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 – Ambulance Fund
  3% of your Town Tax Covers:  BES service’s roughly
  50-60 calls a month –
3%  around 600-700 /year!

  Contractual Payment to the  $80,000 in Contractual Costs with BES  First aid supplies, medical
  Boston Emergency Squad  examiner, training, insurance, maintenance costs on equipment, &
  other expenses
  $40,000 in Equipment Costs to BES  Large list of equipment
  needs… Ambulance, Toughbooks for EPCR’s, etc. After the 2024
  Ambulance Purchase, the Squad will be responsible for putting
  away money for the next ambulance.

  • Agreement through Hamburg
  Dispatch Services
  • 2025 Est. Cost = $13,567... 2% annual increase in this agreement

  Healthworks  • Physicals & respirator tests – Estimated $3,500/year

  • Building utilities ($6,000)
  Other Contractual Costs
  • Fuel / EMT tuition ($8,000)

  Workers Comp  • Budgeted $6,000 ($1k ↑)

  • Defined contribution
  LOSAP program
  • Budgeted $14,000 ($1k ↓)

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