(A) Responsibility. The management, operation and control of the wastewater treatment facility and sanitary collection system for the village is the responsibility of the Village Board and all records, minutes, and written proceedings thereof shall be kept by the Village Clerk. The Village Clerk shall also keep all financial records of said facilities.
(B) Sewer lines and pipes. The Sewer Utility of the village shall have the power to construct sewer lines for public use, and shall have the power to lay sewer pipes in and through alleys, streets, easements and public grounds of the village; and generally, to do all such work as may be found necessary or convenient in the management of the sewer system. The village shall have the power by itself, its officers, agents and representatives, to enter upon any land for the purpose of making examination or supervise in the performance of its duties under this chapter, without liability therefor; and the village shall have power to purchase and acquire for the Sewer Utility all real and personal property which may be necessary for construction of the sewer system, or for any repair, remodeling or additions thereto.
(C) Condemnation of real estate. Whenever any real estate or any easement therein, or use thereof, shall in the judgment of the Village Sewer Utility be necessary to the sewer system; and whenever, for any cause, an agreement for the purchase thereof, cannot be made with the owner thereof, the village shall proceed with all necessary steps to take such real estate easement, or use by condemnation in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes and the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, being 42 USC §§ 4651 et seq., if federal funds are used.
(D) Title to real estate and personal property. All property, real, personal and mixed, acquired for the construction of sewer system, and all buildings, equipment, piping, tanks, machinery and fixtures pertaining thereto shall be property of said village.
(Ord. passed 9- -2011)