Welcome

The Town of Black Earth is located approximately 20 miles west of Madison. The first Europeans to permanently settle here arrived in 1843.  Five years later, the Wisconsin State Legislature created the Town of Farmersville, which was later renamed to Black Earth.  Black Earth is a rural farming community blessed with natural resources, including fertile soils and the popular Black Earth Creek.  (Population 518, 2023) 


Town of Black Earth
NOTICE OF PUBLIC TEST OF ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT
FOR THE VILLAGE & TOWN OF BLACK EARTH

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the test of the DS200 tabulator and ExpressVote voting equipment for the Spring Election & Presidential Preference Primary that will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for the Village and Town of Black Earth will be run on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 10:00 AM at the Municipal Building Meeting Room at 1210 Mills Street, Black Earth, WI  53515.

If you have any questions concerning the testing of the voting machine, please contact your municipal clerk.

Stephanie Zwettler, Clerk
Public Test Notice


VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Town of Black Earth

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day April 2, 2024 may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk.  A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day and has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.  The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot.  Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*. 

Making an Application to Receive an Absentee Ballot by Mail

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you.  You may make a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by fax, by email, or online at www.myvote.wi.gov

Your written request must include your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote; the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different; your signature; and a copy of your photo identification.*

The Deadline for Making an Application to Receive an Absentee Ballot by Mail is:

5:00 PM on the fifth day before the election – March 28, 2024

*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide a photo ID. If this applies to you, contact your municipal clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot. Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror.  If this applies to you, contact your municipal clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an Absentee Ballot In Person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.

Town of Black Earth
Stephanie Zwettler, Clerk
Lower-Level of 1116 Mills St.
Black Earth, WI  53515
608-444-6425
Tuesday – 8:00-12:00 PM
Also by appointment                                   

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:  Tuesday, March 19, 2024

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is:  Friday, March 29, 2024

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.  The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.  Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

Posted:  March 5, 2024


TOWN OF BLACK EARTH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

     NOTICE is hereby given that the Town of Black Earth Town Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the lower level of the Breunig Accounting building, located at 1116 Mills St., Black Earth, Wisconsin, to hear public input regarding the proposed amendments to the Town’s Land Division Ordinance.

PETITION TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE
TOWN OF BLACK EARTH LAND DIVISION ORDINANCE

The Town Board of the Town of Black Earth does hereby petition to amend the Land Division Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section (4) Lots, summarized as follows:

– To allow exceptions for a second or third lot if one lot has at least sixty-six (66) feet
  of public road frontage and has deeded access and a joint driveway agreement with any
  additional lots.

– To define the minimum residential lot size to two (2) acres.  

A draft of the proposed amendments can be viewed by contacting the Town Clerk or visiting the Town of Black Earth website:  https://town.blackearth.wi.us.

Dated this 14th day of March 2024.

Stephanie Zwettler, Town Clerk
Notice of Public Hearing
Land Division Ordinance – with amendments

Publish:  March 21 and March 28, 2024


SOLAR INSTALLATIONS
     The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has a new webpage to help applicants for solar installations.  Solar installations are becoming more frequent as individuals, communities, companies, and utilities seek renewable energy solutions.  The webpage focuses on ground-mounted projects as they have a broader impact on the environment than building-mounted or home installations.

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Sectors/SolarInstallations