During April’s Annual meeting the prospect of water services being brought into the Town was discussed. The overwhelming position of the crowd was that the Town should explore that option.
At the June Town Board meeting this topic will be discussed by the Board. I have asked the Town Attorney to explain what steps would be taken to accomplish the creation of a Water Utility. This not an overnight process and the Town must be ready if this needs to be done. The possibility of another possible future sewer district, this will also be discussed.
The agenda shows the following:
9. Discussion regarding establishment of a new water and/or sewer district
This is an open public meeting.
Meeting is on THURSDAY JUNE 9th at the community center.
The board meeting starts immediately following the Planning meeting, which starts at 6 pm.
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, Town of Pittsfield garbage and recycling pickup scheduled for Monday May 30th will actually happen on Friday May 27th.
Please have your containers out by the roadside by 6 am on Friday.
Re-construction on Uphill Drive and Silver Bow Lane will be starting around the week May 23rd.
The road will be pulverized, base added, repaved and shouldering. Notifications to individual property owners are handled through the contractor. If you have questions please reach out to the Town Engineer, Paul Willis at (920) 593-6854.
Please be aware of changes for absentee ballot delivery in the Town (as per state law). Review the below letter from the Clerk for complete details, but in Summary:
Mail in your absentee ballot to the Clerk
PERSONALLY drop off your ballot to the Clerk (you CANNOT drop off someone else’s ballot)
Pittsfield does NOT have a drop box so use method 1 or 2.
To Pittsfield Voters,
I want to clarify recent changes to (1) continue using unstaffed drop boxes to collect absentee ballots in the April 5, 2022, general election, and (2) accept voted absentee ballots from someone other than the elector who voted the ballot or an agent specifically authorized by law to deliver the ballot on behalf of the elector.
(1) “[A]n elector must personally mail or deliver his or herown absentee ballot, except where the law explicitly authorizes an agent to act on an elector’s behalf”;
(2) “[T]he only lawful methods for casting an absentee ballot pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 6.87(4)(b)1. are for the elector to place the envelope containing the ballot in the mail or for the elector to deliver the ballot in person to the municipal clerk”;
(3) “[T]he use of drop boxes . . . is not permitted under Wisconsin law unless the drop box is staffed by the clerkand located at the office of the clerk
In sum, this means there are only three methods of returning a voted absentee ballot that are consistent with the court’s judgment: the elector may (1) mail it, (2) return it to the clerk at the clerk’s office or at an alternate site used for in-person absentee voting, or (3) deposit it in a staffed drop box that complies with the court’s order. No other method can comply with this order.
That is to say, no one other than the elector himself or herself may return a voted absentee ballot unless the law specifically authorizes someone else to return the ballot on the elector’s behalf. Those authorized by law to return a ballot on behalf of an elector are limited to postal employees in the course of their official duties, special voting deputies (Wis. Stat. § 6.875), and agents of hospitalized electors (Wis. Stat. § 6.86(3)).
Please let me know if you have any further questions 920-676-1517
