Town of Westfield
Marquette County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 18, 2026
Town of Westfield is a jurisdiction in Marquette 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
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Jean Potter, Zoning Administrator, Marquette CountyMarquette County Planning & Zoning Dept.
77 West Park Street, PO Box 21
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
DSPS delegated-agent list shows Town Clerk Molly Buchholz, 608-296-1314, townwestfield@gmail.com, with UDC authority delegated to Marquette County (see Village of Westfield entry for county contact: Jean Potter, 608-297-3036; inspector Tim Tripp, General Engineering Co., 608-742-2169). HEDGE: the town's own current website separately lists a clerk contact phone of (262) 914-4645 (mailing PO Box 157, Westfield, WI 53964) with an email that could not be captured in plain text — it is unclear whether this reflects a newer clerk than the DSPS record; both numbers are provided since it could not be resolved which is more current. This is a DISTINCT municipality from the Village of Westfield (Marquette County) and from the unrelated Town of Westfield in Sauk County — verify before use.
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 Westfield'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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