What's New
Emergency Services Referendum
The Village of Belgium has teamed up with the Village of Fredonia, the Town of Fredonia, and the Town of Belgium in a partnership to provide Paramedic-level Emergency Services! The program currently staffs three Paramedics with a goal to be staffed round the clock by the end of 2025. The Joint EMS Paramedic-level Service is temporarily funded through a grant but the grant funds are expected to run out in mid 2025. At that point the Village of Belgium will need to fund our share of the program through our tax levy.
Due to current Levy Limits, the Village of Belgium will be holding a referendum in November to ask tax payers to approve an increase to the tax levy.
For more information please review our Frequently Asked Questions
If you were unable to attend any of the Public Information Meetings please watch this video for more information. This presentation is filled great information about the Paramedic program and real data showing the improvement this program has already brought to our Emergency Medical Services.
If the referendum passes, it will cost the average Belgium household $2.54 per week. For less than one gallon of gas you can provide the highest level of emergency care available outside of a hospital setting.
There is another Public Information Meeting schedule for October 5th @ 9 am at the Belgium Fire Department, 195 Commerce Street.
Property Tax Calculator
To help residents understand the impact the reevaluation of your property and the proposed levy limit referendum will have on property taxes we have prepared a tool to calculate an estimate. You must have access to Excel, Microsoft 365 or Google Sheets to use this tool.
Please note that these numbers do not show what your 2024 taxes will be, it is an estimate only. The Tax Levys and equalized values have not yet been determined.
Click Here to access the tool in Excel or Microsoft 365
Click Here to access the tool in Google Sheets
For more information please contact the Village Treasurer.
If you cannot access the tool online the staff at Village Hall can calculate your estimate for you.
Municipal Online Portal
The Village has a new Online Portal, HeyGov.
Visit our online portal at https://app.heygov.com/belgiumwi.gov or scan the QR Code.
Through the online portal you can make payments, reserve a park shelter, and send requests to the Village.
NOW AVAILABLE: Recycle Card Renewals
Most Building Permit Applications can now be submitted online.
COMING SOON: You will soon be able to complete license applications.
Public Notices
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:
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will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day.
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has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.
The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may make a written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, by fax, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.
Your written request must include:
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your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote
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the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above
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your signature
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a copy of your photo identification*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, October 31, 2024**.
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Village of Belgium Clerk: Theresa Bartley Phone: 262-285-7931
Village Hall address: 104 Peter Thein Avenue
Days and hours of absentee voting: Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday, 8:00 am to noon
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 8:00 am
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is: Friday, November 1, 2024, 5:00 pm
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on November 5, 2024. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
Village of Belgium
November 5, 2024
Referendum Details
At an Election in the Village of Belgium, on Tuesday November 5, 2024, the following question will be submitted to a vote of the people:
Whereas, the State of Wisconsin has imposed levy limits on village, city, and county levies for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) and thereafter under s. 66.0602, Wis. Stat.;
Whereas, s. 66.0602, Wis. Stat. limits the allowable local levy for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) to a percentage increase of no more than the greater of (a) zero percent of the 2023 payable 2024 adjusted actual levy as calculated under the state’s levy limit law or (b) a percentage equal to the percent change in equalized value due to net new construction less improvements removed, which for the Village of Belgium is 2.18%;
Whereas, the Village of Belgium’s 2023 payable 2024 allowable tax levy was $1,529,754, and further whereas the state law would limit this year’s increase to $16,202 (2023 payable 2024 allowable levy of $1,529,754 plus $7,339 personal property aid less $583618 debt service adjustment x 2.18%), for a total allowable Village tax levy of $1,545,956 with adjustments ($1,529,754 plus $20,786 net new construction increase plus a $4,152 increase in debt service from the prior year less a $8736 increase in personal property aid) for 2024 (to be collected in 2025);
Whereas, the Village Board of the Village of Belgium, Ozaukee County, believes that for the 2024 tax levy (to be collected in 2025) it is in the Village’s best interest to exceed the state levy limit as described above funding the Village of Belgium’s share of hiring and retaining fire and emergency medical services personnel and capital purchases for the Intermunicipal Joint ALS-Paramedic program.
Therefore, the Village Board of the Village of Belgium, Ozaukee County does hereby resolve, and order as follows:
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The Village Board supports an increase in the Village tax levy for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) that will exceed the amount allowed by the state levy limit, which would increase the Village levy by 9.677%, which is a dollar increase of $149,600 for a total Village tax levy (after adjustments) of $1,695,556. The requested increase would apply on an ongoing basis.
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The Village Board directs that the question of increasing the allowable Village tax levy for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) by $149,600 over the allowable levy be put to referendum at an election on November 5, 2024.
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The question shall be submitted to the electors as follows: "Under state law, the increase in the levy of the Village of Belgium for the tax to be imposed for the next fiscal year, 2025, is limited to 2.18%, which results in a levy of $1,545,956. Shall the Village of Belgium be allowed to exceed this limit and increase the levy for the next fiscal year, 2025, for the purpose of funding the Village of Belgium’s share of hiring and retaining fire and emergency medical services personnel and capital purchases for the Village of Fredonia Fire Department's Joint ALS-Paramedic program, by a total of 9.677%, which results in a levy of $1,695,556, and on an ongoing basis, include the increase of $149,600 for each fiscal year going forward."
A copy of the entire text of the resolution directing the submission of the question can be obtained from the office of the Village Clerk.
Additional Information
Acceptable Photo ID will be required to vote at this election. If you do not have a photo ID you may obtain a free ID for voting from the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Done in the Village of Belgium,
On August 27th, 2024.
Theresa Bartley, Village Clerk
LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE
At the General Presidential Election to be held on November 5, 2024, in the Village of Belgium, the following polling place location will be used for the wards indicated:
Location Wards
Belgium Village Hall Wards 1, 2, and 3
104 Peter Thein Ave
Belgium, WI 53004
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M. This polling place is accessible to elderly and disabled voters.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk:
Village Clerk, Theresa Bartley - 104 Peter Thein Ave
M-Thur. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and F 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Notice of Meeting of the Local and Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC)
At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors will convene as a joint meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers and the MBOC for the purpose of conducting the local and municipal canvasses pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§7.51 and 7.53(1). This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81-89.
Calendar of Events
The calendar will show any Board or Committee Meetings that have been posted as well as Community Events. You may click on event listings for more information.