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City attorney Sue Schill, running for re‑election, backs ordinance recodification and says office should be appointed
Summary
On Sunup Wisconsin, incumbent Wisconsin Rapids city attorney Sue Schill said she would pursue a recodification of city ordinances, increase staff training on Wisconsin’s open‑meetings and public‑records laws, and expressed a preference for changing the city attorney from an elected to an appointed post to ensure professional qualifications.
Sue Schill, the incumbent city attorney for Wisconsin Rapids and a candidate for re‑election, told Sunup Wisconsin that her top priorities include a recodification of the city's ordinances to make them easier to access and revise, expanded training for staff and council on Wisconsin’s public records and open meetings laws, and additional support for municipal prosecutions.
“I'd like to be able to say that I could take a 3‑month sabbatical and just concentrate on all of the ordinances,” Schill said, describing a planned recodification tied to a new city website that she said will make ordinances easier to search online. She told the hosts the recodification will likely be time‑intensive and…
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