Town
TOWN of HORSEHEADS: budget and spending
- $6.2Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 1%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings and construction | $2.4M | $2.8M | ▼ 16% |
| Other operations | $1.3M | $1.2M | ▲ 5% |
| Public safety | $1.1M | $920K | ▲ 23% |
| Insurance and benefits | $649K | $580K | ▲ 12% |
| Debt payments | $320K | $206K | ▲ 55% |
| Staff and payroll | $232K | $193K | ▲ 20% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $172K | $181K | ▼ 5% |
| Professional services | $44K | $37K | ▲ 17% |
Line by line
Buildings and construction $2.4M
- Permanent Improvements Highway: contractual: $962K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $751K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $361K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $123K
- Maintenance of Roads: employee benefits: $55K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $55K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $51K
- Highway and Street Administration: employee benefits: $9,189
- Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $7,049
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $1,260
Other operations $1.3M
- Playground and Recreation Centers: personal services: $129K
- Clerk: personal services: $128K
- Assessment: personal services: $120K
- Municipal Court: personal services: $109K
- Supervisor: personal services: $105K
- Snow Removal: contractual: $89K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: contractual: $81K
- Supervisor: contractual: $69K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: equipment and capital outlay: $57K
- Garage: contractual: $54K
Public safety $1.1M
- Fire Protection: contractual: $849K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $186K
- Dog Control: contractual: $63K
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $20K
- Safety Inspection: employee benefits: $14K
- Safety Inspection: equipment and capital outlay: $2,978
Insurance and benefits $649K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $549K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $62K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $34K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $2,796
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $1,404
Debt payments $320K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $207K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt principal: $80K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt interest: $21K
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $12K
Staff and payroll $232K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $216K
- Local Pension Fund: contractual: $9,767
- Local Pension Fund: employee benefits: $6,459
Vehicles and transportation $172K
- Machinery: contractual: $161K
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $11K
Professional services $44K
- Law: contractual: $35K
- Auditor: contractual: $8,850
From TOWN of HORSEHEADS’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 ↗
Other purchases and projects
- $417K (2024) Town of Horseheads - LED Street Lighting (energy efficiency - led street lighting) · New York Power Authority · NYPA
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.