Opinion No. Oag 33-90, (1990)

H.G. NORDLING, District Attorney Bayfield County Courthouse

You ask whether an increase in compensation for members of a town board of review under section 70.46 (1), Stats., is permissible under the following set of circumstances:

[T]he town board supervisors and the town clerk are part-time officers, who receive annual salaries plus expenses, as set by the annual town meeting pursuant to Section 60.10 (1)(b) and Section 60.32 (1)(a), Wis. Stats. At the annual town meeting . . . a motion was made to approve wage increases for town officials for the term [immediately ensuing]. . . . That motion…