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Town of Southport: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Buildings and construction$1.5M$1.5M▲ 2%
Other operations$1.2M$1.2M▼ 4%
Public safety$769K$764K▲ 1%
Insurance and benefits$618K$636K▼ 3%
Staff and payroll$249K$224K▲ 11%
Vehicles and transportation$186K$173K▲ 8%
Professional services$115K$145K▼ 21%
Debt payments$66K$63K▲ 4%
Line by line

Buildings and construction $1.5M

  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $447K
  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $372K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $242K
  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $187K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $177K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $85K
  • Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $1,949

Other operations $1.2M

  • Youth Programs: personal services: $153K
  • Municipal Court: personal services: $149K
  • Clerk: personal services: $132K
  • Snow Removal: contractual: $109K
  • Street Lighting: contractual: $103K
  • Youth Programs: contractual: $98K
  • Snow Removal: personal services: $62K
  • Assessment: contractual: $50K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $48K
  • Legislative Board: personal services: $45K

Public safety $769K

  • Fire Protection: contractual: $427K
  • Safety Inspection: personal services: $122K
  • Police: contractual: $85K
  • Police: personal services: $65K
  • Dog Control: contractual: $39K
  • Safety Inspection: contractual: $31K
  • Traffic Control: contractual: $66

Insurance and benefits $618K

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $568K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $50K

Staff and payroll $249K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $155K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $95K

Vehicles and transportation $186K

  • Machinery: contractual: $165K
  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $17K
  • Machinery: personal services: $4,337

Professional services $115K

  • Law: contractual: $97K
  • Auditor: contractual: $18K

Debt payments $66K

  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $57K
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $8,622

From Town of Southport’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.