City of Markesan
Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of Markesan is a jurisdiction in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. 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
- 920-398-3031
- bamend@markesanwi.gov
- Department Site
- Building Inspector's Office (City Hall) (opens in a new tab)
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Ryan Gifford (General Engineering, Inc.) — also listed elsewhere as Tim Tripp, same firmCity Hall, 150 S. Bridge Street
Markesan, WI 53946
Inspector's office: Portage, WI 53901
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
City contracts building inspection to General Engineering, Inc. (Portage, WI). The city's own current webpage names the assigned inspector as Ryan Gifford (608-683-6178, rgifford@generalengineering.net); an earlier/alternate snapshot of the same page instead named Tim Tripp (608-745-4070 / 608-617-6873, ttripp@generalengineering.net). General Engineering appears to rotate or has recently updated assigned inspectors — confirm the current assignment by phone. City Clerk/Treasurer is Betsy Amend per WI DSPS.
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 — City of Markesan'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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