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 – 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.

  Lighting Districts ‐ Usage (kwh)
14,000
  LED
12,000
  Conversion
10,000
 8,000
 6,000
 4,000
 2,000
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  Lighting Districts ‐ Cost ($)
  New Energy
$2,500
  LED  Joined NYMEP –  Supply Contract
$2,000  Conversion locked in supply rate
$1,500
$1,000
  $500
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