Announcements

State law allows city residents to receive notice of any proposed zoning action that affects the allowable use of their property if they submit a written or electronic request to the City Clerk. To request your name be added to the notification list submit a request to the City Clerk at 115 West Pleasant Street, Portage, WI 53901 or marie.moe@portagewi.gov.

08/08/17

The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads has a case for the Wauona Trail Railroad Crossing open for Public Comment.  If you would like to comment on the condition for the Wauona Trail Crossing please take the time to comment using the following link.

http://ocr.wi.gov/apps452/OCRapps/publicComment/filecommentDocketList.aspx

A new study just named Portage as the 6th best place in Wisconsin to start a small business. The study by LendEDU, evaluated Wisconsin communities on three criteria, including Population (daytime population and forecasted future population growth), Expenses (property taxes, sales taxes, utility costs, etc) and Disposable Income available to residents (including the forecasted 5 year future income growth)

The full report and methodology can be found here: https://lendedu.com/blog/best-100-towns-in-wisconsin-for-starting-a-small-business

The current and future for Portage looks bright!

Due to the recent storm damage the City will be providing an additional brush pick-up next week.  To efficiently pick up all of the storm debris we will still require manageable piles, 6’ max length and to have the brush parallel to the street.  The brush will need to be out by 7 a.m. June 19^th and will be picked up throughout the week.  Crews are out and working hard to clean up storm damage as quickly as possible.  Safety issues are being addressed first and then general cleanup.

There will be No Parking on East Cook Street from Adams to Hamilton Street starting at 6 a.m. on Thursday, June 15th until 4 p.m. on Friday, June 16th.  Barricades and traffic barrels will be setup to allow traffic to flow in both directions as manholes are repaired.