The bill for last month's special election for mayor is in and penny pinchers should be pleased. After estimating the election would cost upwards of $25,000, the final totals came in just over $15,000.

According to City Administrator Matt Podhradsky, the election cost the city $15,830. Money was spent on election judge payroll, ballot printing, county services, machine maintenance, suppies and overtime for two city employees.

Podhradsky credited election coordinator Margo Steffel for keeping costs down. "She was able to find efficiences to keep the costs lower than originally anticipated," he wrote in his biweekly report.