Recycling Tips - Pizza Boxes

Did you know that only the clean part of a pizza box can be placed in your recycling bin? Watch the video below to learn more about recycling pizza boxes and how to prevent recycling contamination.

Pizza Box Recycling

For more information about garbage and recycling in the Village of Waunakee, click the links below:

Recycling Information
Common Contaminants
Waunakee Waste Information

No Trash or Recycling Pick-up on New Year's Day

Pelitteri will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 due to the New Year holiday.

Residents will be serviced one day later than their normal service day for the remainder of the week. Residents normally serviced on Friday will be serviced on Saturday, January 4, 2020.

Since collection routes may be serviced differently, your pick-up time may be altered. As always, please make sure to have your carts out by 7:00 AM for collection. (click here for more information).

Also, like Pellitteri's new Facebook page to keep up to date on Pellitteri happenings!

Curious about your recycling? Check out the expanded recycling list and recycling video to see what is recyclable and how it gets sorted. Want to be a super recycler? Check out the recycling tip videos!

Village Hall Holiday Hours

Tuesday, December, 31, 2019 (Closing at Noon)
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 (Closed)

Village Hall located at 500 West Main Street will be closed due to the New Year Holiday.  Normal business hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2020.

Tree Trimming

The Parks/Streets Department will be trimming terrace trees this winter, weather permitting. Please call the Village Garage at (608) 849-5892 if you have any questions.

Holiday Trash and Recycling

The holidays are a time for giving, but they can also generate a lot of extra waste. While it’s always better to try to reduce the amount of waste we create, having extra after the holidays is almost inevitable. Below are some guidelines on how to deal with those items.

The following seasonal items can be placed in your blue Pellitteri Recycling cart:

• Gift boxes
• Wrapping and tissue paper (NOT the foil-type)
• Cardboard wrapping paper tubes 
• Paper greeting cards (NO photo paper please) and gift tags
• Envelopes
• Cardboard (flatten, cut down to 4’ x 4’ sections or smaller)

Other items that can be recycled elsewhere:

• Christmas trees – will be picked up by the Village (does not pertain to private streets) 
• Christmas lights and electrical cords – drop off at Waunakee Neighborhood Connection - 208 S. Century Avenue
• Styrofoam – EPS/Styrofoam can be dropped off at Reynolds Urethane Recycling, Inc. located in Madison at 2701 Progress Road. 

Did You Know?  Additional recycling can be placed in a clear garbage bag (available at Ace Hardware) and placed next to your blue recycling cart. Pellitteri will pick this up at no charge with your regular recycling.

Special trash tags can be purchased for extra garbage that doesn’t fit in your brown trash cart. The tags are $15 for a sheet of 5 and are available at Village Hall - 500 West Main Street. 

Click the link below for more details:

Trash/Recycling Information

Village Board Meeting on YouTube

The Village of Waunakee has uploaded the most recent Village Board meeting (12/16/2019) To YouTube. The meeting can be found by clicking the link below:

Village Board Meeting

For more information, please contact Caitlin Stene, Deputy Administrator / Village Clerk at cstene@waunakee.com or 608-850-2827.

Village Hall Holiday Hours

Tuesday, December, 24, 2019 (Closing at Noon)
Wednesday December 25, 2019 (Closed)

Village Hall located at 500 West Main Street will be closed due to the Christmas Holiday.  Normal business hours will resume on Thursday, December 26, 2019.

Recycling Tips - Water Contamination

Paper and cardboard are some of the most common and easily recycled items. But did you know they can’t be recycled if they’re wet? Now that winter weather has arrived be sure to keep the lid of your recycling bin closed and remember to place extra recycling in clear plastic recycling bags next to your bin. Watch this short video to learn more.

Water Contamination

For more information about garbage and recycling in the Village of Waunakee, click the links below:

Recycling Information
Common Contaminants
Waunakee Waste Information

No Trash or Recycling Pick-up on Christmas Day

Pellitteri will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 due to the Christmas holiday.

Residents will be serviced one day later than their normal service day for the remainder of the week. Residents normally serviced on Friday will be serviced on Saturday, December 28, 2019.

Since collection routes may be serviced differently, your pick-up time may be altered. As always, please make sure to have your carts out by 7:00 AM for collection. (click here for more information).

Also, like Pellitteri's new Facebook page to keep up to date on Pellitteri happenings!

Curious about your recycling? Check out the expanded recycling list and recycling video to see what is recyclable and how it gets sorted. Want to be a super recycler? Check out the recycling tip videos!

Plan Commission Meeting on YouTube

The Village of Waunakee has uploaded the most recent Waunakee Plan Commission meeting (12/9/2019) to YouTube. Please click the link below for more details:

Plan Commission

New Village Board Agenda Available

To view the agenda for the December 16, 2019 Village Board meeting, please click the link below:

Agenda

Neighborhood Listening Session

Arboretum Elementary School Library
1350 Arboretum Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
Wednesday, January 22, 20202
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Please join Village President Chris Zellner for a Neighborhood Listening Session at tArboretum Elementary School in Waunakee. Listening sessions are held several times throughout the year at different locations around the Village. Anyone is welcome to attend.

