Sen. George Borrello is taking the next step required to transfer money from the Mayville Fire Department to the North Lake Fire District.

Mayville Village Board members discussed the issue during a board meeting in November and said they had been in contact with Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, regarding state legislation needed to transfer the money. Mayville Village Board passed a resolution in November requesting the state legislature pass a special law to authorize the transfer of the two funds to the newly formed North Lake Fire District Reserve Accounts to be used for the same purposes as they were originally created.

“It was the intent of the Village Board of Trustees to transfer the village’s reserve funds to the newly formed North Lake Fire District to support future equipment purchases,” Borrello wrote in his legislative justification. “However, following guidance from the state Comptroller’s Office, it was determined that once the new district was created, the village no longer had the legal authority to transfer those funds. This legislation will authorize the village to utilize the funds accordingly.”

Mayville created a Fire and Rescue Equipment Reserve Fund back in 2018, which was established to contribute toward the purchase of firefighting and rescue apparatus and was funded through Mayville village taxpayers. It has a current balance of $569,773. The village’s Ambulance Reserve Fund was established in February, 2024 to contribute toward the replacement cost of an ambulance. It has a current balance of $58,262.

In September, 2024, the Mayville Fire Department merged with the Hartfield and Dewittville fire districts, which created the North Lake Fire District, which serves the village of Mayville as well as the hamlets of Hartfield and Dewittville.