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Town of Richford: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Buildings and construction$546K$748K▼ 27%
Other operations$291K$311K▼ 6%
Vehicles and transportation$98K$325K▼ 70%
Insurance and benefits$88K$85K▲ 3%
Staff and payroll$84K$107K▼ 22%
Public safety$49K$47K▲ 4%
Waste and environment$39K$32K▲ 22%
Debt payments$12K$22K▼ 45%
Professional services$2,139$6,263▼ 66%
Line by line

Buildings and construction $546K

  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $213K
  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $166K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $65K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $59K
  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $41K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $1,019
  • Highway and Street Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $252
  • Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $180

Other operations $291K

  • Snow Removal: personal services: $113K
  • Snow Removal: contractual: $46K
  • Central Storeroom: contractual: $40K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $16K
  • Zoning: personal services: $11K
  • Municipal Court: personal services: $8,745
  • Garage: contractual: $8,277
  • Clerk: personal services: $6,000
  • Assessment: personal services: $5,800
  • Library: contractual: $5,447

Vehicles and transportation $98K

  • Machinery: contractual: $92K
  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $6,662

Insurance and benefits $88K

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $44K
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $37K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $6,519

Staff and payroll $84K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $54K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $30K

Public safety $49K

  • Rescue Squad: contractual: $46K
  • Dog Control: contractual: $1,792
  • Dog Control: personal services: $1,042

Waste and environment $39K

  • Refuse and Garbage: personal services: $20K
  • Refuse and Garbage: contractual: $19K
  • Refuse and Garbage: equipment and capital outlay: $314

Debt payments $12K

  • Installment Bonds: debt principal: $9,500
  • Installment Bonds: debt interest: $2,424

Professional services $2,139

  • Law: personal services: $2,139

From Town of Richford’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.