Public Hearing: Comprehensive Plan Update: TOWN OF RICHMOND, WISCONSIN ST. CROIX COUNTY  NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Richmond Plan Commission will be conducting a public hearing on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM at the Richmond Town Hall located at 1428 100th Street, New Richmond, WI 54017, to consider an update to the Town of Richmond Comprehensive Plan described as follows:   Update chapters within the Comprehensive Plan document including Demographic Information, Resident Survey Results, Housing, Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities, Agricultural/Natural Resources/Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use, and Implementation Plan     Pertinent Plan update information is available at the following link:https://sccwi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8578/Town-of-Richmond-Comprehensive-Plan-Draft  And for viewing at the New Richmond Carleton A. Friday Memorial Library located at 155 East 1st Street, New Richmond, WI  54017   If you have questions about the Comprehensive Plan Update, please contact John Hilgers, St. Croix County, Senior Planner, at 715-386-4672 or [email protected].   Interested persons may submit written or oral comments related to this matter any time prior to the hearing, or at the hearing. Written comments will be distributed to the Town Plan Commissioners for review and consideration.   Please submit written comments by mail or email to:  Pat Earley, Town of Richmond Clerk Mail:  1453 County Road GG, New Richmond, WI 54017 Email: [email protected]   ATTEST: Pat Earley, Town Clerk, Town of Richmond 

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT 2023 SPRING ELECTION – APRIL 4, 2023

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an 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 28 consecutive days before the election.  The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.  

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING:

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for absentee ballot be sent to you for the election.  You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter, or you may apply for an absentee ballot online at MyVote.wi.gov.  Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature.  You must include a copy of an acceptable form of Photo ID.  You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail, email or in person.

THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING APPLICATION TO RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL IS 5:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023 FOR MOST ELECTORS. 

Note: 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 regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot on or after MARCH 21st in person in the Clerk’s office by appointment.

Pat Earley, Clerk
[email protected]
715-808-1795