County
COUNTY of STEUBEN: budget and spending
- $287.9Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 8%
- $6.1Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other operations | $193.6M | $172.1M | ▲ 13% |
| Public safety | $29.9M | $27M | ▲ 11% |
| Buildings and construction | $29.2M | $32.1M | ▼ 9% |
| Instruction | $10.1M | $9.6M | ▲ 5% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $8.9M | $7.6M | ▲ 18% |
| Waste and environment | $6.3M | $7.3M | ▼ 13% |
| Technology and telecom | $6.1M | $7.2M | ▼ 15% |
| Debt payments | $2M | $1.5M | ▲ 35% |
| Professional services | $1.7M | $1.5M | ▲ 11% |
Line by line
Other operations $193.6M
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $26.5M
- Distribution Of Sales Tax: contractual: $20.5M
- Medicaid to State: contractual: $20M
- Child Care: contractual: $13.9M
- Social Services Administration: personal services: $11.4M
- Day Care: contractual: $10.7M
- Safety Net: contractual: $7.9M
- General Government Support, Other: equipment and capital outlay: $6.9M
- Services for Recipients: contractual: $6.1M
- Social Services Administration: employee benefits: $6.1M
Public safety $29.9M
- Jail: personal services: $5.6M
- Sheriff: personal services: $5.5M
- Jail: contractual: $3.9M
- Jail: employee benefits: $2.6M
- Sheriff: employee benefits: $2.5M
- Probation: personal services: $2.2M
- Public Safety, Other: personal services: $1.3M
- Sheriff: equipment and capital outlay: $1.2M
- Probation: employee benefits: $1.2M
- Public Safety, Other: equipment and capital outlay: $1M
Buildings and construction $29.2M
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $9.1M
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $5.7M
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $4M
- Maintenance of Roads: employee benefits: $2.5M
- Maintenance of Bridges: contractual: $1.5M
- Maintenance of Bridges: equipment and capital outlay: $895K
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $785K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $716K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $698K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $609K
Instruction $10.1M
- Education of Handicapped Children: contractual: $5.9M
- Community College Tuition: contractual: $4.2M
Vehicles and transportation $8.9M
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $4.5M
- Machinery: contractual: $2.2M
- Bus Operations: contractual: $960K
- Machinery: personal services: $837K
- Machinery: employee benefits: $337K
- Transportation, Other: contractual: $104K
Waste and environment $6.3M
- Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $3.2M
- Refuse and Garbage: personal services: $1.7M
- Landfill Closure and Post Closure: contractual: $877K
- Refuse and Garbage: employee benefits: $521K
Technology and telecom $6.1M
- Public Safety Communication Systems: personal services: $2.2M
- Central Data Processing: personal services: $1.2M
- Public Safety Communication Systems: employee benefits: $1.1M
- Central Data Processing: employee benefits: $648K
- Central Data Processing: contractual: $356K
- Public Safety Communication Systems: contractual: $327K
- Central Data Processing: equipment and capital outlay: $227K
- Public Safety Communication Systems: equipment and capital outlay: $44K
Debt payments $2M
- Subscription-Based IT Arrangement: debt principal: $613K
- Leases: debt principal: $490K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $425K
- Installment Bonds: debt principal: $298K
- Leases: debt interest: $58K
- Installment Bonds: debt interest: $52K
- Subscription-Based IT Arrangement: debt interest: $36K
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $22K
Professional services $1.7M
- Personnel: personal services: $548K
- Law: personal services: $401K
- Personnel: employee benefits: $299K
- Personnel: contractual: $161K
- Law: employee benefits: $128K
- Auditor: personal services: $85K
- Auditor: employee benefits: $51K
- Law: contractual: $33K
- Auditor: contractual: $4,054
From COUNTY of STEUBEN’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
- $376K (2012) Steuben County (ARRA) (energy efficiency - comprehensive) · 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.