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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Drainage & Erosion

•Drainage - $500 (decreased $2,000 due to Reserve fund – Around $135,000 now)
•Erosion - $500 (decreased $2,000 due to Reserve fund)

Conservation

•Cont - $6,550 (same as prior year) - CAC supplies, Fishing Derby, LEAF Event, snowshoeing event, pond clean out

Cemetery

•Cont - $900 ($300 increase) - damage or tree removal to town maintained cemeteries / liaison pymt of $300 moved from
 personnel line to contractual

Other Home / Community Services

•Community Beautification - $0 ($250 decrease) – this account has not been getting used
•Electric & Power - $0 ($5,000 decrease) – NYSERDA grant money towards EV Charging Station was used in 2024
•Brush & leaf Equipment - $0 – Pickup Truck w/ Dump Box to pull chipper, deliver woodchips, etc. was a 2023 purchase
•Brush & leaf pickup - $71,000 ($6,000 increase) – Pickup of brush & leaves by the Highway dept. during spring & fall

Employee Benefits

•Retirement - $126,000 ($29,000 increase)
•Social Security - $84,000 ($10,000 increase)
•Worker’s Comp - $18,000 (same as prior year)
•Unemployment Insurance - $6,000 (same as prior year)
•Disability Insurance - $1,000 (same as prior year)
•Medical Insurance - $92,000 ($7,000 increase)

Debt Service

•Trooper Barracks Debt – 2025 payments total $63,560

Transfers to Capital Projects Fund

•NEW - $30,000 moved here from Engineer fees. All prior transfers to capital projects done through budget amendments