{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-65.025","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 65.025","heading":"Biennial budget procedures.","body":"(1) A city may adopt a biennial budget by implementing the procedures under this section and using the procedures under ss. 65.02 to 65.20. If a city chooses to adopt a biennial budget, it shall adopt such a budget in an odd-numbered year for the next 2 fiscal years that follow immediately the year in which the budget is adopted.\n(2) For a city to proceed under this section, the common council shall adopt a resolution or enact an ordinance stating its intent to adopt a biennial budget. Once a resolution is adopted or an ordinance is enacted, such an action takes effect and may not be reconsidered or repealed, except as provided in sub. (3).\n(3) A common council that has adopted a biennial budget procedure as provided in this section may return to the use of an annual budget procedure if the common council, by a two-thirds majority vote, adopts a resolution or enacts an ordinance stating its intent to adopt an annual budget.\n(4) A common council or a committee authorized by the common council may, at any time, decrease appropriation amounts in a biennial budget.\n(5) In October or November of an even-numbered year, the common council may change any appropriation or revenue amount in relation to the 2nd year of the biennial budget by a simple majority vote of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m).","path":["Chs. 59-68, Functions and Government of Municipalities","Chapter 65 Municipal Budget Systems"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/65.025","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:00:31Z","sha256":"e5800599d481c90e284e9e69d614f4b464d1d03a65acd35851f5aff0c760825d","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-65.02","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-65.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}