The purpose of the listening session is to give Village residents the opportunity to meet informally with Village President Chris Zellner and members of the Village’s management team to discuss issues and ask questions. Topics of discussion can cover a variety of issues including Waunakee’s growth, improvements and current projects, conditions of the neighborhood, traffic, public safety issues, or any other Village-related issues.

We are eager to hear from you and your neighbors in this comfortable and informal setting. If you are unable to attend but have something you would like to discuss with us, please contact Village Administrator Todd Schmidt at 608-850-5227 or administrator@waunakee.com.

Tax Collection

Taxes can be paid at Village Hall during office hours. Please note the State Bank of Cross Plains in Waunakee also accepts tax payments in their lobby.


Village Hall

500 W. Main Street

Mon through Fri - 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Tue, December 24 - 7:00 AM - Noon
Wed, December 25 - CLOSED
Tue, December 31 - 7:00 AM - Noon
Wed, January 1 - CLOSED


State Bank of Cross Plains

610 W Main St

Lobby Hours:
Mon through Fri - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue, December 24 - 9:00 AM - Noon
Wed, December 25 - CLOSED
Tue, December 31 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed, January 1 - Closed

New Styrofoam Recycling Drop-Off Location

Please take a minute to read this important announcement from Brian Duzan, VP Operations, Uniek, Inc. 

Currently Uniek Inc., at 805 Uniek Drive in the Waunakee Business Park, accepts EPS/Styrofoam at drop-off containers for recycling. Due to business growth and building constraints, we decided that we were going to need to find a partner company in the Dane County area to take over the Styrofoam recycling process. My goal was to keep this important program in place, and continue to provide businesses and municipalities within the Dane County area a place to drop off and recycle EPS packaging; thus avoiding the landfilling this material. We are announcing that Reynolds Urethane Recycling Inc. located on the east side of Madison will be taking over this process at their operation in December. We will continue to allow residents within the Waunakee Village to drop off material at our outside bins until Dec 20th. After that time, Reynolds will be the primary location for dropping of material. They are located in Madison at 2701 Progress Road. We thank you for all of your efforts over the years in supporting our process, for helping to keep materials from the landfill, and encourage you to utilize the ongoing service provided by Reynolds.

Recycling Tips - Aluminum Cans

Did you know that it's not necessary to crush your aluminum cans before tossing them in your recycling bin? In fact a flattened can could be confused for paper and could contaminate our recycling stream. Take a moment to watch this short video to learn more.

Aluminum Can Recycling

For more information about garbage and recycling in the Village of Waunakee, click the links below:

Recycling Information
Common Contaminants
Waunakee Waste Information

Hero Club Breakfast with Santa

Waunakee High School Commons
301 Community Drive
Sunday, December 15, 2019
8:00 AM

Annual Hero Club Santa Pancake Breakfast will be held in the WHS Commons. Bring your cameras and take your Christmas photos with Santa. All are welcome to come and join in the festivities of the morning.

Fall Leaf Pick Up Complete

The Public Works Department has completed its final sweep of fall leaf pick up in the Village of Waunakee. Leaves will no longer be collected until spring leaf pick up. Additional leaves or yard waste may be taken to the MRD compost site located at 5211 County Truck Highway Q south of the Village.

Create Waunakee Committee

On November 18th Waunakee's Village Board approved the creation of the Create Waunakee Committee. The Village is seeking 9 community members, including one member of Village Board and one representative from the Waunakee Area School District, to serve on this committee. The committee may also include up to two members who reside outside the Village, but within the Waunakee Area School District. Exact meeting times and days are not yet determined, but meetings will likely be held in the evening and occur once monthly. Committee appointments are likely to occur at the Village Board meeting on January 6th, 2020.

For more information on Create Waunakee and its mission, please visit www.createwaunakee.com or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/createwaunakee. To submit an application to volunteer for the Create Waunakee Committee, please visit http://www.vil.waunakee.wi.us/431/Application-to-Volunteer where you can submit an online application or print a paper copy to fill out. You may also stop by Village Hall during regular business hours to receive a paper application. If you have any questions, please contact Todd Schmidt, Village Administrator at (608) 850-2182 or administrator@waunakee.com.

Waunakee Senior Center - A Home Away From Home

Each month, the Waunakee Tribune features a column written by Village staff called the “Village Corner”. Last month, the article was written by Senior Center Director Cindy Mosiman, and shows just how much of an impact our Senior Center makes in our community.  Huge thank you to the Senior Center team for all that they do!

