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Marshfield largely balanced its 2025 budget on unfilled positions. Here's what to know.

Marshfield News-Herald
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Marshfield Common Council voted 63 to approve the city’s 2025 annual budget in November .

The budget anticipates a slight reduction in revenues in 2025 , which created a gap between revenues and expenditures of about $1.1 million .

A significant portion of savings were found by not immediately filling several positions, but council was able to achieve a priority goal of offering a significant wage increase for the city's non-unionized employees.

Erik Pfantz covers local government and education in central Wisconsin for USA TODAY NETWORK - Wisconsin and values his background as a rural Wisconsinite . Contact him at [email protected]. This article originally appeared on Marshfield News-Herald : Marshfield largely balanced its 2025 budget on unfilled positions. Here's what to know..