Town of Russell

Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Russell is a jurisdiction in Sheboygan 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: 920-286-6133
Email: witkoinspections@gmail.com
Department Site: Town of Russell Building Inspector — Witkowski Inspection Agency LLC (Brian Witkowski) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townrussell.com (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

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

Town of Russell Building Permit Application (PDF) (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Brian Witkowski, Witkowski Inspection Agency LLC
Cell 920-912-0832 / Office 920-286-6133 / witkoinspections@gmail.com
621 Sixth Street, PO Box 98
Kiel, WI 53042

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

Additional Notes

The DSPS delegated-authority list (verified via direct pdfplumber table extraction) shows this town's UDC status as 'Delegated' but its clerk/inspector contact-info cells are genuinely BLANK in the source PDF (double-checked against the raw table). Contact info above instead comes directly from the town's own website (townrussell.com), which should be treated as more current: Building Inspector Brian Witkowski, Witkowski Inspection Agency LLC, cell 920-912-0832 / office 920-286-6133, witkoinspections@gmail.com, 621 Sixth Street / PO Box 98, Kiel, WI 53042, office hours Mon–Thu 8am–noon & by appointment. Town Clerk (general contact): clerk@townrussell.com, 920-254-8738, N9691 Cty. Rd. H, Elkhart Lake, WI 53020. HEDGE: an older/lower-confidence web search result separately surfaced a 'Colleen Schnell' as building permit clerk (920-894-2167 / 920-698-1497) — this conflicts with the town's current official site and is flagged as possibly stale rather than relied upon. IMPORTANT: this is one of THREE unrelated Wisconsin towns named Russell (Bayfield, Lincoln, Sheboygan counties), researched and verified independently — not cross-contaminated with the other two.

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 — Town of Russell'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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