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Fredonia’s trustees listened to an hour and a half of criticism and advice Tuesday night from citizens about the village water system. A public hearing was

Tony Gugino Fredonia Department of Public Works Supervisor Tony Gugino is retiring, and the village Board of Trustees acted quickly Monday to hire Scott Marsh as his replacement. Mayor Douglas Essek began the meeting by reading Gugino’s brief retirement letter. Gugino, Fredonia’s DPW chief since 2018, wrote he was resigning as of June 16 in order to retire so he could spend more time with family. The trustees accepted Gugino’s letter then went into a 40-minute-long executive session “to discuss the employment history of persons or persons involved with the DPW,” according to the mot...

Tony Gugino Fredonia Department of Public Works Supervisor Tony Gugino is retiring, and the village Board of Trustees acted quickly Monday to hire Scott Marsh as his replacement. Mayor Douglas Essek began the meeting by reading Gugino’s brief retirement letter. Gugino, Fredonia’s DPW chief since 2018, wrote he was resigning as of June 16 in order to retire so he could spend more time with family. The trustees accepted Gugino’s letter then went into a 40-minute-long executive session “to discuss the employment history of persons or persons involved with the DPW,” according to the mot...

jdagostino@observertoday.com In this photo from Fredonia Access Television, trustees are pictured as the mayor joined via video. From left are Heidi Powell, James Lynden, Roger Britz, Scott Johnston and EvaDawn Bashaw. Monday evening’s special meeting, which was televised only through the Fredonia Public Access Channel, said it all. When it came to the final approval of the 2021-22 village of Fredonia budget, Mayor Douglas Essek was on the outside looking in. Seated in village hall were the five trustees while Essek joined the meeting by video. Residents, who wanted details, were nearly fac...

jward@observertoday.com Part-time firefighters currently employed by the village of Fredonia will stay on, but the future of those positions should any of them leave is up in the air. “All three of the part-timers were initially full time employees and they continue to work part time,” acting Fire Chief Kurt Maytum stated. “The fortunate part for us about that is we have 416 hours that we need to fill and if one of the full-time staff is off, par- time people are the lowest wage that we have and they don’t really, aside from us buying one annual physical for one guy, pay anything.”