City
City of Hornell: budget and spending
- $29.7Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 34%
- $42Ktechnology and telecom, 2025
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other operations | $16.1M | $10M | ▲ 61% |
| Public safety | $5.1M | $4M | ▲ 26% |
| Insurance and benefits | $2.3M | $2.2M | ▲ 4% |
| Staff and payroll | $2M | $1.7M | ▲ 14% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.7M | $1.5M | ▲ 12% |
| Debt payments | $1.1M | $1.2M | ▼ 9% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $951K | $906K | ▲ 5% |
| Waste and environment | $494K | $468K | ▲ 5% |
| Professional services | $69K | $67K | ▲ 4% |
| Technology and telecom | $42K | $154K | ▼ 72% |
Line by line
Other operations $16.1M
- Community Beautification: equipment and capital outlay: $3.5M
- Sewage Treatment and Disposal: equipment and capital outlay: $2M
- Economic Development Zone Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $1.8M
- Parks: equipment and capital outlay: $1.6M
- Ambulance: personal services: $703K
- Other Transportation: equipment and capital outlay: $595K
- Sewage Treatment and Disposal: contractual: $538K
- Ambulance: equipment and capital outlay: $403K
- Water Purification: contractual: $373K
- Water Purification: personal services: $354K
Public safety $5.1M
- Police: personal services: $2M
- Fire Protection: personal services: $1.5M
- Fire Protection: equipment and capital outlay: $768K
- Police: equipment and capital outlay: $313K
- Police: contractual: $184K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $125K
- Fire Protection: contractual: $120K
- Dog Control: contractual: $23K
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $7,720
- Safety Inspection: equipment and capital outlay: $500
Insurance and benefits $2.3M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $1.8M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $271K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $131K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $28K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $23K
Staff and payroll $2M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $560K
- Police Retirement: employee benefits: $539K
- Fire Retirement: employee benefits: $507K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $377K
Buildings and construction $1.7M
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $395K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $304K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $285K
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $276K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $175K
- Public Works Administration: personal services: $116K
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $98K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $26K
- Public Works Administration: contractual: $5,418
- Public Works Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $2,487
Debt payments $1.1M
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $350K
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt principal: $194K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt principal: $171K
- Installment Bonds: debt principal: $145K
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $118K
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $68K
- Installment Bonds: debt interest: $16K
- Installment Purchase Debt: debt interest: $14K
Vehicles and transportation $951K
- Bus Operations: personal services: $434K
- Bus Operations: contractual: $268K
- Bus Operations: employee benefits: $153K
- Airport: contractual: $84K
- Airport: equipment and capital outlay: $13K
Waste and environment $494K
- Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $413K
- Street Cleaning: personal services: $68K
- Street Cleaning: contractual: $13K
Professional services $69K
- Law: personal services: $40K
- Auditor: contractual: $29K
Technology and telecom $42K
- Central Data Processing: contractual: $25K
- Central Communication System: contractual: $17K
From City of Hornell’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31), 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.