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North Fond du Lac board backs 2025 budget proposals and EMS plan to add two full-time staff
Summary
The Village Board reviewed final sections of the 2025 budget, approved a proposed 3% tax levy (an estimated $40/year on a $200,000 home) as part of a balanced budget approach, and instructed staff to include an EMS proposal to add two full-time positions to ensure three-person staffing on all shifts.
Administrator Nick Leonard presented the final sections of the proposed 2025 general operating, debt service, capital projects and other funds and recommended a 3% tax levy increase, which he said would yield a balanced budget with a modest surplus. Leonard said the 3% increase would amount to about $40 a year for a $200,000 home and noted that library fund balances and rising wage costs could require further action in 2026.
Jake Flaherty, EMS/Fire Chief, outlined a staffing proposal to add two full-time EMS positions so that all three shifts would have three personnel. Flaherty said his projections did not rely on increased run volume and that the staffing recommendation reflected service and safety goals. Trustee John Duffy and others expressed support for the full two positions as the best option to maintain consistent coverage; Trustee Mike Will asked whether adding a single position could be considered as an alternative. Treasurer Kris Ruch confirmed that the EMS fund will have repaid its debt to the General Fund by the end of 2025 under current projections.
Trustees discussed monitoring call volumes and revenues going forward and asked staff to continue reviewing the figures. Leonard and trustees also reviewed the five-year capital improvement plan; Leonard noted the two-year CIP (2025–26) exceeds the two-year borrowing goal by roughly $400,000 but the Village has about $1 million in capital fund balance and will pursue grants and manage project timing to stay within borrowing plans.
The board instructed Administrator Nick Leonard to include the EMS staffing proposal and the budget documents in the package for formal adoption; no final levy adoption vote was recorded at this meeting.
