TROY — Republican City Council members said Friday they are proposing $250,000 in cuts to Mayor Patrick Madden's proposed 2019 budget.

The proposal comes as the council plans to meet for a 6 p.m. Thursday finance meeting followed by a 7 p.m. special budget meeting.

The council members, President Carmella Mantello and council members Jim Gulli and Mark McGrath, say their legislative cuts to be voted on next week are in grant writing, the corporation counsel's office and assessor's office. They recommend deferring the hiring of various employees.

"We are committed to protecting and fighting for taxpayers and residents, and will work to cut wasted spending and the mayor's permanent garbage double tax," the three said in their statement.

The budget the council is reviewing would raise the trash fee by $4, bringing it to $164 per unit. The property tax would increase by 1.4 percent.

Madden, a Democrat, has said the proposed spending represents the administration's third consecutive year of balanced budgets, with initiatives to manage costs, enhanced capacity in key departments, and preservation of essential services.