The management, operation, and control of the sewer system for
the Village shall be vested in the Village Board, its officers, agents,
committees, and Village departments as assigned. All records, minutes
and all written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the Village Clerk-Treasurer,
and all financial records thereof shall be kept by the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
The Village Board 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 of the Village;
and generally, to do all such work as may be found necessary or convenient
in the management of the sewer system as provided and authorized under
§ 61.39, Wis. Stats.
Whenever any real estate or any easement therein, or use thereof,
shall in the judgment of the Village Board be necessary for the sewer
system, and whenever, for any cause, an agreement for the purchase
thereof, cannot be made with the owner thereof, the Village Board
shall proceed with all necessary steps to acquire such real estate
easement or use by condemnation in accordance with Ch. 32, Wis. Stats.,
and applicable federal statutes.
All property, real, personal, and mixed, including but not limited
to easements, acquired for the construction of the Village 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.