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Mayville council reduces city administrator pay, narrows 2026 general fund shortfall
Summary
The Mayville Common Council approved trimming $40,000 from the city administrator wages and made a series of adjustments to the draft 2026 general administration budget to reduce an estimated $74,000 shortfall after an unexpected insurance increase.
The Mayville Common Council voted Tuesday to reduce the city administrator wages and benefits line by $40,000 and otherwise approved adjustments to the draft 2026 general administration budget as officials sought to close a roughly $74,000 gap created after an insurance cost increase.
Council members said updated insurance figures showed a roughly 20% increase to property insurance costs for the coming year, adding about $13,007.67 to the general administration line and lifting the general fund portion of the budget by about $158,879 from an earlier estimate. That change, together with other estimates, left the council projecting a $70,000–$80,000 deficit…
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