Opinion No. Oag 21-88, (1988)

KENNETH J. BUKOWSKI, Corporation Counsel Brown County

You advise that the Brown County code of ordinances provides for the creation of a solid waste management system and a Brown County Solid Waste Management Board, pursuant to section 59.07 (135), Stats. You also point out that recent significant statutory changes expanding the administrative authority of the county executive over county "departments" have been enacted by 1985 Wisconsin Act 29, including section 59.031 (2r), since renumbered by 1985 Wisconsin Act 176 as section 59.031 (2)(br). The latter statute limits the authority of…