VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4TH!!!!!
It is estimated that there are 2,247 residents of voting age in our community. It would be a great display of citizenship responsibility if all eligible voters did in fact vote in the November 4th General Election.
To be eligible to vote you must:
(a) Be a U.S. citizen.
(b) Be age 18 or older on or before Election Day.
(c) Have resided in the village for 10 days before the election.
(d) Not be disqualified because of incomplete sentence for conviction of a felony offense.
- In order to vote you must be a registered voter.
- If you have not registered to vote in the Village of Combined Locks, you must do so prior to voting at the November 4th election.
- Registering to vote is easy. You simply have to complete a one page form with information that includes your full name, address, and driver’s license information. If you do not have a driver’s license, the last four digits of your social security number are needed.
- We Want to Make Registering to Vote Convenient for You. If You Are Not Already Registered:
* You can register by mail until October 15th by calling the Village Clerk’s Office (tel. 788-7740) to request a voter registration form be mailed to you.
* You can stop by the Municipal Clerk’s Office Monday Thru Friday
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to fill out a voter registration form.
* The Municipal Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, October 18th and Saturday, October 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. to allow people who can’t make it in on week days to register to vote.
*You will be able to register to vote after church services at Christ the King Church and St. Paul’s Church on Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th.
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VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 4, 2008
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote by absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 10 days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot
To Obtain An Absentee Ballot You Must Make a Request In Writing.
Contact the Municipal Clerk and request an application for an absentee ballot to be sent to you for the General Election. You may also request an absentee ballot by letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you reside to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, the date of the election, and your signature.
Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the Municipal Clerk.
You can also personally go to the clerk’s office or other specified location, complete a written application and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot.
The deadline for making application to vote absentee by mail is 5:00pm on Thursday, October 30, 2008.
(Indefinitely confined electors and military electors should contact the Municipal Clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting or submitting an Absentee Ballot.)
The deadline for voting an Absentee Ballot in the Clerk’s Office is 5:00pm on Monday, November 3, 2008.
All voted ballots must be returned to the Municipal Clerk so the Clerk can deliver them to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
Contact information is as follows:
Mark Van Thiel, Administrator/Clerk
Village of Combined Locks
405 Wallace Street
Combined Locks, WI 54113
(920) 788-7740
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday
When you vote at the polls on November 4th:
- Voters will be directed to enter the polls at the Northwest Entrance door to the Civic Center – which is referred to as the “Council Chambers” entrance.
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YARD WASTE SITE
HOURS OF OPERATION
THRU OCTOBER
The Village of Combined Locks provides a yard waste site for village residents only. The current, temporary site is located in back of the Combined Locks Civic Center, adjacent to the cell tower. The hours of operation at the yard waste site are:
Monday thru Friday thru October 31st from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday evenings thru October 22nd: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays thru October 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The yard waste site will close as of November 1st. A new yard waste site area, across from the new Department of Public Works Facility, will go into operation in the spring of 2009.
REFUSE COLLECTION REMINDER
Please take care to place your green refuse container, used for garbage collection, at least four (4) feet away from any container you use for recycling. The distance is needed to insure that obstructions do not interfere with the tip-to-dump garbage collection system.
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NEW TRICK OR TREAT HOURS
Halloween trick or treat hours are 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 31st.
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LARGE RUBBISH COLLECTION
Large refuse items (couches, stoves, TV’s, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, etc.) are collected on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. The village is charged a special fee from the county for the disposal of appliances. Those costs are passed along prior to collection to residents who want to dispose of white goods. The fee schedule for white goods is as follows:
Appliances with refrigeration coils (refrigerators, AC units, dehumidifiers): $15 per appliance
Other appliances (stoves, dryers, water heaters, wash machines, ovens) $10 per appliance.
Large rubbish is not placed in the green refuse container provided to each residence.
The Village of Combined Locks does not collect building and/or demolition materials to include: siding, roofing, plaster, ceiling tiles, concrete, dirt, windows, or doors.
