82.05 Superintendent of highways.
(1) The term of office of highway superintendents shall be one year from the date of their appointment.
(2) The superintendent of highways shall supervise the construction and maintenance of all highways in the superintendent's district that are required to be maintained by the town, and keep them passable at all times, and perform such other services in connection with the highways as the town board requires. The superintendent may arrange for the prosecution of the highway work as the superintendent considers necessary and appoint any overseers that the highway work requires.
(3) When any highway under the superintendent's charge becomes impassable, the superintendent shall put the highway in passable condition as soon as practicable. Upon actual notice of the existence of any depression, ditch, hump, or embankment that impedes the use of any highway under the superintendent's charge, the superintendent, or in the absence of a superintendent the chairperson of the town board, shall as soon as practicable take action to make the highway safe for travel, which may include closing the highway.
(4) The superintendent shall routinely notify the town board of all highway work.
History: 1991 a. 316; 2003 a. 214 ss. 117, 118, 157, 158; Stats. 2003 s. 82.05.
NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
The duty to keep highways passable is made mandatory by former ss. 81.01 and 81.03 [now ss. 82.03 and 82.05], when read together. State ex rel. Cabott, Inc. v. Wojcik, 47 Wis. 2d 759, 177 N.W.2d 828 (1970).
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