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Town of Corning: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Buildings and construction$1.4M$1.4M▲ 2%
Other operations$864K$822K▲ 5%
Insurance and benefits$471K$387K▲ 22%
Debt payments$320K$2M▼ 84%
Staff and payroll$210K$193K▲ 9%
Vehicles and transportation$153K$584K▼ 74%
Public safety$68K$69K▼ 2%
Professional services$33K$41K▼ 19%
Line by line

Buildings and construction $1.4M

  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $461K
  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $336K
  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $135K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $120K
  • Operation of Plant: personal services: $119K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $108K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $75K
  • Maintenance of Bridges: equipment and capital outlay: $51K

Other operations $864K

  • Municipal Court: personal services: $116K
  • Water Transportation and Distribution: contractual: $86K
  • Playground and Recreation Centers: equipment and capital outlay: $83K
  • Snow Removal: contractual: $69K
  • Water Source of Supply, Power and Pumping: contractual: $61K
  • Clerk: personal services: $56K
  • Assessment: personal services: $49K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $37K
  • Ambulance: contractual: $36K
  • Budget: personal services: $28K

Insurance and benefits $471K

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $327K
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $95K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $47K
  • Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $664

Debt payments $320K

  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $130K
  • Installment Bonds: debt principal: $79K
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $59K
  • Installment Bonds: debt interest: $52K

Staff and payroll $210K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $131K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $79K

Vehicles and transportation $153K

  • Machinery: contractual: $77K
  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $76K
  • Machinery: personal services: $30

Public safety $68K

  • Safety Inspection: personal services: $54K
  • Dog Control: contractual: $11K
  • Safety Inspection: contractual: $1,828

Professional services $33K

  • Auditor: contractual: $19K
  • Law: contractual: $15K

From Town of Corning’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.