Southtowns Record

2027 Budget Presentation

Government
Town of Boston
Posted by publisher
Oct 15, 2026
Kind
Budget
Topics
Budget and taxes, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight

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Town Board

•Cont - $2,000 ($1,000 decrease) – Anticipating 1 board member to attend training

Justice

•Equip - $500 Town + $2,800 JCAP (Added JCAP) – misc. small equipment / JCAP application for Jury Chairs & Shredder
•Cont - $5,700 (same as prior year) - Office supplies, law books, trainings, membership dues, court interpreter, stenographer

Supervisor

•Equip - $500 (same as prior year) – misc. small equipment
•Cont - $6,000 ($1,000 decrease) - Office supplies, membership dues, trainings (anticipate 1 instead of 2 people to attend NYAOT Training)

Finance

•Accounting Fees - $4,000 ($1,000 decrease) – Accounting consulting, payroll processing fees, stop pymts  Decreased consulting fees
•Auditor - $18,000 ($2,000 decrease) – Need full Town Financial Audit and Departmental Audits / Historically did not hit $20k so decreased

Assessor

•Equip - $0 (same as prior year) – No requests for 2026. New computer, monitors, file cabinet, printer, chairs all purchased in last couple yrs
•Cont - $3,000 (same as prior year) – Office supplies, trainings, membership dues, payment of Assessment Board of Review Members.

Fiscal Agent

•Cont - $10,000 (same as prior year) – BAN Issuance Financial Advisors

Town Clerk

•Equip - $500 (same as prior year) – misc. small equipment
•Cont - $3,000 ($250 decrease) - Office supplies, membership dues, trainings. Have not used full budget in last couple years.

Attorney

•Cont - $60,000 ($12,500 increase) - Attorney for the Town Retainer (+ council to PB, ZBA, Assessment Review Committee as needed) + BAN
 Issuance Legal Council + Legal Costs for Article 78’s (large increase in those filed in past 2 years)

Personnel

•Cont - $8,000 ($100 decrease) – $6,500 HR Consulting Services through EBC working on personnel policies, employee manual, personnel & I-9
 file compliance, FLSA, employee leaves, etc. + $700 for ID cards & compliance trainings + $800 new business cards & changing docs to use .gov