Fredonia Village Hall.

There is a 55% property tax increase in Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson’s proposed 2025-26 budget.

The number will almost certainly change as village trustees look over the plan and suggest changes. The trustees set dates to meet about the budget at their Monday meeting.

“We’ll need at least four meetings before we can have a public hearing,” said Trustee Jon Espersen, who is acting mayor as Ferguson recovers from surgery.

Trustees wound up scheduling five budget meetings. They will discuss the Department of Public Works and police budgets Thursday at 1 p.m. The fire department is up April 10 at 1 p.m., and the wastewater and water budgets will be considered the following day at 9 a.m.

Code enforcement, recreation and the public access channel will be the subject of the April 14 session, set for 9 a.m. The fifth meeting, at 9 a.m. April 15, will tie up any loose ends not previously covered.

The trustees intend to schedule the legally required public hearing on the budget for 6 p.m. on April 16.

All budget sessions will presumably be held in the trustees’ second floor meeting room at Village Hall.