Veto looms on council budget changes
The Dunkirk Common Council moved to reduce a proposed 108% tax rate in the 2025 city budget Tuesday — but Mayor Kate Wdowiasz apparently plans to veto it, in part over concerns about a hike in water and wastewater rates that hasn’t actually happened yet. Councilperson-at-large Nick Weiser said the council had made “nearly $1.5 million in reductions across all funds and another $1.7 million in added revenues through forthcoming policy changes and strategic use of our tax stabilization reserve.” He said the council “has created a differential of more than $2.4 million, with ...