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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Engineer

•Cont - $20,000 ($30,000 moved to “Transfers to Capital Projects”) – Engineer fees booked to general fund have become mostly
 MS4 submittals, SWPP Reviews, and a few reviews of ZBA/PB projects. The bulk of engineering lately is for capital projects

Records Management

•Equip - $0 (same as prior year) – New Docuware system implemented out of 2023 budget
•Cont - $4,300 ($3,300 increase) – Biels vault storage & shredding service. Added $3,300 for Docuware Maintenance Agreement

Buildings

•Equip - $50,000 (same as prior year) – New blinds for community room & offices / painting of town hall / potential need of
 Rooftop AC upgrades / insulating Town Hall roof / New Stage for Concerts / Spray Foam of HWY barn / Replace Dumpster Fence
•Cont - $130,000 (same as prior year) – driveway crack filling & sealing, wax & seal floors, carpets, cleaning supplies, utilities,
 building maintenance agreements, pest control, repairs on all Town owned buildings

Central Communications

•Equip - $15,000 (same as prior year) – Code Enforcement Software ongoing implementation costs / Tablets for Town Board
•Cont - $35,000 (same as prior year) - $22,000 for software programs (CodeRed, Logics, Timeclock , TSL Tax Software, Williamson
 Law Book, eCode), email accounts, phone system, IT service calls (rate of IT is $125/hr)

Central Print & Mail

•Cont - $21,000 ($1,000 increase ) - Printer costs & mail costs … both costs are up due to new printer leases and stamp cost has
 increased again

Other Gen Gov't Support

•Cont - $21,600 (same as prior year) - Grant Writing Services ($1800/month)

Special Items

•Insurance - $96,000 ($9,000 increase) – expect roughly 10% increase - early estimate around $95,000
•Municipal Dues - $4,300 (same as prior year)
•Judgements & Claims - $500 (same as prior year)
•Taxes on Town Property - $5,000 (same as prior year)
•Contingent Acct - $10,000 (same as prior year)