Month: December 2025

Winter Season Is Here Again!

Frozen pipes are headaches that are avoidable.  It’s time to make sure your windows and vents are closed, heat tapes are working, and everything is insulated to prevent your water lines from freezing. Also please check your outside faucets to make sure they are turned off and hoses drained. 

With the cold weather and winds expected this weekend, it only takes a few minutes for water to freeze in your pipes that are exposed.

Thank You

Oconto Water Department   

December 12, 2025

Notice of USPS policy change on postmarks

may affect tax payment timeliness

Taxpayers who pay their property tax bills by mail need to be aware of a recent U.S. Postal Service policy change that may affect when envelopes are postmarked.

Effective December 24, 2025, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is moving the postmark process from local application to regional sorting centers.

This means your postmark could be several days after you put your payment in your mailbox.

Federal and State laws define timely payment based off the USPS postmark, meaning payments may be considered delinquent if they are mailed too close to the deadline

How can you ensure a timely tax payment?

• Mail your payment earlier than usual.
• Physically bring your payment into the post office and request they postmark your payment in front of you or by sending it via certified mail.
• Bring your payment directly into your Clerk’s office.

Published 12/31/25 & 1/7/26

Notice of Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance Text Revisions in the City of Oconto, Oconto, Wisconsin

January 20, 2026

6:00 P.M. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in the City of Oconto that there will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the Oconto City Council in the Council Chambers, at City Hall, 1210 Main Street, Oconto, WI  54153, to solicit comments on proposed zoning ordinance text revisions. A copy of the proposed ordinance text revisions is available at Oconto City Hall, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or at www.cityofoconto.com.

• An Ordinance Regarding Revisions to the Zoning Ordinance in the Municipal Code of Ordinances for the City of Oconto – Prohibited Uses – Semi Trailer Units Used for Storage Purposes, Both Wheeled and Unwheeled

All persons interested are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Written comments may be submitted to: City of Oconto, Attn: Brittney Burruel, 1210 Main St, Oconto, WI 54153

Brittney M. Burruel,

City Administrator

CITY OF OCONTO

SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL

Under City Ordinance No. 986 and Section 6-2-7 it shall be duty of the owners and/or the occupants of any lot or parcel of land in the City of Oconto to remove, or cause to be removed, the snow and ice from any and all sidewalks.

The owner or occupant will have forty-eight hours to remove any snow or ice after the cessation of any fall of snow.

The Superintendent of Public Works or his designee shall remove or cause the snow to be removed from any and all sidewalks that may be neglected by the owner or occupant and a fee shall be assessed against the owner or occupant for the cost and expense of moving such snow. The minimum cost for the removal will be $150.00

Jeremy Wusterbarth

Superintendent of Parks & Public Works

City of Oconto

Snow Plowing and Removal

Under City Ordinance Chapter 2 Section 6-2-11 (Unlawful Dumping on Streets.) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited, dump, sort, scatter or leave any snow or ice in any public street, sidewalk, and alley or upon any public property of another without the express permission of the owner of occupant thereof.

Citations will be issued for any person violating the above said ordinance.

Jeremy Wusterbarth

Superintendent of Public Works & Utilities