How Mecan is run
Mecan spent $247,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $348 per resident.
What stands out about how Mecan is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $2,383 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.14% of the home’s value, vs 1.42% across Wisconsin.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Mecan’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Montello School District
Mecan’s K–12 school district, shared with Montello, Buffalo, Shields, Montello, Packwaukee. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $19,396 per pupil, $10,470 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Wisconsin districts overall: 39% local, 50% state, 11% federal.
Princeton School District · $18,248 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Mecan
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Mecan yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $348 per resident a year, or $0.95 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 57% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Mecan’s budget compares
Mecan ranks 4th lowest of 6 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Mecan.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Wisconsin HouseState representatives
- 3Wisconsin SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Wisconsin
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Mecan’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Mecan is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.