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Fredonia police chief defends department budget, cites $72,000 midyear removal
3833396 · June 10, 2025
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Summary
The village police chief presented historical budget data and said the department had absorbed cost cuts; he also said $72,000 was removed midyear from police allocations and called for transparent accounting.
The Fredonia police chief delivered an extended public statement at the June 9 meeting defending the department’s budget management and urging clearer public accounting after learning $72,000 had been removed from last year’s police budget.
"In the last 13 years, the police budget has grown 25.2% — an annual average of 1.96% — well below national averages,"…
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