When and where are Board and Committee meetings held?
All Board and Committee meetings are held at the Montrose Town Hall and unless otherwise noted and are held as follows:
Regular Board meetings - first Tuesday of each month at 8:00 p.m.
Land Use meetings - last Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Long Range Planning - second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
What time should the garbage and recyclables be set out for pick up?
All garbage and recyclables should be set out before 7:00 a.m. on the day of pick up. Pick up is scheduled for every other Thursdayeach year. 2010 pick up will start on January 7th. If a holiday falls on a Thursday (Thanksgiving), pick up will be the next day. If the holiday is a "Eve" pick up is not rescheduled, if the holiday is a "Day" pick up will be the following working day. For example, if Christmas Eve is on a Thursday, pick up will be Thursday and if Christmas Day is on a Thursday, pick up will be Friday.
Where can I take household hazarous waste?
Madison/Dane County Clean Sweep
2302 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison WI 53713
608-243-0347
Common hazardous wastes that are accepted include:
Automotive Products, Ballasts, Corrosives, Insecticides and Pesticides, Mercury/Amalgam, Paints, Solvents, Solvent-Based Products, Solvent-Based Cleaners, Degreasers and Strippers, Adhesives, Glues and Caulks, Photo/S-ray Developer Chemicals.
How do I dispose of latex paint?
Because latex paint is relatively non-toxic, it can be placed in the garbage if it is properly solidified as long as you do the following:
First check to make sure it is latex paint-look on the label for "latex" or directions to clean up or thin with water. Oil-based or combustible paints and stains left over from home projects, whether liquid or solid, should be taken to the Dane County Clean Sweep Facility at 2302 Fish Hatchery Road for proper disposal.
How do I solidify latex paint?
Revove the lid and let the paint dry out in the can: protect from freezing and rain as well as curious children and animals. This only works if an inch or less of paint is left in the can and is most effective in warmer months. Mix latex paint with a latex paint hardener, stir and allow to harden. Once the latex paint has hardened or solidified, it can be trashed. However, make sure the lids are off when you set them at your curb, or place them in your trash cart if you have automated trash pick up.
For more information, or if you have any questions please call the Madison/Dane County Clean Sweep Facility 608-243-0368 or call your local trash hauler.
The above information is available in detail in brochures located at the Montrose Town Hall.
Where can I get information on the Senior Citizens Program?
The Senior Citizens Program of Belleville, Exeter, Montrose office is located at 130 South Vine Street, PO Box 267, Belleville WI 53508. Office hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Phone: 608-424-6007 Fax: 608-424-1552 Email: bseniors@verizon.net
Does Montrose have a Bookmobile?
The Bookmobile is at Paoli Park each week on Fridays, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. The Bookmobile is a service of the Dane County Library Service www.dcls.info
Who do I contact for assessment questions?
If you have concerns about your assessment, now is the time to contact Assessor Delores Yerges at Gardiner Appraisal 608-838-3993. Also watch for the Town of Montrose Open Book and Board of Review dates. Open Book and Board of Review is the best time to discuss your assessment with the assessor
What is the Annual Meeting? Wis. Stat. 60.14
The annual meeting is not a town board meeting; it is a meeting of the electors, with those present comprising the body that is meeting. A qualified elector is someone who is eligible to vote, i.e. someone at least 18 years old and a resident of the town for at least 10 days prior to the meeting. A qualified elector does not need to be registered to vote.
Notices, agendas: By default the annual meeting is held on the second Tuesday in April. A prior annual meeting may set a differnt date if that date is within 10 days after the second Tuesday in April. A different date will require a class 2 notice started not more than 20 nor less than 15 days prior to the date of the meeting. The annual meeting can never be held before the second Tuesday in April. The town board can never set the date for the annual meeting, only a prior annual meeting can establish a different date.
The annual meeting may transact any business over which the town meeting has jurisdiciton. No agenda is required to be noticed. The annual meeting is an exception to the open meetings law in this regard.
If the annual meeting will be on the second Tuesday in April and in the same place as last year it actually requires no notice to be given.
What is the rule on accessing records?
Except as otherwise provided by law, any requester has a right to inspect any record. per WI Stat 19.35. The right to inspect or copy a record under this paragraph does not apply to any of the following:
Any record containing personally identifiable information that is collected or maintained in connection with a complaint, investigation or other circumstances that may lead to an enforcement action, administrative procedding, arbitration proceeding or court proceeding, or any such record that is collected or maintained in connection with such an action or proceeding.
Any record containing personally identifiable information that, if disclosed, would do any of the follwoing:
a. Endanger an idividual's life or safety.
b. Identify a confidential informant
c. WI STAT 302.01, 165.85 (2)(bg), 938.02(10p), 938.02(15g), 51.01(12), 51.01(3)
d. WI STAT 19.35(d), 3(b)(c)(d)(e)(em)(f)(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)(L)
e. WI STAT 19.35 (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)