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Wausau finance committee advances 2026 budget and fee schedule but punts pet-license decision to council
Summary
Committee members recommended the 2026 budget and most fee changes but removed pet license fees for separate Council consideration after extended debate about county remittance, impacts on low-income and elderly residents, and animal-control funding.
The City of Wausau Finance Committee on Oct. 28 recommended a 2026 budget and fee schedule to the full City Council but removed pet license fees from its approval so the council can consider changes at its meeting that evening.
City staff told the committee the city had been working with an estimated assessed valuation while waiting for the state to provide manufacturing values. The actual assessed valuation rose 1.36% rather than the 1.5% estimate used for earlier budget work, producing a net tax-rate change: staff said the recommended budget would result in a 3-cent increase in the tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value compared with the prior year. "We had estimated a 1 and a half percent increase. It came in at a 1.36% increase... the net change to the…
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