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How Madisonville is run

Who runs Madisonville, what it costs, and where your money goes

The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from Madisonville's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 10, 2026.

Who runs Madisonville

The elected mayor heads the city government and appoints its top administrator and department heads. The council passes laws, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.

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What they are paid

City Administrator Rob Saint: base payNot confirmedFY2026-27. City of Madisonville
A council memberNot confirmedFY2026-27. City of Madisonville
The mayorNot confirmedFY2026-27. City of Madisonville

Madisonville city staff

334 full-time-equivalent positions. 2025-06-30. Full-time employees, as reported in the FY2025 audit. City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025

The budget publishes a pay range for each job title. We found no list of individual employee pay. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.

Is Madisonville in the red?

Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.

General fund, FY2026-27$39.2MOut of $116M across all city funds, which includes utilities and other money that can only be spent on one thing. City of Madisonville
Savings grew, FY2024-25 (audited)+$3.5MGeneral fund revenue $30M, spending $30.4M. Spending exceeded revenue by $413,084. A $3.5 million transfer from the electric (Light) fund and $352,594 of new debt lifted the general fund balance by $3.53 million. City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025

Savings

Unassigned general fund balance: $13M (2025-06-30). City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025

Pension promises not yet funded$49.5M(2025-06-30). City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025
Debt owed$21.3M$15.5 million of general obligation bonds for sewer improvements, $1.87 million of water and sewer revenue bonds, and $3.92 million of notes, mainly for the sports complex. 2025-06-30. City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025
Credit ratingMoody's A1FY2024-25. City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025

Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.

Where the money comes from and goes

The general fund only: the city's everyday money for FY2026-27.

Comes from

  • Occupational payroll tax$16.5M · 42%
  • Other income (incl. $3.06 million loan proceeds)$5.7M · 14%
  • Insurance premium tax$4.7M · 12%
  • Transfers from utility and other funds$4M · 10%
  • Net profit tax$2.5M · 6%
  • Property tax$2.3M · 6%
  • Grants$1.6M · 4%
  • Other$2.5M · 6%

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Goes to (FY2026-27)

  • Police and dispatch$11.8M · 30%
  • Fire$11.7M · 30%
  • General government$4.8M · 12%
  • Transportation (streets)$4.7M · 12%
  • Parks$3.4M · 9%
  • Health and public welfare$1.6M · 4%
  • Other (airport, cemetery)$1.1M · 3%

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Your property tax bill: who gets it

Of each property-tax dollar a Madisonville homeowner pays, about 10 cents goes to the city and about 62 cents to the county schools. The city relies mostly on its 2.5% payroll tax instead.

10¢

of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of Madisonville

  • Hopkins County Schools68.2 · 62%
  • Hopkins County Fiscal Court13.7 · 12%
  • City of Madisonville10.8 · 10%
  • State of Kentucky10.6 · 10%
  • Health department3.9 · 4%
  • Extension services2.9 · 3%
  • Total (cents per $100 of assessed value)110.1

2025 property tax rates for a home in the city of Madisonville (Hopkins County). Kentucky Department of Revenue

Who provides your services

Not everything in Madisonville is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.

Compared with similar cities

The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.

MurrayKYMadisonvilleKYWinchesterKYErlangerKY
Residents18,96419,42819,51420,158
Top administrator's base payNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed
Council member payNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed$4,468
General fund per resident$1,381$2,017$1,486$1,085
Debt per resident$2,832$1,096$3,179$0
Unfunded pension per resident$1,163$2,548$1,632$1,155
City staff per 1,000 residents9.417.28.65.3

Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how).

What Madisonville publishes

What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.

  • Yes: Audited financial report filed on timeThe FY2025 annual report is posted on the city's Finance page. The auditor's report is dated December 19, 2025, under six months after year-end. City of Madisonville · Dec 19, 2025
  • No: City manager's contract findable onlineMadisonville has no city manager. We found no contract or stated salary online for the City Administrator, only a pay range. City of Madisonville
  • No: Council pay stated in a public documentThe budget shows only one combined salary line for all elected officials. We found no document stating council pay. City of Madisonville

Questions to ask your council

  1. The general fund spent $413,084 more than it took in during FY2024-25 and relied on a $3.5 million transfer from the electric fund. How long can electric customers keep covering that gap?
  2. The general fund ended June 30, 2025 with $12.97 million unassigned. With no minimum reserve rule, what level does the council aim to keep?
  3. The FY2026-27 general fund budget counts $3.06 million of loan proceeds as revenue. What will the loan pay for, and how will it be repaid?

The fiscal year starts July 1. The mayor proposes the budget by June 1, and the council adopts it by June 30. The council meets the first and third Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. See who is running for council

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