Emilia Teasdale reports in The Columbia Paper that the Kinderhook Village Board voted April 11 for its new budget to exceed the state tax cap, with a tax levy increase of 4.29 percent. Property taxes for "homeowners in the village will go up about 8 cents per $1,000 of assessed property, according to an email sent out by the village and a comparison of the tax rates," Teasdale writes. “There is no fat in the budget,” said Trustee David Flaherty. “At some point you have to curb bonding.” Flaherty said part of the tax increase will go to town reserves for future spending on a new fire truck and repairs to the Village Hall. The Kinderhook Village Board holds its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 9. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.