There’s always been a lot of confusion around pizza boxes and whethere they are recyclable. Pelliterri Waste Systems sets the record straight and says that whole pizza boxes can now go in your recyling cart if you are a Pelliterri customer. Previously, Pelliterri only accepted the parts of the pizza box without grease or cheese residue – you are now able to recycle the whole box. Sounds like a good excuse to order some pizza for dinner to us!
Noxious Weeds Notice
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Montrose
Dane County
Noxious Weeds Notice
Every person is required by law to destroy the following noxious weeds growing on land in the Town of Montrose, Dane County, Wisconsin, owned, operated, or controlled by that person:
- Canada thistle.
- Leafy spurge.
- Field bindweed (Creeping Jenny).
- Any weed designated as a noxious weed by the department of natural resources by rule or any other weed the governing body declares by ordinance resolution to be noxious within its respective boundaries.
This must be done at such time and in such a manner that will effectually prevent the weed plants from maturing to the bloom or flower stage, as required by Section 66.0407 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Jennifer Armstrong
Town Clerk
3/12/2025
For more information on noxious weeds or invasive plants, please visit the WI Department of Natural Resource’s website at:
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Invasives/RegulatedSpecies
https://widnr.widencollective.com/portals/gw8sdbfa/InvasiveSpeciesPhotoGallery
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
At the Spring General Election on April 1, 2025 in the Town of Montrose of Dane County, the following polling place will be used:
Montrose Town Hall 1341 Dianne Avenue, Belleville, WI 53508
Polling place will open at 7:00AM and will close at 8:00PM. Polling place is accessible to eldery and voters with disabilities*.
*(Note: This notice must contain a statement about accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities at each polling place. If any polling places are not accessible or in compliance with federal law, contact the Wisconsin Elections Commission.)
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Jennifer Armstrong, Town Clerk
1341 Dianne Avenue, Belleville, WI 53508
608-424-3848
Voting by Absentee Ballot & In-person Voting
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:
- will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day
- has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before election.
The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
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 make a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.
Your written request must include:
- your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
- the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
- your signature
- a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, March 27, 2025.
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, 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 (In-person Voting)
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.
Jennifer Armstrong, Clerk/Treas.
Town of Montrose
1341 Diane Avenue
Belleville, WI 53508
Tuesday, Mar 18th: 8AM to 12PM
Tuesday, Mar. 25th: 12PM to 4PM
Wednesday, March 26: 8AM to 4PM
Thursday, March 27: 8AM to 4PM
Friday, March 28: 8AM to 4PM
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
Friday, March 28, 2025
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 or counting location before the polls close on April 1, 2025. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
POST MESSENGER RECORDER: TYPE E NOTICE – PUBLISH AS BOX LEGAL 03/4/25
SPLIT COST BETWEEN 8 MUNICIPALITIES
Public Testing of Electronic Voting System
PUBLIC TESTING
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM
Thursday, February 13, 2025
3:30 PM
Montrose Town Hall
1341 Dianne Avenue
Belleville WI 53508
The Town of Montrose will be holding public testing of the electronic voting system. The test shall be conducted by processing a pre-audited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum (if any). The test will include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. The Clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the Clerk to use in the elections.
February 10, 2025
Jennifer Armstrong
Town Clerk
Posted on February 10, 2025 at Montrose Town Hall and Paoli Park
Uploaded to townofmontrose.com on 10 February 2025
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
Notice of Location and Hours of Polling Place
At the Partisan Primary to be held on February 18, 2025 in the Town of Montrose of Dane County, the following polling place location will be used:
Location
Town Hall 1341 Dianne Ave, Belleville, WI 53508
Polling place will open at 7:00 A.M. and will close at 8:00 P.M. Polling place is accessible to elderly and voters with disabilities*.
*(Note: This notice must contain a statement about accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities at each polling place. If any polling places are not accessible or in compliance with federal law, contact the Wisconsin Elections Commission.)
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk, Jennifer Armstrong
Town Clerk
1341 Diane Avenue, Belleville, WI 53508
608-424-3848
Notice of Spring Primary
Notice of Spring Primary and Sample Ballots
February 18, 2025
Office of the Dane County Clerk
To the voters of Dane County:
Notice is hereby given of a spring primary election to be held in Dane County on February 18, 2025, at which the officers named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, for a referendum, if any, in the sample ballot below.
