Local Government

Author(s) Steven H. Grabow What makes a community special? Principles and Practice of Community Placemaking (G4083) serves as a guide for local of...

Developing Your Annual Budget (6-07-2017): About this time each year, local governments throughout the state begin to develop and think about next...

Author(s) Bill Bland, Merritt Bussiere As the number of small dairy farms in Wisconsin declines, larger farms proliferate, raising community conce...

Author(s) Anna Haines The G4005 series of publications is designed to help Wisconsin communities anticipate and head off problems that may be caus...

Author(s) Dave Marcouiller, Scott Coggins Discusses the role of property rights in the way water is valued in Wisconsin (4 pages). View publication

Author(s) Jessica Beckendorf, Laura Brown, Ross Dudzik, Anna Haines, Jerry Hembd, Dave Liebl, Jay Moynihan, Erin Peot, Jim Resick, William Risse, D...

Author(s) Sherrie Gruder, Anna Haines, Jerry Hembd, Lisa MacKinnon, Jane Silberstein This toolkit provides strategies that local governments can i...

Wisconsin Alcohol Beverage Regulations and Licensing (05-25-2016):  Wisconsin Municipalities are required to appropriately review and issue alcoho...

Fall 2009: Wisconsin has adopted a new law setting restrictions on local regulation of wind turbines and directing the Public Service Commission t...

Author(s) Dave Marcouiller, Scott Coggins Describes the limitations in the market in explaining our public interest in maintaining and improving th...

Voter Registration and ID (10-04-2016): As we look to the fall elections, there may be uncertainty about what laws, policies, and procedures are i...

Road and Transportation Funding (05-16-2017): We are a state, like many, with an economy that relies heavily on the condition of our roads and tra...

Parliamentary Procedure Basics (7-25-2017): This program provides a basic comprehension of the rules local government officials traditionally use ...

Manure Management: Issues for Local Officials (4-18-2017): This session provides an overview of key issues for local officials related to producti...

Managing Public Records (03-21-2017): Access to public records is an accepted part of Wisconsin local government. This session will consider the l...

Insights on Recent Changes to Wisconsin Land Use Law (02-15-2017): Over the past several years various legislative changes have altered the practi...

How to Use State Contracts for Local Government Purchasing (07-18-2017): Hundreds of State of Wisconsin contracts for the purchase of goods and se...

Fundamentals and Applications of Strategic Planning in Wisconsin Local Government (1-11-2016): This program describes the steps in the strategic p...

Fire and EMS Amid Changing Demographics (01-17-2017): Local fire protection and emergency medical services are critical community services that Wi...

Filling Our Shoes: Where will the next generation of local officials come from? (06-20-2017): We know that large numbers of Wisconsin local offici...

Ethics and Open Government Laws for Planning Members (01-18-2017): Members of plan commissions, zoning boards of appeal or other planning bodies a...

Cybersecurity (02-21-2017): We read almost daily reports about sensitive computer information being lost or leaked. Data breaches come in many for...

Affordable Care Act (11/12/2013) -  While some provisions of the Affordable Care Act have already taken effect, there are many key provisions that...

Cooperative Boundary Agreements (03-15-2017): Boundary agreements can provide a constructive, planned, and deliberative alternative to issues surr...