HYDRANT FLUSHING NOTICE – 2020

 As part of our annual maintenance, Public Works employees will be flushing fire hydrants on September 10^th & 11^th between the hours of 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  If you are on Highway 18 the hydrants will be flushed on September 12^th between the hours of 8:00 and Noon.    

Because water mains are typically looped together, you may notice that your service pressure is affected even if hydrants are being flushed several blocks away.

During the flushing process, there may be a slight discoloration of the water caused by sediment or rust being flushed from the water mains.  If you do experience discoloration in your water service, please don’t be alarmed your water will clear up once it is run for a short time.  Should you experience rusty colored water, we suggest you run the cold water from the faucet nearest to the water meter (laundry tub, outside faucet) to flush the service.  We suggest that on days we flush, you may not want to do laundry during the hours listed above.  Possible discoloration in the water can stain light colored clothing.

Please note that your water is safe for all other uses and that slightly higher amounts of chlorine are added to the system during this maintenance.

The Village performs annual flushing of hydrants for several reasons which includes;

1.     Safety – to insure proper operation of each hydrant.

2.     To clean out rust and sediment that may settle naturally in the system piping.

3.     To exercise the hydrants and to do preventive maintenance. 

If you have any questions regarding this procedure or if you would like to know where we are I the Village, please call (608) 778-9799.

Thank you for you cooperation.

Todd Griffiths

DPW Supervisor

Village of Montfort 

PUBLIC NOTICE

TESTING ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT

FOR THE AUGUST 11, 2020 PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION  

 According to Wis. Stats. 5.84 (1) Testing Equipment, the electronic voting equipment must be tested at a public meeting.  The ICE – ImageCast Evolution electronic voting system, which utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, will be tested on Monday, August 3 at 10:00 a.m. in the Village Office, 102 E. Park Street.

This test is open to the public.

Shelly Kazda

Clerk-Treasurer

Village of Montfort

Posted on: 07/28/2020 – Village Website, Community Building and Montfort Post Office

LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE

At the Partisan Primary Election to be held on August 11, 2020, in the Village of Montfort, the following polling place locations will be used for the wards indicated:

Location                          Wards

Montfort Fire Department      Ward 1 & Ward 2

605 S. Wall Street

THE POLLING PLACE WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.

If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.

Shelly Kazda-Clerk

102 E. Park Street

608-943-6917

Monday-Thursday 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled voters.

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Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers

At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 7.51.  This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.

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 VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

 Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

 You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail, email or in person.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

 The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
4:30 pm on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, August 6, 2020.

Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

Village of Montfort

Shelly Kazda-Clerk

102 E. Park St.

Montfort WI 53569

  Office Hours

Mon-Thurs. 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

 943-6917

 The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

 The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
Thursday, August 6, 2020

 No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

 The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place before the polls close on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

VILLAGE OF MONTFORT

NOTICE OF VILLAGE TRUSTEE VACANCY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors of the Village of Montfort, in the Counties of Grant and Iowa, State of Wisconsin, that a Village Trustee is resigning opening a spot on the board.  If you have interest in serving on the board please contact the Village Office by June 15^th, 2020.

             Dated this day Thursday June 11, 2020

                                                                         Shelly Kazda 

                                                                        Village Clerk-Treasurer

 Public notice

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 GRANT & iowa countIES

The following applications for 2020-2021 liquor licenses have been received by me as Village Clerk for the Village of Montfort, Grant & Iowa Counties, Wisconsin, for the period ending June 30, 2020:

A Class “B” Combination License to sell fermented malt beverage and intoxicating liquor on the premises of:

Sheddy’s Bar & Grill LLC; 407 E US Hwy 18; Montfort, WI – Sherry Batton, Agent.

The Hollow Bar & Grill; 102 W. Main St.; Montfort, WI – Andrea Bomkamp, Agent

A Class “A” Combination License to sell packaged fermented malt beverage and intoxicating liquor on the premises of:

Windmill; 501 E. US Hwy 18; Montfort, WI – Allegiant Oil, LLC dba Windmill – Tina Jones, Agent.

Mills Market, Inc. – 204 W US Hwy 18; Montfort, WI – Logan Mills-Agent

Shelly Kazda, Clerk

Clerk-Treasurer

Village of Montfort

 Posted 6/04/20 Community Building, Post Office and Website.

MONTFORT BALLFIELD

Due to Summer Rec being cancelled this year, the Village has come up with the following to schedule field time.

·      To schedule practice or game times email the Village Clerk to be added to the shared google calendar at [email protected]. 

·      Each coach will input practice times and games on this calendar.

·      The Village will drag the field for scheduled games. 

·      Coaches will need to sign out a key from the Village Office for the equipment.

·      Coaches will be responsible for lining the field and setting bases.

·      Coaches must make sure that all equipment is returned to the shed and locked at the end of each practice or game. 

·      If the lights are used, they must be shut off before leaving.

If you have any questions you may call the Village Office at 608-943-6917 or Todd at 608-778-9799.

Over the weekend a newly planted tree near the basketball court was destroyed.

The Village of Montfort is offering a reward for information on who is responsible for the damage.  Please contact the Village Office at 608-943-6917 or send an email to [email protected].

 Notice of Board of Review

 for the Village of Montfort

             NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Village of Montfort shall be held on Monday, June 29, 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Montfort Community Building and lasting until at least 8:00 p.m.

              Please be advised of the following requirements:

             No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.

             After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

             No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

             When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

             No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies to the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Section 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests.  The municipality or county shall provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exemptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court.  The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1).

             The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability.  No other persons may testify by telephone.

                                                                                     Respectfully submitted,

                                                                         Shelly Kazda, Village Clerk-Treasurer

                                                                                     Village of Montfort

 Posted 5/21/20 Community Building, Post Office and Village website.