Village Clerk’s Office
In
addition to having responsibility for taking minutes for all regular Village
Board meetings, Appearance Review Commission, planning and zoning meetings, the
Village Clerk and staff coordinate meeting times and agendas, prepare and
distribute the quarterly newsletter, issue village stickers, codify and update
the Municipal Code Book, coordinate community functions, maintain the village
business directory, and a number of other services for the public and Village
Board. The Village Clerk also has
the responsibility of records management for the Village.
Services
available at Village Clerk’s office:
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Collection of
Village Building Permit Fees
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Collection of
Village Sewer Bills
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Information on
all Village Ordinances and Codes
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New Resident
Information
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Notary Public
Service (no charge)
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Solicitation
Permits
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Voters
Registration
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Weed Enforcement
After
Hours Depository – There is a yellow depository box, by the entry door, at
the Municipal Center located at 7401 Meyer Road.
This depository box may be used for deposit of parking ticket fines,
vehicle sticker requests and payments, and sewer payments.
Drivers
License – To change your drivers license the Secretary of State office is
located in Woodstock on Route 47. To
contact them call 815-338-3109.
Location
of Village Offices and Business Hours –
The Village of Spring Grove
Municipal Centre is located at 7401 Meyer Road, just south of Route 12. Located within the Municipal Centre are the following
departments: Administration,
Village Clerk, Building and Zoning, Police and Public Works. All Village business is conducted during the hours of 8:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The
Municipal Centre is closed New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
New
Resident Information - We have new resident packets available at the Village
Clerk’s Office. Please stop in
and pick one up. Information
including utility and garbage service providers, other government entities,
school districts, park locations, vehicle sticker application, and village map.
Sewer
Billing Information - Only those residents and businesses located within the
special service area in the commercial and industrial areas along Route 12 have
village sewer. Sewer bills are sent
out quarterly with the amount due on or before the fifteenth (15th)
day after the bills are paid.
Solicitation
– The Village has a solicitation ordinance, which regulates the application,
standards, hours, etc. of solicitation. Inspection
of this ordinance is available at the Village Clerk’s office.
If you wish to avoid a visit by any solicitor, place a “No
Solicitation” sign by your front door in plain view of any visitor.
Vehicle
Sticker Information – All residents and businesses of the Village of
Spring Grove are required to purchase vehicle stickers annually for each car,
truck or motorcycle operated by them. These
stickers are valid from October 1 of the issuing year to September 30 of the
following year and are available for purchase all year round.
Pre-printed forms are mailed to residents in late August.
Bring in or mail this form to the Municipal Centre to purchase your
stickers. Vehicle stickers must be
purchased and displayed by October 1 to avoid be charged double.
The Police Department can issue tickets to persons not purchasing vehicle
stickers and a fine can be assessed to offenders.
Persons just moving into the Village during the year have thirty (30)
days to purchase their vehicle stickers.
Weed
Enforcement – The Village of Spring Grove has enacted an ordinance
requiring the cutting of grass and weeds. On improved real estate, weeds cannot
exceed eight inches in height and on unimproved real estate (vacant lots) weeds
cannot exceed twelve inches. This is monitored on a weekly basis during months
when grasses/weeds are actively growing.
