Fredonia’s follies just will not go away. Last week, after a contentious Village Board meeting marred by a minor scuffle after the public comment session, trustees went into executive session and created even more chaos.

When they came out of it, the board terminated its Department of Public Works supervisor. While trustees have every right to do so, there is no replacement waiting in the wings.

David Bird, a former trustee, had been hired in November to lead the department. From most accounts, he had been doing an acceptable and above-average job.

Three trustees — all Democrats in LeeAnn Lazarony, Christine Cruz Keefe and Ben Brauchler — did not see it that way and voted for Bird’s dismissal. Paul Wandel, a Republican, voiced his displeasure less than 24 hours later.

“This is a political, personal attack,” he said. “I’m very upset about it.”

Wandel’s dilemma is that unless the Democrats change their minds, Bird will not be put back in the position. And by the way, everything that involves a government decision is political. There is no way around it.

That being said, the sudden decision makes no sense. Fredonia’s documented troubles with finances, water and its suffering image need to be the board’s priority.

Terminating a supervisor, who was leading a paving project on Tuesday to fix one of the village’s worst roads on Central Avenue, solved no problem. It just created one more.

Fredonia, once considered the class of the north county municipalities, is again showing its ineptitude. It is a sorry picture for the once proud village that keeps stumbling in its decision making.