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Depew opens tentative 2026–27 budget hearing; administration flags insurance and contract uncertainties
Summary
Village Administrator Regina presented tentative 2026–27 budget figures, citing a projected 16% health‑insurance increase and unsettled union and garbage contracts; trustees scheduled budget work sessions and the public hearing was opened and then closed the same evening.
The Village of Depew opened a public hearing on its tentative 2026–27 budget on March 23 and heard an administrator’s overview of preliminary figures and pressures affecting next year’s budget.
Village Administrator Regina told trustees that negotiations on three union contracts are ongoing, the village’s garbage contract remains unsettled and the village received notice of a 16% increase in health‑insurance costs. Using the village’s split assessment base, Regina said the tentative, preliminary numbers would produce a 0.23% increase for the Cheektowaga side and a 5.71% increase for the Lancaster side of the village — figures she emphasized are tentative and subject to change as contracts and final numbers are settled.
Regina and trustees said department heads supplied preliminary wish lists and the village pursued cost‑saving measures such as leasing fleet vehicles through Enterprise to reduce upfront purchase costs. Trustees scheduled budget work sessions; the first is set for April 9 at 5:30 p.m. The board closed the tentative‑budget public hearing later the same meeting after discussion.
Next steps: trustees and staff will refine salary and vendor line items, incorporate finalized contract terms when they are available, and reconvene in open work sessions to prepare the final budget for adoption.
