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Town of Avoca: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Buildings and construction$606K$576K▲ 5%
Other operations$493K$444K▲ 11%
Insurance and benefits$187K$188K±0%
Vehicles and transportation$115K$99K▲ 16%
Staff and payroll$94K$82K▲ 14%
Debt payments$86K$92K▼ 7%
Professional services$78K$24K▲ 228%
Public safety$22K$21K▲ 1%
Line by line

Buildings and construction $606K

  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $377K
  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $94K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $62K
  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $61K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $8,024
  • Operation of Plant: personal services: $3,185
  • Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $1,265

Other operations $493K

  • Snow Removal: personal services: $99K
  • Municipal Court: personal services: $94K
  • Snow Removal: contractual: $79K
  • Library: contractual: $64K
  • Garage: contractual: $25K
  • Clerk: personal services: $20K
  • Assessment: personal services: $20K
  • Legislative Board: personal services: $12K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $11K
  • Municipal Court: contractual: $10K

Insurance and benefits $187K

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $129K
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $35K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $23K
  • Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $1,176

Vehicles and transportation $115K

  • Machinery: contractual: $56K
  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $35K
  • Machinery: personal services: $24K

Staff and payroll $94K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $58K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $36K
  • Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $72

Debt payments $86K

  • Bond Anticipation Notes: debt principal: $53K
  • Installment Bonds: debt principal: $23K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $8,849
  • Installment Bonds: debt interest: $1,688

Professional services $78K

  • Law: contractual: $62K
  • Personnel: personal services: $16K

Public safety $22K

  • Safety Inspection: personal services: $12K
  • Dog Control: personal services: $4,858
  • Dog Control: contractual: $1,879
  • Traffic Control: equipment and capital outlay: $1,868
  • Safety Inspection: contractual: $702

From Town of Avoca’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.