Newsletter 2018

City of Lancaster Contacts

Assessment Questions Accurate Appraisals, LLC

1-800-770-3927

Garbage & Recycling Town & Country Sanitation

1-800-626-1915

Building & Zoning Dennis Hampton

778-7162 Office: Tues 9:00am- Noon

Taxes-Delinquent /2nd Installment Grant County Treasurer

723-2604

City Clerk’s Office 8am- 4:30pm 723-4246

Water Billing Department 723-6225

Chamber of Commerce 723-2820

Police Department 723-4188

Lancaster Golf Course 723-4266

Schreiner Memorial Library 723-7304

Mon-Thurs 9am- 8pm Fri 9am-5pm

Sat 9am- 1pm

JULY

2nd Brush/yard waste pickup 4th of July, City Hall Closed 11-14th Walker’s Blow Out Sale 19th Night on the Square 21st Avery’s Race 21sr SWOC Golf Outing

AUGUST

1st Open Book

6th Brush/yard waste pickup 11th Deals & Steals 14th Partisan Primary 12-19th Grant County Fair 20th Board of Review 25th Lancaster Fire Dept Dance

SEPTEMBER

3th Labor Day, City Hall Closed 4th Brush/yard waste pickup 15th Grant County Cancer Coalition Auction 16th Fly-in Drive-in Breakfast 22nd First Day of Fall

Centered on Service

Dates to Remember Dates to Remember

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Lancaster Contacts City Hall 206 S Madison St Lancaster, WI 53813 Office Hours 8:00am to 4:30 pm (Monday- Friday)

City Hall 723-4246 Water Utility…………………………….. Ext 1

Public Works ………………………….. Ext 2

City Administrator …………………. Ext 3

Clerk/ Treasurer …………………….. Ext 4

Building/Zoning ……………………… Ext 5

Chamber of Commerce ………….. Ext 6

Executive Assistant ………………… Ext 7

Recreation Coordinator ………. Ext 8 Mayor …………………………………. Ext 9

After hours water/street ……….. 723-6447

Police …………………………………….. 723-4188

Fire (non-emergency) …………….. 723-2357

Road Conditions …………………….. 511

Elected Officials Mayor ……………………… David Varnam

Alderperson Wards 1 & 5 Brett Rollins

Alderperson Wards 2 & 3 Robert Schmidt

Alderperson Ward 4 ……… Peter Hoffman

Alderperson Ward 6 ……… Dan VonFeldt

Alderpersons At-Large ……

Angie Gruetzmacher

Alderpersons At-Large …… Rose Oliveto

Alderpersons At-Large …… Shayne LaBudda

Alderpersons At-Large …… Kate Reuter

City of Lancaster Meeting Schedule

Parks & Recreation Committee….... 5:45pm 1st Monday of the month Plan Commission…………………….…..… 6:30pm 2nd Monday of the month City Council………………………….…...….. 6:30pm 3rd Monday of the month

Visit the City’s website

www.lancasterwisconsin.com and follow us on Facebook.

Summer Recreation Sponsor – THANK YOU!

A BIG thanks to all sponsors, volunteers, umpires and referees who make our Summer Recreation Programs possible. Programs offered this summer included soccer league, softball league, baseball league, pee wee league, t-ball, parkies, pee wee camp, soccer camp, swimming, theatre, golf, volleyball, basketball and tennis.

Thank you to the businesses listed below for generously donating to the Summer Recreation Program this year! There were 36 businesses/groups that supported our 2018 season. Along with the sponsors, approximately 40 volunteer coaches contributed to the success of the programs.

Allegiant Oil, LLC Kramer's Water Store Inc The Hair Doctors

Applied Micro Lancaster Dental Assoc. Tri-com/US Cellular

BMO Harris Bank Lancaster Lions Club Vesperman Farms LLC

Bryhan’s Auto Body & Paint Majestic View Dairy Walker’s Clothing & Shoe D. Anderson Ins. Agency

Inc. McDonalds Walmart

Fuller’s Milker Center, Inc Midwest Title Corp West End Salvage

Gasser Hardware Penny’s 1 Hour Photo Wilson Chiropractic

Wellness Center Grant Regional Health

Center Premier Co-Op Wisconsin Bank & Trust

Happy Joe’s Royal Bank Wolf Construction LLC

Heartland Credit Union Southwest Accounting Wolf L&G Farms

J & N Stone Subway Wolf’s Grantland Graphics

Kane Roofing/Copper Dome Suppz Gym Lancaster Community Fund

At the May Council Meeting outgoing

Committee Members were recognized.

