat. § 62.12 (6)(c), but that is similarly irrelevant given that this was a contract in which Bear would assume…”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.12(6)(a) — 1 case
Kocinski v. Home Ins. Co., 433 N.W.2d 654 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “[38] Sec. 62.12(6)(a), Stats. [39] Sec. 62.12(8)(a), Stats.”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.12(8) — 1 case
Sambs v. City of Brookfield, 289 N.W.2d 308 (Wis. Ct. App. 1979). “*20 The trial court correctly interpreted sec. 62.12, Stats., as being applicable to fixed or contractual claims rather than to the damage claims involved in this case.”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.12(8)(a) — 1 case
Kocinski v. Home Ins. Co., 433 N.W.2d 654 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “[38] Sec. 62.12(6)(a), Stats. [39] Sec. 62.12(8)(a), Stats.”
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