Section 67. Town public welfare officers; appointment of staff

1. The
  town board of each town responsible for the expense of providing  safety
  net  assistance for persons residing or found in such town shall appoint
  a social services  official or authorize a supervisor of the town to act
  as  such official. It may in its discretion appoint  an  assistant  town
  social  services  official and other employees to assist the town social
  services official in carrying out his or her  duties.  The  town  social
  services  official,  his or her assistant and other employees shall hold
  office during the pleasure of the town board. The town board  shall  fix
  the  salary  to  be  paid  a  town  social services official, his or her
  assistant or other employees or fix the amount per hour to be paid  them
  when they are performing any duty connected with their office.
    2.    The  town  public  welfare  officer shall be responsible for the
  authorization  of  the  assistance  and  care  for  which  the  town  is
  responsible   and   shall   assist   the   county  commissioner  in  the
  administration of assistance and care to persons residing  or  found  in
  his   town  for  whose  care  the  county  public  welfare  district  is
  responsible.  Except as otherwise agreed and arranged by and between the
  county commissioner and the town public welfare officer, the town public
  welfare officer shall receive all applications for public assistance and
  care made in his town by residents of such town, and  he  shall  forward
  each  such  application to the county commissioner immediately after the
  receipt of the same.  He shall have all the powers and perform  all  the
  duties  of  a  public  welfare  official  applicable  to the work hereby
  assigned.
    3.  In case of emergency and until  it  is  possible  for  the  county
  commissioner  either  to  take  charge of the case or to make a complete
  investigation, the town public welfare officer may grant such  temporary
  assistance  and  care  as may be necessary.  All such grants made by the
  town public welfare officer shall be made in accordance with  the  rules
  and regulations of the department and the regulations established by the
  county commissioner of public welfare.