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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Town Board

•Cont - $1,500 ($500 decrease) – Planned for trainings

Justice

•Equip - $1,000 (same as prior year) – misc. small equipment
•Cont - $5,700 (same as prior year) - Office supplies, law books, trainings, membership dues, court interpreter, stenographer

Supervisor

•Equip - $500 ($500 decrease) – misc. small equipment
•Cont - $7,000 ($2,000 increase) - Office supplies, membership dues, trainings (*added a second training request*)

Finance

•Accounting Fees - $10,000 (same as prior year) – Accounting consulting, payroll processing fees, stop pymts
•Auditor - $20,000 (same as prior year) – Need full Town Financial Audit for water debt issuances and Departmental Audits

Assessor

•Equip - $2,000 ($1,000 increase) – Large Rotary File Cabinet
•Cont - $3,000 ($1,255 decrease) – Office supplies, trainings, membership dues, payment of Assessment Board of Review Members. RPS moved
 to central comm. & MLS & BNAR are no longer being charged to the town

Fiscal Agent

•Cont - $18,000 ($8,000 increase) – BAN Issuance Financial Advisors. BAN went from $1 million to $3.7 million. Part of cost is % of issuance.

Town Clerk

•Equip - $500 ($500 decrease) – misc. small equipment (prior year requested printer, new time stamper, and credit card machine)
•Cont - $4,000 (same as prior year) - Office supplies, membership dues, trainings

Attorney

•Cont - $47,414 (same as prior year) - Attorney for the Town Retainer (+ council to PB, ZBA, Assessment Review Committee as needed)

Personnel

•Cont - $7,500 (same as prior year) – $6,500 HR Consulting Services through EBC working on personnel policies, employee manual, personnel &
 I-9 file compliance, FLSA, COVID guidance, etc. $1,000 for ID cards and staff training opportunities in HR