Town of Mecan
Marquette County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Mecan is a jurisdiction in Marquette 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
- 920-295-6724
- cgemoll@townofmecan.org
- Department Site
- Caroline Gemoll, Town Clerk (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Tim Tripp — Inspector, General Engineering Co. (unconfirmed exact address)916 Silver Lake Drive
Portage, WI 53901
608-742-2169 / gec@generalengineering.net
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Source: WI DSPS 'Municipalities with Delegated Authority for the UDC' list (dated Aug 19, 2026), which lists Mecan as UDC-delegated with Town Clerk Caroline Gemoll as the municipal contact. UDC one-/two-family construction inspections are performed by Tim Tripp of General Engineering Co. (608-742-2169, gec@generalengineering.net); DSPS notes 'See County of Marquette' as backup, i.e. Marquette County Planning & Zoning (Jean Potter, Zoning Administrator, 608-297-3036, jpotter@co.marquette.wi.us) for county-level zoning/land-use permits. No online permit portal identified. Inspector's mailing address (below) is General Engineering Co.'s main office and is not separately confirmed as Tripp's own address.
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 Mecan'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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