Town
Town of Elmira: budget and spending
- $5.1Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 39%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public safety | $1.5M | $506K | ▲ 194% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.1M | $1.2M | ▼ 4% |
| Other operations | $1.1M | $808K | ▲ 36% |
| Insurance and benefits | $643K | $530K | ▲ 21% |
| Staff and payroll | $315K | $284K | ▲ 11% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $244K | $189K | ▲ 29% |
| Debt payments | $150K | $125K | ▲ 20% |
| Professional services | $61K | $63K | ▼ 4% |
Line by line
Public safety $1.5M
- Fire Protection: contractual: $975K
- Police: personal services: $392K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $60K
- Dog Control: contractual: $24K
- Police: contractual: $23K
- Police: equipment and capital outlay: $12K
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $2,008
Buildings and construction $1.1M
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $460K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $296K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $157K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $79K
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $47K
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $29K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $28K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: contractual: $24K
- Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $18K
Other operations $1.1M
- Snow Removal: contractual: $319K
- Clerk: personal services: $105K
- Municipal Court: personal services: $96K
- Special Recreation Facilities: personal services: $78K
- Street Lighting: contractual: $76K
- Special Recreation Facilities: contractual: $58K
- Assessment: personal services: $52K
- Legislative Board: personal services: $40K
- Supervisor: personal services: $36K
- Purchasing: equipment and capital outlay: $31K
Insurance and benefits $643K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $442K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $132K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $67K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $1,320
Staff and payroll $315K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $204K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $111K
Vehicles and transportation $244K
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $170K
- Machinery: contractual: $74K
Debt payments $150K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt principal: $132K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $10K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt interest: $7,195
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $1,150
- Term Bonds: debt interest: $21
Professional services $61K
- Law: personal services: $44K
- Auditor: contractual: $17K
- Law: contractual: $444
From Town 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.