Information to Voters
Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, a voter shall:
- state their name and address
- show an acceptable form of photo identification*
- sign the poll book**
*If a voter does not have acceptable photo identification, the voter may obtain a free photo ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
**If the voter is unable to sign the poll book due to disability, a poll worker may write the word “exempt.”
If a voter is not registered to vote, they may register to vote at the polling place serving their residence if the voter provides proof of residence.
Where ballots are distributed to voters, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot.
Upon being permitted to vote, the voter shall enter a voting booth or go to a machine and cast their ballot. The vote should not be cast in any manner other than specified here. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the voter in marking their ballot may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
A voter who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the voter’s minor child or minor ward.
An election official may inform the voter of the proper manner for casting a vote but the official may not advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
Assistance for Voting
A voter may select an individual to assist in casting their vote if the voter declares to the presiding official that they are unable to read, have difficulty reading, writing, or understanding English, or that due to disability are unable to cast their ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the voter.
Where Optical Scan Voting is Used
The voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which he or she intends to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall write in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote and fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to the write-in line. On referendum questions, the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“ExpressVote”) to mark an optical scan ballot, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select the name of the candidate of their choice for each office for which they intend to vote. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the voter shall type in the name of the person of their choice in the space provided for a write-in vote. On referendum questions, the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select “yes” if in favor of the question, or the voter shall touch the screen or use the tactile pad to select “no” if opposed to the question.
Spoiled Ballots
If a voter spoils an optical scan ballot, they shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one voter. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the voter shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.
After Voting the Ballot
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it may be inserted in the security sleeve, so the marks do not show. The voter shall insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count system is used, the voter shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and discard the sleeve or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The voter shall leave the polling place promptly.
The following is a sample of the official ballot:
(Scott McDonell, Dane County Clerk)
Voting by Absentee Ballot
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:
- will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day
- has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before election.
The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.
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.
In-person Absentee Voting Hours at the Town of Montrose, 1341 Dianne Avenue, Belleville, WI:
Tuesday, February 4 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Wedensday, February 5 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Thursday, February 6 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Monday, February 10 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Tuesday, February 11 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Wednesday, February 12 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Thursday, February 13 10:00AM to 2:00PM
Friday, February 14 9:00AM to 3:00PM
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:
Friday, February 14, 2025
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
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 make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov.
Your written request must include:
- your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
- the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
- your signature
- a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election, February 13, 2025.
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, 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.
Town Caucus
NOTICE OF CAUCUS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Town Caucus will be held in the Town of Montrose for the purpose of nominating candidates to appear on the spring election ballot for the below listed offices on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 1:00pm at the Town of Montrose Hall at 1341 Dianne Avenue, Belleville, Wisconsin.
Office Incumbent
Town Chairperson Roger C. Hodel
Town First Supervisor Randle Francois
Town Second Supervisor Daniel P. Palmer
Town Constable John J. Everson
The purpose of the Town Caucus is to nominate candidates for town offices to appear on the spring election ballot. At this time, Randy Francois, Dan Palmer, and Jack Everson will not seek to accept nominations for re-election.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Town of Montrose on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, to elect the incumbents to succeed the above listed offices. All offices are for two-year terms.
Jennifer Armstrong
Town of Montrose Clerk
The TOWN OF MONTROSE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. Efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals through appropriate aids and services upon reasonable notice. For additional information or to request this service, contact the Town of Montrose, 1341 Diane Avenue, Belleville WI 53508, (608)424-3848 by the Friday prior to meeting.
Uploaded to townofmontrose.com on December 31, 2024 Posted at Montrose Town Hall and Paoli Park December 31, 2024.
Public Testing of Electronic Voting System
PUBLIC TESTING
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
3:30 PM
Montrose Town Hall
1341 Dianne Avenue
Belleville WI 53508
The Town of Montrose will be holding public testing of the electronic voting system. The test shall be conducted by processing a pre-audited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum (if any). The test will include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. The Clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the Clerk to use in the elections.
October 28, 2024
Jennifer Armstrong
Town Clerk
Posted on October 28, 2024 at Montrose Town Hall and Paoli Park
Uploaded to townofmontrose.com on 28 October 2024