2014 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
16. Department of administration.
16.08 Reimbursement of businesses for assisting local governmental units in establishing efficiency programs.
16.08 Reimbursement of businesses for assisting local governmental units in establishing efficiency programs.
16.08(1)(1) In this section:
16.08(1)(a) (a) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation, or other organization or enterprise, whether operated for profit or not for profit.
16.08(1)(b) (b) "Chief elected official" means the mayor of a city or, if the city is organized under subch. I of ch. 64, the president of the council of that city, the village president of a village, the town board chairperson of a town, or the county executive of a county, or, if the county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors.
16.08(1)(c) (c) "Lean program" means a program established by a governmental unit to increase the value of the goods and services it provides with the fewest possible resources. Such a program should develop administrative structures and processes that minimize human effort, building and office space, capital, and time in the provision of goods and services.
16.08(1)(d) (d) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, or county.
16.08(2) (2)
16.08(2)(a)(a) A local governmental unit may enter into an agreement with a business to assist the local governmental unit in establishing a lean program. A local governmental unit that enters into such an agreement shall establish a steering committee to oversee the implementation of the lean program.
16.08(2)(b) (b) After providing assistance to a local governmental unit, the business shall submit to the local governmental unit an invoice for the cost of its services. A business may not submit an invoice for the cost of any services provided by another entity that performed services for the business.
16.08(2)(c) (c) After the local governmental unit has established its lean program, the chief elected official of the local governmental unit to which an invoice is submitted under par. (b) shall certify the invoice and submit the certified invoice to the department for reimbursement. An invoice may be submitted not more than 2 times in any 5-year period.
16.08(3) (3) From the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (dv), the department shall pay directly to businesses the amounts in the certified invoices submitted under sub. (2) (c), subject to a maximum payment of $2,000 per invoice. If the department determines that the amount of moneys appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (dv) is not sufficient to pay the amounts in the certified invoices, the department may prorate the amount of its payments.
16.08(4) (4) Each local governmental unit that establishes a lean program with the assistance of a business that received a reimbursement under sub. (3) shall submit a report to the department describing and documenting the achieved efficiencies under the program. The local governmental unit shall submit the report no later than one year after establishing its lean program.
16.08(5) (5) If the department enters into an agreement with a business to provide services for a lean program, the department shall ensure that the business agrees to provide services to any local governmental unit for its lean program at the same rate.
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