Brown County, Wisconsin
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[edit] County government
The legislative branch of Brown County is the 26 member board of supervisors. All 26 members represent single member districts and serve concurrent two-year terms elected in the Spring of even-numbered years. The Board of Supervisors elects a Chairman and Vice Chairman from its membership.
The executive branch of Brown County is the county executive. The Executive is elected in the Spring of every other odd-numbered year. The executive appoints department heads with the approval of the County Board. The current county executive is Tom Hinz.
Brown County has several other elected officials. Unlike the County Executive, these officials are established under the Wisconsin Constitution and are referred to as the constitutional officers. Constitutional Officers are the only partisan elected officials within Brown County Government as the Executive and County Board are non-partisan positions. [2]
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin county websites
[edit] The good
- Budget information is posted. [3]
- Has a list of elected officials. [4]
- Has a list of administrative officials. [5]
- Zoning information is available. [6]
- Has audit information. [7]
- Contract and bid information is available. [8]
[edit] The bad
- There is an option for paying taxes on the website, but the site does not have a breakdown.[9]
- There is no information on filing a public records request.
[edit] Public Records
Brown County scored in the middle of the pack on a public records audit performed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council in late 2008. "Requests made of the Green Bay Police Department, the town of Ledgeview and a request for Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt's e-mails were fulfilled without any issues. The Green Bay School Board and the Brown County Sheriff's Department fulfilled requests but with some difficulty, according to the report." [10]
See audit finds nearly 10% of open records requests denied or ignored for more, and see the full 2008 Public Records Audit Results here.
[edit] External links
- Brown County official website
- Brown County on Wisconline
- Brown County on E-podunk
- Brown County on E-Reference Desk
[edit] References
- ↑ County Seats of Wisconsin
- ↑ Brown County on Wikipedia
- ↑ County Budget Information
- ↑ County Elected Officials ,mouse over Elected Officials tab and choose the one you want.
- ↑ County Administrative Officials, mouse over Departments tab and choose the one you want.
- ↑ Zoning Information
- ↑ Audit Information
- ↑ Bids/RFPs/Quotes and Addendums
- ↑ Pay Your Taxes Online
- ↑ Brown County average in open records compliance, Green Bay Press Gazette, November 20, 2008
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