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 – Garbage & Refuse
  28%

  28% of your Town Tax Covers:
  • Garbage Service through Waste Management
  • Contract was formally bid out in summer of 2019
  ‐ Waste Management was the only bid response. They included renewal clauses in
  their bid which ended up being exercised in 2022.
  ‐ Originally included weekly trash, recycling, & bulk. This changed in 2022.
  ‐ “Blended value recycling” in the contract meant the town was recouping some
  recycling costs through 2021‐2022. However late 2022 into 2023, the Town is seeing
  costs double or triple what they were through the early years of the contract
  Recycling Cost ($)
$5,000.00
$4,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
  $0.00
($1,000.00)

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