Overview
The Village of Fonda adopted its FY 2026–2027 budget on April 29, 2026, after cutting $16,000 from the proposal ($8,000 from Street Lighting equipment–ornamentals, $4,000 from Street Cleaning rental, $4,000 from Central Garage–building). The adopted General Fund tax rate is $11.54759 per $1,000, a 9.02% tax increase, with $21,974 of fund balance appropriated.
Source: Village of Fonda Board of Trustees minutes, April 29, 2026 special meeting.
At a glance
Headline budget
What the adopted budget sets, fund by fund, as recorded in the minutes.
| General Fund tax rate (adopted) | $11.54759 per $1,000 |
| General Fund tax increase (adopted) | 9.02% |
| General Fund balance appropriated | $21,974 |
| Appropriation cuts made at adoption | $16,000 |
| Water Fund balance appropriated | $62,515 |
| Sewer plant contribution (unchanged) | $246,264 |
| Sewer reserve transfer | $146,512 |
Breakdown by fund — as adopted
General Fund: tax rate $11.54759 per $1,000; tax increase 9.02%; $21,974 fund balance appropriated.
Water Fund: new tiered rates — inside users $4.75 (0–70,000 gallons), $5.25 (70,001–250,000), $5.75 (250,001–750,000), $6.25 (above 750,000), with outside users at twice the inside rate; minimum usage 20,000 gallons (15,000 per unit for multiunit properties); repair-and-replacement fee unchanged at $110.00 per year; $50,000 grant income for the Mohawk Valley Regional Water Cooperative against a $100,000 expense; $10,500 to continue radio-read meters; $62,515 fund balance appropriated.
Sewer Fund: sewer rate unchanged at 3.20 times water rents; operations-and-maintenance fee unchanged at $84.00 per year; contribution to the sewer plant unchanged at $246,264; $146,512 transferred to a reserve fund.
Elected officials
As recorded in the April 29, 2026 minutes. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited document.
| Mayor (absent from the adoption vote) | Bill Peeler |
| Deputy Mayor | Tim Healey |
| Trustee | Mark Scott |
| Trustee | Shaun Schriner |
| Trustee | Scott Sprague |
| Clerk-Treasurer | Christine Kearns |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Village of Fonda Board of Trustees, special-meeting minutes, April 29, 2026 (Resolution #18-2026). April 29, 2026 special-meeting minutes.
- Sum checks: the $16,000 of cuts reconcile exactly ($8,000 + $4,000 + $4,000); no all-funds total is printed in the minutes, so no total is computed or shown.
- What is not claimed: the 12% / $12.1853 proposal figures are pre-amendment figures, not the adopted budget; no total appropriations, levy, or assessed value is shown because the minutes do not state them.
- Jurisdiction palette: No verified New York jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.