SCR 70.19

(1) The chief judge is the administrative chief of the judicial

administrative district. The chief judge is responsible for the

administration of judicial business in circuit courts within the district,

including its personnel and fiscal management. The general responsibility

of the chief judge is to supervise and direct the administration of the

district, including the judicial business of elected, appointed and assigned

circuit judges.

(2) In carrying out administrative duties, the chief judge shall

cooperate with the director of state courts.

(3) In the exercise of his or her general responsibility, the chief

judge has the following duties:

(a) Assignment of judges within each judicial administrative

district. The chief judge shall establish a system for the equitable

distribution and allocation of categories of cases and case loads within

the district, subject to the approval of the supreme court.

(b) Maintenance of a system for and effective management of case

flow through the judicial administrative district.

(c) Where necessary, establishment of days, hours, and location

for court operation.

(d) Appointment of court committees.

(e) Adoption of local judicial administrative rules under SCR

70.34.

(f) Establishment of policies and plans.

(g) Provision for representation of the circuit court in ceremonial

functions and in its relations with other courts, other branches of

government and with the news media.

(h) Calling and presiding over meetings of the circuit judges

within the district.

(i) Supervision of vacation schedules, including requiring

adherence to SCR 70.11(1)(a).

(j) Coordination of attendance by judges and other court personnel

at conferences which require absence from the court during working

hours. Judicial education is not vacation. Time spent fulfilling judicial

education requirements mandated by the supreme court rules is not to be

charged against annual leave.

(k) Supervision of court finances including financial planning, the

preparation of budgets and fiscal reporting where necessary and required.

(4) The chief judge shall exercise administrative authority over

the administration of judicial business of the municipal courts of the

judicial administrative district. The chief judge shall assign municipal

judges as specified in SCR 70.24.

(5) The chief judge shall, subject to the approval of the director of

state courts, adjust his or her caseload to reflect the amount of time needed

for administrative duties.