Town
Town of Caton: budget and spending
- $1.4Mtotal spending, 2025 ▼ 35%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings and construction | $683K | $617K | ▲ 11% |
| Other operations | $320K | $313K | ▲ 2% |
| Insurance and benefits | $153K | $158K | ▼ 3% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $71K | $876K | ▼ 92% |
| Staff and payroll | $65K | $59K | ▲ 10% |
| Debt payments | $33K | $33K | ±0% |
| Public safety | $31K | $27K | ▲ 17% |
| Professional services | $4,543 | $10K | ▼ 57% |
Line by line
Buildings and construction $683K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $195K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $189K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $137K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: contractual: $82K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $55K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $18K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $3,308
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $2,755
- Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $661
- Highway and Street Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $210
Other operations $320K
- Snow Removal: contractual: $97K
- Snow Removal: personal services: $78K
- Garage: contractual: $24K
- Assessment: personal services: $19K
- Clerk: personal services: $17K
- Budget: personal services: $12K
- Parks: contractual: $11K
- Ambulance: contractual: $9,251
- Municipal Court: personal services: $7,728
- Budget: contractual: $6,623
Insurance and benefits $153K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $93K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $36K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $24K
Vehicles and transportation $71K
- Machinery: contractual: $70K
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $268
Staff and payroll $65K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $40K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $25K
Debt payments $33K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $30K
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $3,081
Public safety $31K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $17K
- Dog Control: contractual: $8,400
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $3,871
- Police: personal services: $1,800
- Public Safety, Other: contractual: $590
Professional services $4,543
- Law: contractual: $2,999
- Personnel: personal services: $1,500
- Personnel: contractual: $43
From Town of Caton’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.