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 of Boston, NY – Highway Fund
25%
  25% of your Town Tax Covers:
• Salaries of Highway Workers & Employee Benefits
• Costs of salt and sand for winter plowing
• Costs of stone & asphalt in summer
• Costs to repair roads within the town
• Costs to purchase & repair town owned trucks & equipment

2025 Planned repairs/upgrades:
• Various road repairs/paving
• $205,500 towards new equipment
  • 2024 – Requested an International CV515 plow truck w/ dump box, plow, & wing
  • A similar truck was purchased in 2023 – as it has not yet been received to see if
  they liked it or not, HWY used the 2024 budget to purchase a utility truck for
  $64,853, originally planned as the 2025 purchased & delayed this 2024
  purchase into 2025. Equipment funds not used in 2024 will roll to fund balance
  and be re-appropriated towards this purchase in 2025.  73