8-12-13 Mayville Council Meeting Tonight

The Mayville Common Council is holding a special meeting tonight

to further explore a proposal to eliminate their police department and contracting with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department for law enforcement services.  In July Mayville

city officials approached Dodge County Sheriff Pat Ninmann to provide a cost estimate for Mayor Jerry Moede says under Sheriff Ninmann’s proposal, the level of service provided by the Sheriff’s Department would be nearly identical to the level of service presently provided, and would save the city approximately 150 thousand to 250 thousand dollars a year.

Since 2010, the City has been negotiating with the police union on a new contract, but to no avail.  Moede says while other departments have seen their budgets cut or frozen, the police union has not submitted a proposal that helps the City achieve any measurable cost savings:

                                                    

But Police Chief Chris MacNeill says his officers have the knowledge and experience of policing a municipality and have deep ties to Mayville:

While Mayville could see significant cost savings by contracting with the Sheriff’s Office, Moede concedes the city could lose out on other benefits of having its own police force.