The LaBella Associates engineering firm will report Tuesday on its study of Fredonia joining the Northern Chautauqua County Water District, village Mayor Michael Ferguson said Thursday.

Ferguson said in an email to village officials and the OBSERVER that LaBella would do a presentation on the study during a 6 p.m. Board of Trustees workshop. The board will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m.

The Board of Trustees normally meets on Mondays, but the workshop and meeting were moved to Tuesday to accommodate Memorial Day.

In addition, apparently due to expected high interest from the public in LaBella’s study, Tuesday’s workshop/meeting will be held in the third-floor courtroom at Village Hall — a much more spacious venue than trustees’ usual second floor meeting room.

The village is not paying for the study. The Chautauqua County Legislature allocated $50,000 for the study in January.

LaBella composed a study of Fredonia’s water options in 2023 that did not include joining the North County Water District. Rather, it explored buying water directly from the city of Dunkirk, which is also the district’s sole supplier of water.

Pomfret Town Supervisor Dan Pacos — who is also the North County Water District board chairman — has since approached Fredonia with a plan to share a new water tank and fully link the village and the town’s water system.