Albion should pare down some of the police expenses
Editor:
In response to the Albion Village budget increase of 2.5 percent after last year’s devastating 11 percent budget increase.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. In Albion, 46% ($2,268,000) of the village budget is the police department. Medina’s at $1,277,000 is about half that. And Medina has a higher population count.
We do not need 13 full-time police officers making more than most county sheriffs. Now you know why your village tax is higher than your school or county tax. And how are the village taxes so high when you lost the fire department? Fire department expenditures went from $174,000 in 2023-2024 to $50,000 in 2026-2027. Give me a break.
Mike Clemons
Dansville, NY
Former Village of Albion resident
