Today, December 17, 2020, real estate tax bills for the Town of Montrose should be in the mail.  Because of COVID 19, and our desire to keep everyone as safe as possible, there will be no in person payment of bills at the Town Hall.  Payments can be mailed, or dropped off at the Town Hall either through the office door slot or into the lock box on the side of the building.  We do regret having to abandon our normal practice.  More detailed information is on the insert being mailed with the bills. 

The Town of Montrose did not receive any applications for consideration by the Land Use Committee during the past month.  The December monthly meeting which had been scheduled for December 28, 2020, is cancelled.

On Saturday, January 16, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. the Town of Montrose will hold its biennial caucus to select candidates for the offices of Town Chair (1), Town Supervisor (2), and Town Constable (1).  The caucus will be at the Town Hall.

If you have any infomation about trash dumped on Sayles Trail sometime between Monday, November 9 and Monday, November 16, 2020 (in the vicinity of the 1400 numbers on Sayles Trail), please let us know.  We have to pay contractors to clean up this type of improper dumping, and are seeking to discourage the practice.  Info can be provided to montrose@chorus.net or 608-424-3848.  

The Town of Montrose had a 92.9 % turnout of registered voters at the general election on November 3, 2020. 

The numbers:  808 registered before election day, 35 registered on election day – total of 843.  A total of 783 people voted. In person voters – 313; absentee voters – 452.  Of the absentee voters, 157 voted in-person absentee in the two weeks before the election. 

You can now check the status of your voter participation at myvote.wi.gov.

No applications for rezoning or conditional use permits were received as of Monday, November 9, 2020.  Accordingly, the November 23, 2020 meeting of the Land Use Committee is cancelled.  Next meeting date is December 28, 2020, with applications due no later than Monday, December 14, 2020.

Here’s how we voted:

President of the United States:

       Biden/Harris:   495      Trump/Pence:    272    Others:  14

Congressional District 2:

       Pocan:  490     Theron:  280

State Assembly District 80:

       Pope:   483      Binnie:  281

DA

       Ozanne:  572

County Clerk

       McDonell:  581

County Treasurer

       Gallagher:  578

Register of Deeds:

       Chiebowski:  572

The stats:  As of Halloween, 808 registered voters, 465 absentee ballots issued (57 1/2%); 444 absentee ballots returned (55% of electorate; 95% of absentee ballots).

If you have one of those 21 missing ballots, it MUST be at the town hall by 8 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to be counted.

Election day hours:  7 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Montrose Town Hall, 1341 Diane Ave., Belleville WI.

Statistics:  807 registered voters.  380 absentee ballots issued (47%).  321 absentee ballots returned – includes in-person voters (40% of electorate; 84% of absentee ballots issued).  59 absentee ballots not yet returned.

IMPORTANT:  Absentee ballots are voted when mailed.  If you have not yet mailed back  your ballot, please return it securely to the town hall by dropping it through the letter drop of the office door.  When nobody is at the hall, all doors are locked and deadbolted.

In person absentee voting, and voter registration, continues next week, Monday through Friday from 10 am to noon, and from 2 p.m. to 4 pm without appointments.  If a voter needs some different time, appointments are made by calling 608-424-3848. 

Sample Ballot – November 3, 2020 General Election.pdf