NOT TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Week Garbage & Recycling Collection Schedule:
Tuesday refuse collection and recycling is Tuesday, November 25th
Thursday refuse collection is Wednesday, November 26th
Thursday recycling is Friday, November 28th
Electronics Roundup
Sponsored By
Outagamie County Dept. of Solid Waste
NOVEMBER 15TH
(America Recycles Day)
LOCATION: Habitat Restore, 3000 E. College Avenue
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS: monitors & televisions ($10 each)
CPU, DVDS, Lap Top, Scanner, VCR ($5 each)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.co.outagamie.wi.us/sw/mainpage.html
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FALL REMINDERS
PARKING -TREES- MAIL BOXES - ARCHERY
Winter Parking Restrictions: Winter parking restrictions will kick in as of December 1st. From December thru March, parking on the street is prohibited from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Mail Boxes: For those mailboxes at curbside, please make sure that the front face of your mailbox is located behind the back of curb.
Trees: It is a good idea to water trees in the fall – especially newly planted trees (including terrace trees).
Archery: The village no longer issues Archery Permits. The use of archery equipment for target shooting is allowed at the archery range in Memorial Park.
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TO HONOR OUR FLAG
For many, many years, veterans from VFW Post 10544 placed American Flags on both sides of Wallace Street and along Washington Street for national holidays. Those holidays include: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Flag Day. Because of age and infirmity, these good men were no longer able to continue that tradition.
In 2008 citizen volunteers made sure that American flags were placed in our community. We sincerely thank the following families and organizations for their efforts to place American Flags on community streets:
Darren Giese Family & Boy Scouts
Matt Rooyakkers Family
John Kempen Family
Combined Locks Advancement Association
Roxie Strick & Friends
We are in need of groups, clubs, organizations, and families that would be willing to volunteer time to keep this tradition alive in the community in 2009. This would entail getting up early in the morning on designated holidays to place flags at curbside in pre-drilled holes; then picking the flags up for storage at the end of the day.
If you or your group is interested, please call Village Administrator Mark Van Thiel at tel. 788-7740.
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LEAF LOADER COMETH
In the not-too-distant future we will see the return of leaf collection activities in our community. The Village of Combined Locks does collect leaves at curbside in the fall of the year. Leaf loading activities typically begin about the second or third week of October. Residents are asked to rake leaves into the gutter line. Please make sure that leaf piles are kept low so that children cannot be hidden from motorists’ view and kept close to the curb so as not to interfere with traffic. No other debris (sticks, branches, yard waste) should be placed at the curb for collection. Leaf loading operations will end about the second or third week of November. Where did summer go?
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TREES & BRUSH
The Village of Combined Locks provides curbside brush collection service during the months of April thru the first Wednesday of November and also provides collection of Christmas trees immediately following the holiday season.
Curbside brush is collected on the first and third Wednesdays from August through the first Wednesday in November.
Large brush materials must be piled in a manner so that all cut ends are facing in one direction along the length of the terrace area.
Curbside brush collection service does not include the following:
a. Collecting materials that have been cleared or removed from vacant land.
b. Collecting materials that have been cut by a commercial tree service.
c. Bushes, shrubs, vines or hedge/tree clippings.
FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS
Welcome New Firefighters!
The Combined Locks Fire Department added two new firefighters.
We welcome Darren Doyle and Steve Jahr
and wish them a long and safe firefighting career in Combined Locks.
Congratulations to Roger Nelson on 30 years of service with the Combined Locks Fire Department
Thank You Roger!
Call 911 when you need help
Some citizens have been hesitant to call 911 for various reasons. The Combined Locks Fire Department would like you to know a few things:
· You will not be charged for calling 911 to dispatch the Fire Department
· There is no call too small or too big. When in doubt call 911
· Don’t be bothered if we respond to your call with lights and sirens. It is not for the purpose of drawing attention to you or the Fire Department. It is required as we need to respond in a safe and timely manner.
FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH
9:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.
COMBINED LOCKS CIVIC CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT GARAGE
In conjunction with Fire Prevention Week, the Combined Locks Fire Department would like to invite you to attend our annual Open House on October 12th. We will once again have a variety of safety activities and events including (but not limited to): a visit from ThedaStar medical helicopter, thermal imaging camera demonstration, fire extinguisher simulator, fire truck viewing, and fire station tours.
We will also have brats, burgers and hot dogs along with raffle tickets for prizes donated from businesses located in Combined Locks and surrounding communities. Bring the family for lunch and fire safety tips!
Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
As the heating season nears, remember to replace batteries in smoke
detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. It is recommended that smoke
alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are replaced every 7-10 years.
