City of Portage, WI

Announcements

At the close of polls on August 14, 2018, no provisional ballots were cast.

Marie A. Moe, WCPC, MMC
City Clerk

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Notice is hereby given that the Public Test of the Automatic Tabulating Equipment to be used in the City of Portage for the Partisan Primary will be conducted in the lower level of the City of Portage Municipal Building located at 115 West Pleasant Street, Portage, Wisconsin, on Monday, August 6, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

The test is open to the public.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Common Council of the City of Portage will conduct a public hearing to consider the discontinuance of a portion of East Marion Street, east of Monroe Street to the railroad right of way, in the City of Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin.

The public hearing will be held on the 13th day of September, 2018 at 6:55 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers at the City Municipal Building, Portage, Wisconsin.

All interested persons may appear in person or by their attorney or by agent for the purpose of offering proof either for or against the discontinuance request.

DATED this 27th day of July, 2018.

The City of Portage has a vacancy in the 1st Aldermanic District on the Common Council and Mayor Rick Dodd is seeking an interested individual to fill the empty seat. The incumbent Alderperson resigned her seat as she moved out of the district. An Alderperson represents the interests of the constituents that reside in his/her District, therefore you must be a resident of the District to be eligible for consideration (See map of Aldermanic District 1 below). Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month at 7:00 p.m.; additionally Alderpersons typically serve on 2-4 Committees annually. The Council is the chief legislative and policy making body for the City of Portage. Alderpersons serve a 3 year term. The individual appointed to fill this vacancy would serve through April 21, 2020 and would need to seek re-election for another 3 year term.

Interested persons who reside in the 1st Aldermanic District are requested to contact Mayor Rick Dodd at 608-697-7065 or by email at rick.dodd@portagewi.gov

Utility Work will be done Wednesday, July 18, 8am-5pm, water will be turned off in the 600 & 700 & 800 blocks of West Edgewater St and 100 block of Armstrong St. If any problems are experienced, please contact Water Department 608-742-4727.