ANNOUNCEMENT: Uniform Addressing Project to Continue in Spring 2019

Marathon County’s Uniform Addressing project will pause temporarily beginning in November 2018, when snow and frozen ground will prohibit the installation of any more street and address signposts.

The 8 municipalities of Berlin, Bern, Halsey, Hamburg, Johnson, Rib Falls, Rietbrock, and Stettin will receive new Uniform Addresses beginning in May 2019, when the countywide re-addressing project is scheduled to resume. Until then, citizens, business owners, and landowners in those municipalities should continue to use their current address (for driver license renewals, check re-ordering, etc.) until they receive an Official Notice of address change from the County next year. For public safety reasons, new addresses cannot be released before then.

It is not yet known if the towns of Brighton, Holton, Hull, and Spencer can be completed before the project is suspended due to weather. County staff will make further announcements when they can determine the best and safest place to stop for the winter.

Come November, nearly 15,000 new Uniform Addresses will have been installed in Marathon County as part of a public safety project to transition to a grid-based, Uniform Addressing System.

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Voting & Uniform Addressing :: Poll Workers to Have Cross-Reference Book of Old/New Addresses to Assist with Voter ID on Election Day

Come November, nearly 15,000 new Uniform Addresses will have been assigned to property owners in Marathon County as part of a public safety project to move to a grid-based Uniform Addressing System. The new addresses should not cause voter identification problems at the polls on November 6, 2018, for the midterm elections.
Marathon County staff have been working with the Wisconsin Election Board in Madison to supply poll workers with cross-reference tables of former and new (uniform) addresses in Marathon County. This cross-check will verify voters who may still have a form of voter ID that lists an old address. According to Marathon County Clerk Nan Kottke: “The municipal clerks and poll workers were well prepared for the August primary, and everything went smoothly.” 

Read the rest of the article here.

 

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Updating or Using Your New Address Online 

When your Uniform Address sign is installed, your new address will already have been updated with the national United States Postal Service (USPS) database. Many companies and online businesses access USPS data through a third-party vendor that issues updates on its own schedule. This may cause a delay in your new address being updated or verified by some companies, utilities, or online businesses. 

AFTER your new address sign is installed, if you’re doing online banking — or using a credit card for an online purchase or payment — and you have problems with your new address being recognized or accepted, simply use your old address until the company updates its customer address list to match the USPS database.

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Sign-Installation Progress Map 

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Questions?

View our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) webpage for answers to common questions about the Uniform Addressing project.

Check out our Documents webpage for downloadable Quick Reference Guides for residents and business owners.

Visit our Assistance webpage for details on in-person, live chat, and phone support for the Uniform Addressing project (provided by Marathon County Public Library staff), educational programs, and more.

If you still have questions after viewing our webpages, please contact the Marathon County Conservation, Planning, & Zoning (CPZ) Department at 715-261-6000 or cpz@co.marathon.wi.us.

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