Village of Lena
Oconto County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Lena is a jurisdiction in Oconto 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Tom Smith, Building Inspector (Tom Smith Inspections LLC)2740 Otto Court
Green Bay, WI 54313
tom@tsinspections.com / 920-655-1735
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
DISAMBIGUATION: the Village of Lena and Town of Lena (covered separately below) are two distinct Oconto County governments sharing the 'Lena' name and roughly the same area/ZIP (54139) — verified independently; do not conflate. Confirmed via the village's own official website (villageoflena.net). Building permits are required for any property improvement over $1,000; the village's delegated UDC building inspector is Tom Smith of Tom Smith Inspections LLC, (920) 655-1735, tom@tsinspections.com, 2740 Otto Court, Green Bay, WI 54313, whose forms are hosted at tsinspections.com. Village Hall contact per the official site: 117 E. Main St., Lena, WI 54139, (920) 829-5226 (fax 920-829-5746), email charlene.meier@villageoflena.net. Note: an earlier general web search separately named 'Jodi Marquardt' as Village Clerk/Treasurer at the same phone number — both names are given here as a hedge since staff listings can lag; the villageoflena.net page itself names Charlene Meier. Wisconsin DSPS's UDC Delegated Municipalities list (line 1565, Village of Lena, Oconto County, DOA code 42146) confirms 'Delegated' UDC status but leaves the Municipality Contact/Inspector columns blank on that list.
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 — Village of Lena'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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