A Home Away from Home

By: Cindy Mosiman, Waunakee Senior Center Director

Contributed as a “Village Corner” column to the Waunakee Tribune

He comes to the Waunakee Senior Center each morning by 8:30, takes a seat by the fireplace and enjoys a cup of coffee.  He chats with another gentleman who is here every morning too.  He’s become such a regular that others know his name and were happy to help him celebrate his 92nd birthday with small gifts and well wishes.  For Herb, who moved to Waunakee from the Chicago area in April 2018, the Senior Center has become a part of his daily life Monday through Friday, spending the morning, having lunch and then going home.  That is the same for many people – the Senior Center becoming a daily part of their life.  Herb says he has made really nice friends at the center and his daughter says it’s given him a sense of home. 

The Waunakee Senior Center is the place to meet up with friends for ROMEO or Juliet Coffee, play a card game, take a Tai Chi class, have lunch, go to a Brewer’s game or attend any of the many other programs or services offered.  The Senior Center served 9,580 meals at the center in 2018.

A card received this past summer thanked the center for the home delivered meals a couple had received.  The wife said “Our meals were delivered timely by friendly, kind, considerate, respectful volunteers.”  The Senior Center provided 17,127 home delivered meals in 2018 all delivered by wonderful volunteers.

One of the Waunakee Senior Center case managers recently received an email from the granddaughter of one of her clients.  She wanted to inform the case manager of her grandmother’s passing since moving into a health care facility.  The granddaughter wrote “I am also writing to thank you for all the years you helped my grandma and me.  I know all the help was very encouraging to her and I.  I believe the reason she was able to stay independent for so long, one month from being 90!, is because of the strong network of support that is in place in Waunakee.  And for that I am so thankful.”  The Senior Center’s two case managers provided service to 374 clients in 2018.

The Waunakee Senior Center fills a need and makes a difference for many older adults (and their loved ones) in many different ways. You can learn more by finding us on the Village Website (www.waunakee.com) or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/waunakeeseniorcenter/). Better yet, come on in and check it out for yourself. The Senior Center is located in the Village Center at 333 S. Madison Street (enter main doors and to your left). We can be reached by phone at 608-849-8385.

Village Board Meeting on YouTube

The Village of Waunakee has uploaded the most recent Village Board meeting (12/2/2019) To YouTube. The meeting can be found by clicking the link below:

Village Board Meeting

For more information, please contact Caitlin Stene, Deputy Administrator / Village Clerk at cstene@waunakee.com or 608-850-2827.

Tax Bills Coming Soon

Tax bills for the Village of Waunakee are scheduled to be mailed to residents by the end of this week. The statutory deadline for bills to be in the mail is December 16, 2019. More information regarding taxes and payment options can be found on the Village website by clicking the link below.

Tax Information

Workshop on Wellness: How to Overcome Chronic Pain without the use of Surgery or Drugs

Waunakee Village Center
333 South Madison Street
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Waunakee Village Center and the Waunakee Lions Club are pleased to offer a workshop on Wellness. Anne Asher, founder of Posturally, LLC be presenting a program titled, "How to Overcome Chronic Pain without the use of Surgery or Drugs". WOW programs are free and offered the 2nd Wednesday of every month.

Click the link below for more details:

WOW Flyer

New Joint Plan Commission Agenda Available

To view the agenda for the December 10, 2019 Joint Plan Commission meeting, please click the link below:

JPC Agenda

New Plan Commission Agenda Available

To view the agenda for the December 9, 2019 Plan Commission meeting, please click the link below:

PC Agenda

Recycling Tips - Cardboard Boxes

'Tis the season when lots of packages will be delivered to our homes. Check out the video below for tips on how to recycle all those cardboard boxes.

Cardboard Box Recycling

Although Pellitteri is unable to recycle styrofoam, Uniek, Inc. in Waunakee collects #6 polystyrene packaging. Click the link below for more details:

Styrofoam Recycling

For more information about garbage and recycling in the Village of Waunakee, click the links below:

Recycling Information
Common Contaminants
Waunakee Waste Information

Village Board Agenda Supplement for December 2, 2019

The Village is preparing a "Supplement to Agenda" prior to every Village Board Meeting. Here is a link to the supplement for the December 2, 2019 meeting:

Supplement

This is an unofficial version of the agenda in which the Village Administrator adds some summary and straight forward commentary on the agenda items to be considered during the upcoming meeting. The purpose is to help citizens better understand the agenda items and action requests that are before the Board. You might consider it a succinct summary of the memos and attachments included in the full meeting packet. Please reach out to Village Administrator Todd Schmidt with your feedback. 608-850-2182 or administrator@waunakee.com.

Annual Senior Citizen Christmas Party

St. John's School Cafeteria 

114 East Third Street
Sunday, December 8, 2019

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

The annual Senior Citizen Christmas Party sponsored by the Waunakee Area Lioness Club is a great way to start the holiday season! Bingo, door prizes, entertainment and a delicious lunch will be served.

Snow Removal from Sidewalks, Driveways and Parking Lots

Reminder to all Village residents that snow blowing or shoveling/plowing snow into Village streets is prohibited by Village ordinances and causes problems in our roadways. This also applies to all snow-removal contractors. Your cooperation is appreciated