LOCAL BLOOD DRIVE – TUESDAY MAY 6, 2008
Sponsored by Hammer Rehab &
Fitness and the Big Bend/Vernon Fire Department
2008 REFUSE & RECYCLING
CALENDAR
STORMWATER UTILITY FEE ON TAX
BILL
The
Town Board is in the process of establishing a Storm Water Utility
District. The District will be authorized to operate and maintain storm water
conveyance facilities in the Town of Vernon.
The boundaries of the Utility District include the entire Town of Vernon.
The
Board determined and declared it to be necessary and conducive to the
protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the Town to
collect charges from all users of the Town storm water collection system. The
proceeds of such charges will be used to fund the management of its storm water
system including reinvestment in the maintenance and improvement of existing
infrastructure, and other improvements to the system that will reduce urban
non-point source pollution in storm water run-off (for example: silt from
construction sites and heavy metals from roadway and parking lots), consistent
with federal and state regulations.
The
Town previously authorized the preparation of a study by the Town’s Engineering
consultants to create the storm water utility budget and user rates. It
is anticipated that all single family residential properties will have the same
annual charge based on an average Town home and driveway size.
Non-residential properties will have a charge proportionate to the actual area
of impervious surfaces on their parcel. It is anticipated that
non-residential unimproved properties without impervious surfaces will not be
assessed a charge. The storm water charges will appear on the annual tax
bills beginning in 2007.
For
further information regarding the federal and state storm water regulations
that the Town is currently permitted under, click here to
download RA Smith's Report on the Stormwater Utility
Creation.
***NEW*** NOTIFICATION OF ROAD
RIGHT-OF-WAY TRIMMING
IF
TREES WILL BE TRIMMED BY YOUR PROPERTY THE DPW WILL NOTIFY YOU BY A LETTER IN
YOUR DOOR ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE.
**This
letter does not apply to the utility companies conducting trimming in the
Right-of-Way.
The
road right-of-way (ROW) in the Town of Vernon
needs to be trimmed every few years, particularly when Wisconsin
storms bring lighting, ice and high winds. Also, we need to make room on
the road right-of-way for snow removal. We are also working hard to
provide intersection visibility for school buses, police and other emergency
vehicles, normal traffic visibility and delivery trucks, etc…
Right-of-way
trimming typically involves low overhanging branches, as well as brush and fast
growing, leaning trees. Brush will be removed/chipped and wood will be
left for the homeowner.
We
may need to remove a tree that is dead or dying, has badly split trunk or limb,
leans dangerously close to the road right-of-way or is a fast growing weak wood
variety.
PERMANENT ABSENTEE BALLOTS
If
you are indefinitely confined because of age, illness, infirmity or disability,
you may request a Permanent Absentee Ballot be sent to you for every subsequent
election until you are no longer confined or fail to return a ballot for an
election. Again, to have an Absentee Ballot sent to you, you must be a
registered voter in the Town of Vernon.
If you are not sure if you are registered, please call the Clerk’s Office at
662-2039.
If
you are a registered voter, complete, sign and mail the attached Absentee
Ballot application to the following address by Friday, January 4, 2008.
Please note, if you qualify to be a Permanent Voter, please indicate by filling
in the 2nd circle on section 5 of the application, write “PERMANENT VOTER” on
the top of the form and mail it to the following address by Friday, January 4,
2008:
Town
of Vernon Clerk’s
Office
ATTN:
Absentee Ballot Application
PO BOX
309
Big Bend, WI
53103
REGISTER TO VOTE
To
register to vote, you must provide a valid Wisconsin Driver’s License with your
current address. If you are not issued a Wisconsin Driver’s License, a
Wisconsin ID Card will be acceptable or the last 4 digits of your social
security number. You can register to vote two ways: in the Clerk’s
Office or by mail. You can register to vote in the Clerk’s Office during
office hours. If you wish to register by mail, you can call the Clerk’s
office to have a Voter Registration application mailed to you or go to
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=6073&locid=47 to download the application. Please note if you register
by mail, you MUST include a copy of your Driver’s License. If you do not,
your application will not be processed and you will not be able to vote until
you show ID, either at the polls or in the Clerk’s Office.
CALENDAR YEAR ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Don’t
want to stand in line on Election Day? Sign up to have an Absentee Ballot
sent to you!
To
have an Absentee Ballot sent to you, you must be a registered voter in the Town
of Vernon.
If you are not sure if you are registered, please call the Clerk’s Office at
662-2039. See below how to register to vote.
If
you are a registered voter, complete, sign and mail the attached Absentee
Ballot application to the following address by Friday, January 4, 2008:
Town
of Vernon Clerk’s
Office
ATTN:
Absentee Ballot Application
PO BOX 309,
Big Bend, WI
53103
Once
your application has been verified, you will be sent an Absentee Ballot for all
2008 elections. In the fall of 2008, the Clerk’s Office will send you a
letter asking if you want to renew your calendar year Absentee Ballot
application for 2009. If you want to continue, you would fill out another
form. That process will continue until you no longer wish to receive
Absentee Ballots.
PARTICIPATE IN OUR “FILE OF LIFE”
PROGRAM
We
have implemented the “File of Life” program available to all residents of the
Town of Vernon. This program provides a means for our fire department
personnel to obtain critical medical information about you or a member of you
family if, for whatever reason, that information cannot be provided to us on
our arrival to your emergency scene.
In
order for a resident to participate in the program he or she must complete a
“Big Bend Vernon Fire Department - File of Life” form which is included in this
newsletter. The completed form should then be attached to your main
refrigerator door. We highly recommend this location as it is readily
accessible to us and common in most homes.
As
our personnel arrive at your residence we can immediately retrieve the
information you have provided which will greatly as
