Southtowns Record

2025 Town of Boston - Budget Presentation

Government
Town of Boston
Posted by publisher
Oct 1, 2026
Kind
Budget
Topics
Budget and taxes, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight

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Fund Balance as of 12/31/23 Annual Financial Report
  General  Highway  Fire  Light  Ambulance  Garbage  Water
Nonspendable  22,417  12,609  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve Accts (see below)  460,013  301,944  -  -  227,461  -  368,614
Assigned for specific use  103,441  930,894  207,283  17,721  68,759  135,213  617,625
Unassigned  2,457,066  -  -  -  -  -  -
Total as of 12/31/21  3,042,937  1,245,447  207,283  17,721  296,220  135,213  986,239

2024 Anticipated change in Fund
Balance *Estimates as of 8-2024*  (320,967)  (123,875)  (22,920) (7,000)  6,500  17,000  (14,715)
Estimated 2024 Ending Fund Balance  2,239,540  807,019  184,363 10,721  75,259  152,213  602,910
2025 Planned use of Fund Balance  (489,330)  (153,433)  (26,773) (3,673)  -  -  (14,684)
Estimated 2025 Ending Fund Balance  1,750,210  653,586  157,590  7,048  75,259  152,213  588,226

Calc. Minimum per Town Policy  480,333  322,160  160,967  3,600  36,044 196,607  91,623
(% of budgeted appropriations)  (20%)  (20%)  (15%)  (20%)  (20%)  (20%)  (15%)

  Reserve Accounts as of 12/31/23
Reserve for Debt (per USDA Req)  -  -  -  -  -  -  368,614
Reserve for Ambulance  -  -  -  -  227,461  -  -
Reserve for Equipment  -  301,944  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for Tri-Seq  7,444  -  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for Sr. Facility  63,770  -  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for tax stable  88,170  -  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for Building & Parks  130,849  -  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for Recreation  38,628  -  -  -  -  -  -
Reserve for Drainage  131,152  -  -  -  -  -  -
  460,013  301,944  -  -  227,461  -  20
  368,614