by ALAN RIZZO ReporterReiterating concerns that Depew residents would be last on the list to receive services if the village had been dissolved, 14 residents and two village trustees met for the first time in the Depew Village Hall on Monday to brainstorm ways to take on tax issues.
Known officially as the Tax Relief Task Force, the group was created by the village to give residents a platform to make suggestions during the annual budget process, give input on adjusting village services, and accompany the Village Board when it approaches the towns of Cheektowaga and Lancaster regarding tax adjustments.
Village Trustees Karl Bukowiecki and Kevin Peterson, who will lead the task force as chairmen, said they hope to work with members to make village services more efficient and to get the communities of Cheektowaga and Lancaster to agree on the tax revenue they share.