Town of Centerville

Manitowoc County                                                                                    State of Wisconsin

***Please click on one of these links to go the desired information:

Fire Department                                                                   Resident Handbook

Election Info                                                                        Burning Permits

School Info                                                                        Building Permits

Post Offices                                                                        Posting Locations

County Board Rep                                                            Dog Damage

State Rep/Senator                                                            Dog Licenses

US Rep/Senators                                                            Tax Payment Information

Recycling                                                                           Weed Notice

Town of Centerville has a resident handbook which you can print with information on elections, officers, recycling, etc.  Please follow this link to print a copy of our current Handbook:  Resident Handbook     -back to top-

Please follow the "Centerville Map" link for a map of the Town of Centerville showing current zoning as well as schools districts within the Town:    Centerville Map

Fire Department/EMS/Disaster Control:  The Town of Centerville is served by the volunteer Cleveland Fire Department, the Cleveland First Responders and the Lakeshore Disaster Support group.  If you are interested in joining any of these groups as a volunteer, please contact Clerk for more information.  We also have a contract with the Manitowoc Fire Department to provide ambulance service.  Web site for Fire Department:  Cleveland Fire Dept.       -back to top-

Election Info:  Town elections are held at Lakeshore Technical College located in the Village of Cleveland (1290 North Avenue) in the Wells Fargo Conference Room.  The polls are open from 7 AM until 8 PM for every election.  For absentee ballots, please contact the Town Clerk.  Voter registration is required in the State of Wisconsin.  Please use links below for absentee ballot application and your voter public access which gives voters one-stop access to information about exercising their right to vote: 

Absentee Ballot Application  Voter Public Access Info

Elections for 2012: Notice of Provisional Ballots and Outstanding Ballots are posted here: 

Recall Primary Election May 8, 2012  (one outstanding military ballot)

Recall Election June 5, 2012

Fall Primary (NEW DATE) August 14, 2012

Fall General Election and Presidential November 6, 2012

School Info:  The Town has three school districts and their links follow:  Manitowoc Public School, Kiel Area School and Sheboygan Area School.  -back to top-

Post Offices:  Residents are served by either the Newton Post Office (for those with a Newton, WI, mailing address) or the Cleveland Post Office (for those with a Cleveland, WI mailing address).  Newton Post Office does not have a web site but follow link for Cleveland Post Office:  Cleveland Post Office  -back to top-

County Board Rep:  Our County Board Representative is Kevin Behnke (726-4562).  -back to top-

State Rep/Senator and US Rep/Senators:  Our Wisconsin State Assembly Representative is Bob Ziegelbauer and our Wisconsin State Senator is Joe Liebham.  Our U.S. Representative is Thomas Petri and our two U.S. Senators are Herb Kohl and Ron Johnson  -back to top-

Recycling:  The Town of Centerville shares recycling/solid waste services with the Town of Newton.  The site is located on the corner of Center Road and Carstens Lake Road in the Town of Newton (across from the Newton Town Hall).  Please follow this link to the Town of Newton's web page for information on items collected and prices:  Town of Newton Recycling Site.  Please note Town of Centerville residents are not allowed use of the old landfill site on Newton Road for brush collection--this is only for Newton residents. 

Site is operated every Saturday from 8 AM until 4 PM.  Site closed when a Holiday falls on Saturday.  Recycling is mandatory.  For information on how to recycle, please go to the "Town Meetings" tab at the top of the page, scroll down to Chapter 8 - Recycling/Solid Waste.  You can search for solid waste/recycling within this chapter.  The Town's Recycling Brochure can be viewed from the following link:  RECYCLING BROCHURE  SPANISH BROCHURE

The following is a link to the Manitowoc County web site that shows:  Manitowoc County  Recycling and Disposal Guide

The following link is to the Manitowoc County Recycling Center website to help educate and inform people about recycling and special collection events in this area:  -back to top-

Burning Permits:  Permits are required year-round.  Permits can be obtained by contacting either the Chairman, one of the Supervisors or the Zoning Administrator.  They are also available from the Cleveland Fire Chief.  These permits are issued for burning clean wood only or as a land management tool.  You can download a permit from this link to print off and fill out before contacting the above people:  BURNING PERMIT.  DNR Regulations--please read before using a prescribed fire as a tool in land management.  -back to top-

Building Permits:  Please contact Zoning Administrator for construction over $800.00 or any new structure to insure compliance with zoning/setback ordinances. 

Posting Locations:  All meeting notices are posted in four locations throughout the Town:  Pack'er Inn (6619 County Road F), Lakeshore Metals (corner of Beech Street and East Jefferson Street), Schmidt Excavating Inc. (8229 North Avenue) and at Lakeshore Technical College, 1290 North Avenue (which is our current location for our Town Hall).  Please use east driveway and meetings are posted on the glass doors outside the ramp going up to the Wells Fargo Conference Room entrance. 

Dog Damage:  Please report dog damage immediately to the Law Enforcement Officer.  Failure to report promptly could result in loss of damage payment.  -back to top-

Dog Licenses:  Dog licenses shall be paid for with the real estate taxes.  Dog licenses will be issued only when a rabies inoculation receipt from the veterinarian is shown at time of payment.  Any dog five months old and older should be vaccinated and licensed.  Fees are $5.00 for neutered or spayed dogs and $10.00 for unneutered or unspayed dogs.  After April 1, we must charge an additional $25.00 late fee.  We have a dog census taker who stops by every residence sometime during the months of July and August to obtain a count of dogs as well as to update our population count for our local disaster group.  -back to top-

Tax Payment Information:  The first installment of taxes are payable to the Town of Centerville and our Treasurer collects them at her home (see phone number and address under Town Board page link to Treasurer).  Second installment is paid to the Manitowoc County Treasurer. 

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Weed Notice:  Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sec. 66.0407, WI Statutes, to each and every owner, occupant or person in control of all private lands within the Town of Centerville that it is their duty to destroy all noxious weeds on such property.  Noxious weeds include Canada Thistle, Leafy Spurge and Field Bindweed (Creeping Jenny).  The following are defined as nuisance weeds: Purple Loosestrife, Burdock, Wild Mustard and Yellow Rocket.  Please click on each name to see pictures of that weed.  If any person neglects to destroy any weeds required, the Town Board shall cause all such weeds to be destroyed in a manner deemed to be the most economical.  An accurate account of the expenses of that weed cutting will be kept and will be sent to the property owner.  If unpaid by the end of the current year, the unpaid amount will be placed on the tax roll and collected as other taxes are collected.   -back to top-