Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 32-80, (1980)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided May 21, 1980PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD S. PARADOWSKI, Acting Corporation Counsel Milwaukee County
Former Corporation Counsel Robert P. Russell asked my opinion on the following question:
Does the Combined Community Services Board (51.42/. 437 Board) have the authority to execute a contract to purchase services described in the Coordinated Plan and Budget (CPB) without separate or individual authorization . . . of the County Board of Supervisors?
"The general rule in Wisconsin is that administrative agencies have only those powers that are expressly granted to them or which are necessarily implied from the statute setting forth…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
- State Ex Rel. Farrell v. SchubertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
- Jendrzejewski v. Board of Fire & Police CommissionersWisconsin Supreme Court · 1950
- Wisconsin Socialist Workers 1976 Campaign Committee v. McCannDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1977