Thank you to Pat Schlesner (Golf Course

Committee) and Amy Bell Kwallek (Historic

Preservation Commission and Plan

Commission) for their service.

Mayor’s Message

In April, the Council honored two outgoing

Council Members, LeRoy Ihm and Chad

Olmstead. Thank you to LeRoy and Chad for

their years of dedicated service to our

community. Later in April the Council

welcomed three new Members: Angie

Gruetzmacher, Rose Oliveto and Brett Rollins

who were elected in our Spring Election.

Phil and Mary Wolf recently donated a parking lot located just east of the Square to the City. This lot will help our community, especially during the 2019 Square Project. Thank you to Phil and Mary for their donation.

God Bless, Mayor David C Varnam

The Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce held Ribbon Cutting ceremonies

for three new Lancaster businesses earlier this Spring. We welcomed The

Secret Garden on April 10, Fiesta Cancun on May 10 and Verizon on May 18.

THANK YOU!

Lancaster

Community Fund Thank you to the Lancaster Community Fund for donating to the City of Lancaster Recreation Department! The Lancaster Community Fund helped supply equipment to the Saturday Parkies Program. Parkies is a supervised play program designed to promote social interaction and physical activity with different outdoor activities, games, and craft projects. Also, thank you for donating to the City of Lancaster Police Department to purchase more defibrillators. Three defibrillators will be used in the officer’s vehicles and one will be on the 3rd floor of City Hall.

Centered on Community Centered on Value

Grant County Fair

Tuesday, August 14

•Dog Show & Judging Crowning Grant County 4-H Royalty

•6:30pm Human Foosball/Mud Tug Of War

•8:30pm Family Movie Night (Lion King)-on the infield track

Wednesday, August 15

•Carnival opens at 5pm “Buck Night” All rides $1

•6:30pm Alternative Recycling Stock Car Racing

Thursday, August 16

•Carnival from 3pm- close, with wristbands $20

•6:30pm CC Bucking Bulls & Mutton Bustin (fireworks after rodeo)

Friday, August 17

•8am-4pm Senior Citizen Day

•Carnival from 1pm-close with wristbands $20

•11am – 7pm Alternative Recycling Ag Tent is open for fun Ag activities for the kids

•11am, 2pm & 5pm Nick’s Kid Show-Scott Implement Kids Tent

•1-3pm Just Gotta Dance Team Performance in the WI Bank & Trust Entertainment Tent

•4pm Kindshci Pedal Pull Races

•6:30pm ECI Pullers & Dairyland Antique Pull

•8pm Wristwrestling

•8pm-12am TKO Band-Wisconsin Bank & Trust Entertainment Tent

Saturday, August 18

•Carnival from 1pm- close, with wristbands $20

• 9am ATV/UTV & Garden Tractor Pull FREE SHOW

•10am –8pm Scott Implement Kids Tent

•11am – 7pm Alternative Recycling Ag Tent is open for fun Ag activities for the kids

•11am, 2pm & 5pm Nick’s Kid Show-Scott Implement Kids Tent

•12pm -12pm Music by local bands in the WI Bank & Trust Entertainment Tent

•6pm Epic Construction Presents Open Tractor, Truck Pull, Dairyland Antique Tractor Pull, & South-Central Wisconsin Pullers

•7:30pm-11pm Teen Dance in Livestock Pavilion

Sunday, August 19

•Carnival 12-8pm with wristbands $20

•10am –8pm Scott Implement Kids Tent

•11am Hard Hit Promotions-Demo Derby

•11am –2pm Alternative Recycling Ag Kids Tent

•11am, 1pm & 3pm Nick’s Kid Show-Scott Implement Kids Tent

•12 –3pm decorate JUMBO cookies with Blue Boy Bakery & face painting in the Scott Implement Kid’s Tent

•5pm-Hard Hit Promotions- Night of Destruction

Public Works

Consumer Confidence Report

If you would like to know more about the information contained in the report, please check the City Website at lancasterwisconsin.com or contact John Hauth at (608) 723-7543.

