SARANAC LAKE — The tax levy would rise slightly under a tentative village budget that will be the subject of a public hearing Monday.

The amount of the budget to be raised by taxes would increase 1.65 percent, or $59,951, going from $3,6111,646 in the current fiscal year to $3,671,597 in the 2017-18 fiscal year.

The tax rate for residents of the Harrietstown section of the village would increase 27 cents from $11.69 to $11.92 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That means the owner of a $130,000 home would pay roughly $35 more in taxes.

Due to differences in equalization rates, the tax rate would decrease 8 cents for residents of the St. Armand and North Elba sections of the village, going from $12.04 to $11.96 per $1,000. Residents with a $130,000 home in these portions of the village would pay roughly $10 less in taxes.

Village Treasurer Karen Lanthier said the tax levy increase would keep the village within the state’s tax cap for 2017-18. She said she feels good about how the budget came together.

“Even though the tax cap came in a little higher than last year, it was a challenge to stay within that cap,” Lanthier said. “The department heads were asked to be very conscientious with the items they brought to the table. They did an amazing job keeping to that approach, and again we reached the goal of staying within the tax (cap).”

Lanthier said there are no major cuts to personnel or services under the tentative budget.

It would include $5.2 million in spending in its general fund. Among new expenditures, Lanthier said the budget would fund a new full-time code enforcement position, replacing a part-time position the village created last year. The new position would cost roughly $45,000, plus benefits.

Among other new spending, there’s $30,000 for a new 4-by-4 truck, $25,000 to upgrade the village’s financial software, $28,000 for a new water department tapping machine, $33,000 for a sewer department pilot study and $3,000 in computer upgrades.

The pay of village elected officials wouldn’t increase under the proposed budget. Employee salary increases are still in flux as the village has been in negotiations with the union representing its police officers, and the contract for other village workers represented by the Service Employees International Union expires June 1. Nevertheless, employee health insurance costs are expected to increase again.

“We continue to see a trend of the rising cost of employee benefits, making it more difficult each year to balance budgets,” Lanthier and village Manager John Sweeney wrote in a statement included with the budget.

Looking ahead, long-term infrastructure repairs remain a significant concern due to the age of the village’s existing infrastructure, Lanthier and Sweeney wrote. They said a $15 million upgrade to the village wastewater treatment plant will be needed in the next five to eight years.

“We are strategizing the timing of projects with the expiration of existing long-term dept so to minimize increases as reflected by proposed projects,” they wrote.

The village’s water rates would increase 6.84 percent, while sewer rates would rise 5.83 percent under the proposed budget.

A public hearing on the tentative 2017-18 spending plan is set for 5:30 p.m. Monday in the village offices on the second floor of the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake.

Copies of the tentative budget are available for the public to review during normal business hours at the village offices and at the Saranac Lake Free Library.