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2016-2017 Official Directory JUNE 2016-2017 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY EAU CLAIRE COUNTY WISCONSIN TELEPHONE LISTING ADMINISTRATION .............................................. 715.839.5106 AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER .. 715.839.4735 AIRPORT ............................................................... 715.839.4900 BEAVER CREEK RESERVE ................................ 715.877.2212 CENTRAL PRINTING .......................................... 715.839.6213 CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY ................................ 715.839.4770 CHILDREN’S COURT SERVICES ……………...715.839.6111 CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT .............................. 715.839.4816 CORPORATION COUNSEL ................................. 715.839.4836 COUNTY BOARD ................................................. 715.839.4835 COUNTY CLERK .................................................. 715.839.4801 COURT-BRANCH I............................................... 715.839.6149 COURT-BRANCH II ............................................. 715.839.6149 COURT-BRANCH III ............................................ 715.839.7732 COURT-BRANCH IV ............................................ 715.839.6170 COURT-BRANCH V ............................................. 715.839.6029 DISTRICT ATTORNEY ........................................ 715.839.4828 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORD ........... 715.839.4736 FACILITIES ........................................................... 715.839.4739 FINANCE DEPARTMENT ................................... 715.839.2879 HEALTH DEPARTMENT ..................................... 715.839.4718 HIGHWAY ............................................................. 715.839.2952 HOUSING AUTHORITY ...................................... 715.839.6240 HUMAN RESOURCES ......................................... 715.839.4710 HUMAN SERVICES ............................................. 715.839.2300 HUMANE ASSOCIATION ................................... 715.839.4747 INFORMATION SYSTEMS .................................. 715.839.4841 JUDICIAL COURT COMMISSIONER ................. 715.839.6029 MEDICAL EXAMINER ........................................ 715.717.4121 PARKS AND FOREST .......................................... 715.839.4783 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT .................... 715.839.4741 PUBLIC DEFENDER ............................................ 715.836.2006 PURCHASING ....................................................... 715.839.5114 REGISTER IN PROBATE/ CLERK OF JUVENILE COURT ........................... 715.839.4823 REGISTER OF DEEDS ......................................... 715.839.4745 SHERIFF ................................................................ 715.839.4709 TREASURER ......................................................... 715.839.4805 TRINITEAM INC. ................................................. 715.836.8106 TRY MEDIATION INC. ........................................ 715.839.6295 U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT ............................... 715.839.2980 UW-EXTENSION .................................................. 715.839.4712 VETERANS SERVICE .......................................... 715.839.4744 JUNE 2016-2017 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF EAU CLAIRE COUNTY Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday CLOSED WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS web site: www.co.eau-claire.wi.us e-mail: [email protected] Ag./Extension .......................... 227 First St. West, Altoona 54720 Airport ..................................... 3800 Starr Ave., Eau Claire 54703 Courthouse ............................ 721 Oxford Ave., Eau Claire 54703 Highway ................................. 2000 Spooner Ave., Altoona 54720 Parks and Forest ...................... 227 First St. West, Altoona 54720 GREGG MOORE Chair 715.839.4835 COLLEEN A. BATES First Vice Chair 715.835.9813 KATHLEEN CLARK Second Vice Chair 715.839.8885 KATHRYN SCHAUF County Administrator 715.839.5106 JANET K. LOOMIS County Clerk 715.839.4803 i TABLE OF CONTENTS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT President’s Cabinet 1 Supreme Court 1 Senate 2 House of Representatives 2 STATE GOVERNMENT State Officers 3 Supreme Court 4 Court of Appeals 4 Senate 5 Assembly 6 COUNTY GOVERNMENT County Officers 8 County Circuit Court 8 Board of Supervisors 8 Standing Committees 13 Boards, Commissions & Councils 15 County Board Supervisors on Committees, Commissions & Boards 20 County Offices 24 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Town 28 Village 41 City 43 COUNTY STATISTICS 46 COUNTY MAP 47 COUNTY BOARD MEETING DATES 48 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY 49 ii FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 202.456.1414 www.whitehouse.gov PRESIDENT.....BARACK OBAMA (D) VICE PRESIDENT.......JOE BIDEN (D) Terms expire January 2017 PRESIDENT'S CABINET Attorney General, Dept. of Justice........... Loretta E. Lynch Secretary of Agriculture ........................Thomas J. Vilsack Secretary of Commerce ............................. Penny Pritzker Secretary of Defense ..................................... Ashton Carter Secretary of Education ........................................John King Secretary of Energy ..................................... Ernest Moniz Secretary of Health & Human Services ……………..Sylvia Mathews Burwell Secretary of Dept. of Homeland Security ....... Jeh Johnson Secretary of Housing & Urban Development ................................... Julian Castro Secretary of Interior ......................................... Sally Jewell Secretary of Labor .................................. Thomas E. Perez Secretary of State .............................................. John Kerry Secretary of Transportation ......................... Anthony Foxx Secretary of Treasury ........................................... Jack Lew Secretary of Veterans Affairs ………….Robert McDonald UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT U.S. Supreme Court Building One First Street NE Washington, DC 20543 202.479.3000 JOHN G. ROBERTS, Chief Justice Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. Stephen G. Breyer Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Clarence Thomas Anthony Kennedy Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1 vacancy) 1 UNITED STATES SENATORS TAMMY BALDWIN (D) 717 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202.224.5653 30 West Mifflin Street, Suite 700 Madison, WI 53703 608.264.5338 www.baldwin.senate.gov Term: Six Years - Expires January 2019 RON JOHNSON (R) 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202.224.5323 219 Washington Avenue, Suite 100 Oshkosh, WI 54901 920.230.7250 www.ronjohnson.senate.gov Term: Six Years - Expires January 2017 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RON KIND (D) 1502 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 202.225.5506 www.kind.house.gov 131 South Barstow Street, Suite 301 Eau Claire, WI 54701 715.831.9214 Term: Two Years - Expires January 2017 2 STATE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE HOTLINE 1.800.362.9472 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU One East Main Street, Suite 200 Madison, WI 53703 608.266.0341 www.legis.wisconsin.gov STATE OFFICERS Governor SCOTT WALKER (R) 115 East Capitol, Madison, WI 53702 608.266.1212 www.walker.wi.gov Lieutenant Governor REBECCA KLEEFISCH (R) P.O. Box 2043, Madison, WI 53702 608.266.3516, Fax 608.267.3571 [email protected] Secretary of State DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE (D) P.O. Box 7848, Madison, WI 53707-7848 608.266.8888 www.sos.state.wi.us State Treasurer MATT ADAMCZYK (R) B41 West, State Capitol, Madison, WI 53701 855.375.2274 www.statetreasury.wi.gov Attorney General BRAD D. SCHIMEL (R) P.O. Box 7857, Madison, WI 53707-7857 608.266.1221, Fax 608.267.2779 www.doj.state.wi.us Term: Four Years - Expires January 2019 Superintendent of Public Instruction TONY EVERS P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 800.441.4563 www.dpi.state.wi.us Term: Four Years - Expires July 2017 3 STATE SUPREME COURT P.O. Box 1688 Madison, WI 53701-1688 608.266.1880 CHIEF JUSTICE PATIENCE D. ROGGENSACK Term Expires 2023 Associate Justices SHIRLEY S ABRAHAMSON ............................................ 2019 ANN WALSH BRADLEY ................................................... 2025 REBECCA G. BRADLEY................................................... 2026 MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN ................................................ 2018 ANNETTE KINGSLAND ZIEGLER ................................ 2017 VACANT Term: Ten Years - Expires July 31 COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 3 Court Chambers are located in Wausau 2100 Stewart Avenue, Suite 310 Wausau, WI 54401 715.848.1421 THOMAS M. HRUZ............................................................ 2022 MARK A. SEIDL ................................................................. 2021 LISA K. STARK .................................................................. 2019 Term: Six Years - Expires July 31 4 SENATE 23rd SENATE DISTRICT (That part of Eau Claire County in Assembly District 68) TERRY MOULTON (R) 980 118th Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707-7882 608.266.7511 888.437.9436 [email protected] Term: Four Years - Expires January 2019 31st SENATE DISTRICT (That part of Eau Claire County in Assembly Districts 91 and 93) KATHLEEN VINEHOUT (D) W1490 Cesler Valley Road Alma, WI 54610 P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707-7882 608.266.8546 877.763.6636 [email protected] Term: Four Years - Expires January 2019 5 ASSEMBLY Term: Two Years - Expires January 2017 68th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT (23rd Senate) Towns of Bridge Creek, Clear Creek, Fairchild, Lincoln, Ludington, Otter Creek, Seymour, Wilson; Villages of Fall Creek and Fairchild; Cities of Altoona and Augusta; City of Eau Claire Wards 11, 16, 36, 37, 54 KATHLEEN BERNIER (R) 10923 40th Avenue Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 P.O. Box 8952
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