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Fredonia officials debate CHIPS spending and cuts as street maintenance budget tightens
Summary
Department staff warned cuts to street maintenance and supplies will reduce work this season; officials discussed using CHIPS funds to buy a truck and prioritize micro-paving projects, including Chestnut Street.
Fredonia village staff and officials spent a substantial portion of a recent budget review discussing cuts to street maintenance and how to use state CHIPS funding to preserve pavement and buy equipment.
Scott, transportation maintenance staff, said the proposed reductions would make routine work harder and that the department will have to prioritize. "I would like to think that we could operate with this. It could get tricky," he said, adding there is only so much to go around and that weather-driven overtime and snow removal remain uncertain.
The discussion focused on two pressures: cuts to maintenance lines and new CHIPS program guidelines.…
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