Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 82.11 (2026)
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82.11(1)(1) The town supervisors shall personally examine the highway or proposed highway that is the subject of an application or resolution under s. 82.10. At the time and place stated in the notice under s. 82.10, the town board shall hold a public hearing to decide, in its discretion, whether granting the application or resolution is in the public interest. Before the town board holds a public hearing on or takes any action on the application or resolution, the town board must be satisfied, by affidavit of the applicant or otherwise, that the notices in s. 82.10 (4) have been given.
82.11(2)(a)(a) No town official may act in laying out, altering, or discontinuing a highway if acting would result in a violation of the code of ethics under s. 19.59 or of a local ordinance enacted under s. 19.59 (1m). If a town official is prevented from acting, the remaining town officials shall act.
82.11(2)(b)(b) Every town shall have a written policy on how the town board will act on an application or resolution when there are fewer than 2 supervisors in the town who are able to act on the application or resolution. In the absence of a policy, the town clerk may act. If the town clerk is prevented from acting, the treasurer may act.
82.11 NoteNOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77 (Wis. 2011).
Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77 (Wis. 2011). “We see the rule espoused by the Dawsons as inconsistent with two provisions in Wis. Stat. § 82.11 , the section that contemplates a joint meeting.”
Margaret Pulera v. Town of Richmond, 2017 WI 61 (Wis. 2017). “Wis. Stat. § 82.11 (1) ("At the time and place stated in the notice under s.”
Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2010 WI App 24 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). “Under Wis. Stat. § 82.11 (1), the towns must act together to provide notice of a time and place where public comment will be received and the supervisors, here the town board members, from each town must "personally examine the highway" before making a decision on the…”
George D. Knapp v. Town of Drummond (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “§ 82.11(1). The town board must also “be satisfied, by affidavit of the applicant or otherwise, that the notices in [WIS.”
— Wis. Stat. § 82.11(1) — 2 cases
Dawson v. Town of Jackson, 2011 WI 77 (Wis. 2011). “We see the rule espoused by the Dawsons as inconsistent with two provisions in Wis. Stat. § 82.11 , the section that contemplates a joint meeting.”
George D. Knapp v. Town of Drummond (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “§ 82.11(1). The town board must also “be satisfied, by affidavit of the applicant or otherwise, that the notices in [WIS.”
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