Village of Ogdensburg

Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Ogdensburg is a jurisdiction in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 920-687-0426

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Paul Hermes, Building Inspector
730 Windflower Way
Kimberly, WI 54136
Cell: 920-858-0102

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Building inspector listed in Waupaca County's Directory of Public Officials as Paul Hermes (office 920-687-0426, cell 920-858-0102), appearing to be a privately contracted inspector rather than village staff; this could not be independently corroborated on a village-run source, and no email address was found — treat as an unconfirmed lead. The village's own site (villageofogdensburg.org) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch during research, so permitDeptUrl is left null; general village contact per third-party listings: 407 Main Street, PO Box 135, Ogdensburg WI 54962, board meets 2nd Monday 8:00am. A Land Use Permit (prerequisite to the building permit) is issued separately by Waupaca County Planning & Zoning, 811 Harding St., Waupaca WI 54981, phone 715-258-6255.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of Ogdensburg's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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