[Adopted as Ch. 4, Subch. I, § 4.07 of the 1998
Code]
There is hereby created a full time Veterans' Service Officer
for Washington County, whose office and duties shall be separate and
distinct from the Department of Social Services of Washington County
and whose duty it shall be to advise all veterans, and residents of
the County who are engaged in the service of the United States, relative
to any complaint, matter and problem submitted by them to him or her,
and shall render them such assistance as in his or her opinion he
or she may render.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2014-2; 9-11-2019 by Res. No. 2019-16]
The Veterans' Service Officer shall be appointed by the County
Executive pursuant to § 45.80, Wis. Stats. He or she shall
be a veteran as defined in § 45.01(12), Wis. Stats., and
shall serve unless removed under § 17.10(6), Wis. Stats.
The Veterans' Service Officer shall report, in writing, to the
members of the County Board of Supervisors once each year, and such
report shall first be approved by members of the Veterans' Service
Commission.[1]
