City of Montello
Marquette County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of Montello 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
- 608-297-2727
- lindseym@cityofmontello.com
- Department Site
- City Clerk's Office (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
Lindsey Machkovich, City ClerkCity of Montello
20 Underwood Ave / PO Box 39
Montello, WI 53949
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Confirmed via the WI DSPS Municipalities with Delegated UDC Authority list (parsed with pdfplumber table extraction from the source PDF, pulled Sept 2026): City Clerk Lindsey Machkovich is the listed municipality contact; the DSPS inspector column for this entry was blank, so the specific delegated UDC inspector could not be confirmed from that source -- verify directly with the city. City Hall: 20 Underwood Ave / PO Box 39, Montello, WI 53949. This is the incorporated City of Montello and county seat -- a distinct government from the (unincorporated) Town of Montello, also in Marquette County; do not conflate the 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 — City of Montello'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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