2025 COMBINED NOTICE FOR OPEN BOOK AND MEETING OF BOARD OF REVIEW

TOWN OF MONTROSE, DANE COUNTY

NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK

Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats. the assessment roll for the year 2025 assessment will be open for examination on Friday, April 25th from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Town of Montrose 1341 Diane Avenue, Belleville, WI 53508. Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations under s. 70.47, Wis. Stats.  

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING

The Board of Review will meet on Monday, May 5th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Town of Montrose Town Hall for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the forty-five day period beginning on the 4th Monday of April, pursuant to s. 70.47 (1), Wis. Stats.

Pursuant to s. 70.47 (2), Wis. Stats.: 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 enter onto property to conduct an exterior view such property being assessed.

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 that 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 under sec. 70.47 (3) (a), that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal under sec. 70.47 (6m) (a) 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 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 s. 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 exceptions 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 is it inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1).

Dated this 10th day of April 2025

TOWN OF MONTROSE

Jennifer Armstrong, Clerk/Treasurer

Dane County Parks is working with the Town of Verona Fire Department on a controlled burn at the Sugar River Wildlife Area off of Schaller Road. The old stone house located on the property is NOT part of the burn. The planned date is Saturday, April 12 at 8am. 

PUBLIC TESTING
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM

March 27, 2025 at 4:00PM

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.  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.

 March  25, 2025

Jennifer Armstrong
Town Clerk and Town Treasurer

Posted on  March 25, 2025 at Montrose Town Hall and Paoli Park

Uploaded to townofmontrose.com on March 25, 2025

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! 

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:

1. Canada thistle.
2. Leafy spurge.
3. Field bindweed (Creeping Jenny).
4. 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

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

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:

1. your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
2. the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
3. your signature
4. 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 18^th:  8AM to 12PM
Tuesday, Mar. 25^th:  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

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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

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