Southtowns Record

2025 Town of Boston - Budget Presentation

Government
Town of Boston
Posted by publisher
Oct 1, 2026
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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 – Lighting Fund
  The LED Conversion (Nov. 2019) led to consistent lower usage & thus decreased costs
  The town’s supply rates doubled in July 2022 but due to the lower usage, there was not
0.4%
  a huge impact over the 1-year contract. However a 2nd increase in July 2023 led to the
  town seeing costs similar to before the LED conversion

  Lighting Districts - Usage (kwh)
14,000
12,000
10,000
  LED
 8,000  Conversion
 6,000
 4,000
 2,000
  -
  May-18

  May-19

  May-20

  May-21

  May-22

  May-23

  May-24
  Mar-18

  Mar-19

  Mar-20

  Mar-21

  Mar-22

  Mar-23

  Mar-24
  Jan-18

  Jul-18

  Jan-19

  Jul-19

  Jan-20

  Jul-20

  Jan-21

  Jul-21

  Jan-22

  Jul-22

  Jan-23

  Jul-23

  Jan-24

  Jul-24
  Sep-18

  Sep-19

  Sep-20

  Sep-21

  Sep-22

  Sep-23

  Sep-24
  Nov-18

  Nov-19

  Nov-20

  Nov-21

  Nov-22

  Nov-23

  Nov-24
  Lighting Districts - Cost ($)
$2,500  LED  Joined NYMEP –  New Energy
$2,000  Conversion locked in supply rate  Supply Contract
$1,500
$1,000
 $500
  $-
  Mar-18

  Mar-19

  Mar-20

  Mar-21

  Mar-22

  Mar-23

  Mar-24
  May-18

  May-19

  May-20

  May-21

  May-22

  May-23

  May-24
  Jan-18

  Jul-18

  Jan-19

  Jul-19

  Jan-20

  Jul-20

  Jan-21

  Jul-21

  Jan-22

  Jul-22

  Jan-23

  Jul-23

  Jan-24

  Jul-24
  Sep-18

  Sep-19

  Sep-20

  Sep-21

  Sep-22

  Sep-23

  Sep-24
  Nov-18

  Nov-19

  Nov-20

  Nov-21

  Nov-22

  Nov-23

  Nov-24
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