Local governments have complained about state moves in budget actions and elsewhere that have stripped local governments of control.
Another change was approved by the Oneida county board Tuesday after they were given little choice.
In 2015, Governor Walker signed the state budget bill enabling a provision called Time of Sale requirements.
As Planning and Zoning Director Karl Jenrich explains, the law previously allowed counties and municipalities to require upgrades when a property was sold by an owner...
"....as part of a sale within Oneida county we required a detailed septic system inspection including a soil boring if the (septic system) was installed prior to July, 1980. About a dozen counties required that...."
Jenrich says the local thought was if a property was sold, an inspection should be done with a soil boring to determine if the septic system was failing. He says they worked with realtors and others to get the program working. He says between 2006 and 2016 they put 650 systems onto a maintenance program and some septic systems that were failing were cleaned up.
He says after the budget passed, he said they had to forget it...
"....we sent out letters to the septic system installers and the realtors saying we would no longer be requiring detailed septic system inspections including a soil boring for systems installed prior to 1980......"
The resolution passed by the board took out the local control language to make it conform with the state standards.
