Southtowns Record

2024 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, Housing

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Town of Boston, NY – Ambulance Fund
  3% of your Town Tax Covers:
3%
  • $70,000 in 2023  proposing to increase to $80,000
  Contractual Payment to the  • Their insurance costs and first aid supplies have gone up due to
  Boston Emergency Squad  COVID & inflation. They now have to pay a medical examiner.
  • State mandated EPCR technology  they needed to acquire
  tablets, software, and pay ongoing cell service costs / now they
  need to replace the toughbooks they use
  • Large list of equipment needs
  • They service roughly 60 calls a month – around 700 /year!

  • Agreement through Hamburg
  Dispatch Services
  • 2023 cost = $13,040... 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 $5,000 ($3k ↓)

  • Defined contribution
  LOSAP program
  • Budgeted $15,000 ($4k ↓)

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