Village
Village of Watkins Glen: budget and spending
- $13.5Mtotal spending, 2025 ▼ 25%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other operations | $10.3M | $14.9M | ▼ 31% |
| Public safety | $1M | $709K | ▲ 43% |
| Debt payments | $880K | $925K | ▼ 5% |
| Buildings and construction | $477K | $577K | ▼ 17% |
| Staff and payroll | $394K | $395K | ±0% |
| Insurance and benefits | $391K | $302K | ▲ 29% |
| Waste and environment | $76K | $77K | ▼ 2% |
| Professional services | $26K | $28K | ▼ 7% |
Line by line
Other operations $10.3M
- Electric and Power: contractual: $2.8M
- Water Capital Projects: equipment and capital outlay: $2.1M
- Joint Sewer Project: contractual: $1.3M
- Parks: equipment and capital outlay: $866K
- Electric and Power: employee benefits: $549K
- Electric and Power: personal services: $331K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: contractual: $272K
- Water Source of Supply, Power and Pumping: personal services: $227K
- Parks: personal services: $193K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: personal services: $177K
Public safety $1M
- Police: personal services: $524K
- Police: contractual: $268K
- Fire Protection: contractual: $177K
- Public Safety, Other: contractual: $33K
- Police: equipment and capital outlay: $14K
Debt payments $880K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $677K
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $82K
- Leases: debt principal: $51K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt principal: $24K
- Interfund Loans: debt interest: $22K
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $14K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt interest: $5,297
- Leases: debt interest: $4,396
Buildings and construction $477K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $268K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $103K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $69K
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $22K
- Highway and Street Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $9,031
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $5,081
- Permanent Improvements Highway: contractual: $23
Staff and payroll $394K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $138K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $105K
- Police Retirement: employee benefits: $95K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $55K
Insurance and benefits $391K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $295K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $68K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $26K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $1,409
Waste and environment $76K
- Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $74K
- Street Cleaning: contractual: $1,944
Professional services $26K
- Law: contractual: $26K
From Village of Watkins Glen’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-06-01 to 2025-05-31), 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.