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Marquette County Alarm Ordinance
Notice to All Marquette County Residents and Land Owners
The County Board of Marquette passed a Commercial/Residential Alarm Ordinance that went into effect on January 1, 2010. The ordinance was requested by the Sheriff of Marquette County as a result of the increasing amount of alarm systems being installed in Marquette County and the response to those alarms by law enforcement staff. The purpose of the alarm ordinance is to establish regulations, standards, and controls relating to the type, use, and installation of police alarm devices. As the Sheriff of Marquette County I encourage citizens and business’s to protect themselves and their property by using a quality alarm system. There is a whole host of vendors and suppliers of alarm equipment that will do a very good job of installing and maintaining the equipment that you purchase. The ordinance is short but to the point. Basically, if you have an alarm system on your property and that alarm system utilizes a system that notifies the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office of any intrusions or problems at your property, you must have your alarm system registered with the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office. There is no fee for the registration and the information gathered from the registration papers will be kept confidential. As you read through the ordinance you will see that there is a penalty portion as part of the ordinance. This penalty portion is targeted for the alarms that are habitually malfunctioning and causing our officers to respond to alarms that are not authentic. You may get a copy of the ordinance and registration form from the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office at 67 Park Street, Montello, WI or by clicking on the following links: Microsoft Word Format Adobe PDF Format
If you have any questions about the ordinance or the procedure, please feel free to contact the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office and they will be glad to answer your questions.
CodeRED Marquette County has contracted with Emergency Communications Network, INC., of Ormond Beach, Florida, for its “CodeRED” high-speed telephone emergency notifications services. The CodeRED system gives officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notification/information messages to targeted areas or the entire county at a rate of up to 60,000 calls per hour. Marquette County Sheriff Kim Gaffney cautioned that such systems are only as good as the telephone database supporting them. “If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be called”. The CodeRED system not only offers faster calling rates and improved message delivery, it gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone number directly to the system’s telephone database. Gaffney emphasized that this is an extremely important feature. To ensure no one is omitted, Gaffney urges all individuals and businesses to log onto Marquette County’s website, WWW.CO.MARQUETTE.WI.US and follow the link to the “CodeRED Residential and Business Data Collection” page. Those without Internet access may call to give their information over the phone. Required information includes first and last name, street address (physical address, no P.O. boxes), city, state, zip code, and primary phone number, additional phone numbers (optional). No one should automatically assume his or her phone number is included, Gaffney said. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the last year, and who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone. Gaffney explained that the “CodeRED system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency notification calls in any given situation. The system works fine for cell phones too, but we have to have a street address”. People who have recently moved but kept the same listed or unlisted phone number also need to change their address in the database. Gaffney stated, “CodeRED gives those who want to be included an easy and secure method for doing so. The information will only be used for emergency notification purposes”. Questions should be directed to the Sheriff’s Department at 608-297-2115. To sign up for CodeRED please click this link https://login.coderedweb.com/codereddataentry/Default.aspx?groupid=tKPtDh2D3bpHFsKTfQh0Yw%3d%3d,.
Pay Your Taxes Online!!
Don't want to come to the Courthouse to pay your taxes? Want to pay from your easy chair online by credit card? Marquette County is now giving their residents an easier and secure method of paying their taxes online from the comfort of their home. To access this feature, click on the following link: If paying taxes for Marquette County please be sure to use County Judicial Code #5945 If you have any questions please contact our County Treasurer at 297-3030 or dcampbell@co.marquette.wi.us .
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