The amount of the tax to be levied or certified, the amounts of the
various appropriations and the purposes thereof shall not be changed after
approval of the budget except upon the recommendation of the Village President
and upon a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of the Village Board.
Notice of such transfer shall be given by publication within eight days thereafter
in the official village newspaper.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the village, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except in pursuance of the annual appropriation in the adopted budget or when changed as authorized by §
39-4 of this chapter. At the close of each fiscal year any unencumbered balance of an appropriation shall revert to the general fund and shall be subject to reappropriation, but appropriations may be made by the Board, to be paid out of the income of the current year, in furtherance of improvements or other objects or works which will not be completed within such year, and any such appropriation shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned.
The calendar year shall be the fiscal year.
The Village Board shall designate the public depository or depositories
within this state within which village funds shall be deposited, and when
the money is deposited in such depository in the name of the village, the
Clerk-Treasurer and bondsman shall not be liable for such losses as are defined
by state law. The interest arising therefrom shall be paid into the village
treasury. A copy of the resolution designating public depositories shall be
filed with the State Commissioner of Banking.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer may invest any village funds not immediately
needed pursuant to §§ 66.0603(1m) and 219.05, Wis. Stats.
In lieu of the personal signatures of the Village Clerk-Treasurer and
Village President, there may be affixed on order checks the facsimile signatures
of such persons adopted by them and approved by the Village President, but
the use of the facsimile signature shall not relieve such official from any
liability to which he is otherwise subject, including the unauthorized use
thereof.
Pursuant to § 61.56, Wis. Stats., the Village Board of the
Village of Webster does hereby provide that, as a complete alternative to
the requirements of §§ 61.54 and 61.55, Wis. Stats., the provisions
of § 62.15, Wis. Stats., shall be applicable to all village contracts.
The authority vested in the Board of Public Works by § 62.15, Wis.
Stats., shall be exercised by the Village Board for the Village of Webster.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to prepare a statement of
real property status form to be used to provide information often requested
for transfers of real property, such as the amount of outstanding special
assessments, deferred assessments, changes in assessments, amount of taxes,
outstanding water, electric and sewer bills, current water, electric and sewer
bills, contemplated improvements, floodplain status, violations of the building
and health codes and similar information. Any such information sought shall
be provided to the person requesting it on said form. The Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall collect a fee as established by the Village Board for furnishing such
information on said form.