Brush Pickup

Brush and yard waste pickup will be the first Monday of each month April through November. Please place yard waste in open containers or in bags at the curb, not in the roadway or obstructing the sidewalk. Brush should be neatly stacked with butt ends facing one direction.

July 2nd August 6th September 3rd

October 1st

November 5th

Grass Clippings

Please be courteous and do not blow grass clippings into the streets. The city has started enforcing an ordinance that prohibits depositing grass clippings, leaves and other yard waste on city streets and alleys. There are several reasons grass clippings and other yard waste should not be deposited in the streets including blockage of storm drain inlets and storm sewer debris accumulation that catch in the basin and can cause pipe blockages. Citizens need to take the necessary precautions to make sure that your grass clipping do not end up in the street.

Schreiner Memorial

Library Events

Weekly, July •Lego Club – Mondays at 10:30AM

•Libraries Rock! – Tuesday & Thursday at 10:30AM

•Toddler Tales – Wednesday at 9:30AM

July 2018 •Library Closed– July 4

•”Drawing Club” – July 5 at 1:00PM

•”Water Wars!” – July 11 at 3:00PM

•”Teddy Bear Picnic” – July 18 at 10:30AM

•”Platteville Summer Arts Festival – “Peter & Friends presentation” – July 25 at 10:30AM

•”Teen Advisory Board Meeting” – July 26 at 6:00PM

•”Bethel Horizons LIVE ANIMALS” – July 31 at 10:30AM

Weekly, August •Lego Club – Mondays at 10:30AM

•Community Readers – Wednesday at 9:30PM

August 2018 •”Drawing Club” – August 2 at 1:00PM

•”Outdoor Movie, Wonder” – July 10 at Dusk

•”Tinker Tuesday” – August 14 at 3:30PM

•”Teen Advisory Board Meeting” – July 26 at 6:00PM

Weekly, September •Toddler Tales – Wednesday at 9:30AM

September 2018 •”Tinker Tuesday” – Sept 4 at 3:30PM

•”Drawing Club” – Sept 6 at 3:30PM

•”Building Club” – Sept 11 at 3:30PM

•”Book Club” – Sept 13 at 3:30PM

•”Tinker Tuesday” – Sept 18 at 3:30PM

•”Cooking with Kids” – Sept 20 at 3:45PM

•”Building Club” – Sept 25 at 3:30PM

•”Teen Advisory Board Meeting” – Sept 27 at 6:00PM

Schreiner Memorial Library 113 West Elm Street Lancaster, WI 53813

(608) 723-7304

Recycling Reminder

Tree City USA

To celebrate Arbor Day, Winskill and St. Clements 4th Graders teamed up with City staff to plant trees in Memorial Park, at the Ball Diamond and at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. It was a great event to inspire the students to take care of and appreciate the importance of trees.

Thanks again to Winskill and St. Clements teachers and students for giving back to your community!

Lancaster Police Department

I Scream, You Scream, We ALL Scream for Ice Cream

This Summer, with the help of A&W, McDonald’s, and Bennett’s Mobil, the officers will be looking for kids who are wearing their bike helmets when they are riding their bikes. If they are, they could get “pulled over” and given a coupon for free ice cream!

Thank you, A&W, McDonald’s, and Bennett’s Mobil, for helping us promote bike safety.

Open Book and Board of Review

Assessor: Accurate Appraisal LLC

Open Book: Scheduled for Wednesday, August 1st from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Council Chambers. Open book provides the opportunities for residents to review the 2018 preliminary assessment rolls and speak with representatives from the City’s assessor, Accurate Appraisal LLC, about their property’s assessed value.

Board of Review: Scheduled for Monday, August 20th from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM in the Council Chambers.

To schedule an appointment or for questions call 800-770-3927, visit www.accurateassessor.com, or email questions@accurateassessor.com.