City
City of Elmira: budget and spending
- $72.9Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 9%
- $522Ktechnology and telecom, 2025
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other operations | $26.1M | $26.2M | ▼ 1% |
| Public safety | $17.6M | $15.4M | ▲ 14% |
| Buildings and construction | $9.2M | $5.3M | ▲ 73% |
| Insurance and benefits | $7.3M | $7.6M | ▼ 4% |
| Staff and payroll | $5.4M | $5.2M | ▲ 4% |
| Debt payments | $4.5M | $4.4M | ▲ 3% |
| Waste and environment | $1.6M | $1.3M | ▲ 25% |
| Technology and telecom | $522K | $673K | ▼ 22% |
| Professional services | $422K | $606K | ▼ 30% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $258K | $138K | ▲ 87% |
Line by line
Other operations $26.1M
- Home and Community Services, Other: contractual: $6.8M
- Rehabilitation, Loans and Grants: contractual: $3.1M
- Water Transportation and Distribution: personal services: $3M
- Water Administration: contractual: $1.5M
- Water Transportation and Distribution: employee benefits: $1.4M
- Depreciation: contractual: $1.3M
- Water Source of Supply, Power and Pumping: contractual: $849K
- Garage: equipment and capital outlay: $708K
- Garage: contractual: $651K
- Water Purification: contractual: $598K
Public safety $17.6M
- Police: personal services: $8.8M
- Fire Protection: personal services: $5.5M
- Fire Protection: equipment and capital outlay: $658K
- Police: contractual: $588K
- Dog Control: personal services: $439K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $334K
- Other Public Safety: equipment and capital outlay: $259K
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $254K
- Police: equipment and capital outlay: $210K
- Traffic Control: personal services: $158K
Buildings and construction $9.2M
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $5.8M
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $2.3M
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $660K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $247K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $215K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $84K
- Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $839
- Public Works Administration: contractual: $5
Insurance and benefits $7.3M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $6.4M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $709K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $170K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $37K
Staff and payroll $5.4M
- Police Retirement: employee benefits: $3.5M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $1.3M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $460K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $52K
Debt payments $4.5M
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $2.9M
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $1M
- Leases: debt principal: $306K
- Tax Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $135K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $131K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $25K
- Leases: debt interest: $21K
Waste and environment $1.6M
- Refuse and Garbage: equipment and capital outlay: $665K
- Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $515K
- Refuse and Garbage: personal services: $404K
Technology and telecom $522K
- Central Data Processing: contractual: $489K
- Central Data Processing: equipment and capital outlay: $34K
Professional services $422K
- Law: personal services: $256K
- Law: contractual: $157K
- Personnel: contractual: $8,730
Vehicles and transportation $258K
- Off Street Parking: contractual: $165K
- Transportation, Other: equipment and capital outlay: $93K
From City of Elmira’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31), all funds. Categories group the state’s account codes: technology is data processing, phones, 911 and radio and computer instruction; transfers between the body’s own funds are left out. The Comptroller’s data ↗
Figures are public records: the body’s own reports (marked by year) and other agencies’ records of what it bought or received. They aren’t added together. Something wrong? Tell us.