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County of Chemung: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Other operations$265M$279.3M▼ 5%
Insurance and benefits$26.4M$30.5M▼ 13%
Public safety$23.9M$22.5M▲ 6%
Vehicles and transportation$17M$15.6M▲ 8%
Debt payments$14.5M$13.7M▲ 5%
Buildings and construction$12.2M$11.4M▲ 7%
Technology and telecom$5.7M$5.6M▲ 2%
Instruction$3.8M$3.7M▲ 3%
Professional services$1.9M$1.7M▲ 10%
Waste and environment$1.1M$1.1M▼ 3%
Line by line

Other operations $265M

  • Sewer: equipment and capital outlay: $62.4M
  • Medicaid to State: contractual: $20.6M
  • Distribution Of Sales Tax: contractual: $19.8M
  • Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $14.5M
  • Highway Capital Project: equipment and capital outlay: $14.3M
  • Child Care: contractual: $14.3M
  • Public Nursing Home: contractual: $13.6M
  • Public Nursing Home: personal services: $9.3M
  • Social Services Administration: personal services: $9.1M
  • Social Services Administration: contractual: $6.9M

Insurance and benefits $26.4M

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $25.6M
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $800K
  • Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $25K

Public safety $23.9M

  • Jail: personal services: $5.8M
  • Sheriff: personal services: $5.2M
  • Jail: employee benefits: $3.1M
  • Sheriff: employee benefits: $2.5M
  • Probation: personal services: $2M
  • Probation: employee benefits: $1.1M
  • Jail: contractual: $980K
  • Sheriff: contractual: $790K
  • Other Public Safety: equipment and capital outlay: $672K
  • Sheriff: equipment and capital outlay: $565K

Vehicles and transportation $17M

  • Bus Operations: contractual: $7.1M
  • Airport: contractual: $6.9M
  • Airport: personal services: $1.1M
  • Machinery: contractual: $1M
  • Airport: employee benefits: $428K
  • Machinery: personal services: $287K
  • Machinery: employee benefits: $142K
  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $29K

Debt payments $14.5M

  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $10M
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $2.3M
  • Subscription-Based IT Arrangement: debt principal: $1M
  • Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $662K
  • Leases: debt principal: $423K
  • Subscription-Based IT Arrangement: debt interest: $42K
  • Leases: debt interest: $32K

Buildings and construction $12.2M

  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $3M
  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $2.5M
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $2.4M
  • Operation of Plant: personal services: $1.6M
  • Maintenance of Roads: employee benefits: $1.4M
  • Operation of Plant: employee benefits: $826K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $242K
  • Highway and Street Administration: employee benefits: $162K
  • Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $12K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $5,365

Technology and telecom $5.7M

  • Public Safety Communication Systems: personal services: $1.5M
  • Central Data Processing: contractual: $976K
  • Central Data Processing: personal services: $920K
  • Public Safety Communication Systems: contractual: $789K
  • Public Safety Communication Systems: employee benefits: $752K
  • Central Data Processing: employee benefits: $584K
  • Central Data Processing: equipment and capital outlay: $194K
  • Public Safety Communication Systems: equipment and capital outlay: $3,719

Instruction $3.8M

  • Community College Tuition: contractual: $3.8M

Professional services $1.9M

  • Law: personal services: $820K
  • Law: employee benefits: $377K
  • Personnel: personal services: $367K
  • Personnel: employee benefits: $162K
  • Personnel: contractual: $67K
  • Law: contractual: $52K
  • Personnel: equipment and capital outlay: $8,292
  • Law: equipment and capital outlay: $2,507

Waste and environment $1.1M

  • Refuse and Garbage: personal services: $642K
  • Refuse and Garbage: employee benefits: $271K
  • Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $174K

From County of Chemung’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.