Town
Town of Spencer: budget and spending
- $3.1Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 1%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debt payments | $1.3M | $99K | ▲ 1249% |
| Buildings and construction | $697K | $1.8M | ▼ 61% |
| Other operations | $467K | $547K | ▼ 15% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $237K | $270K | ▼ 12% |
| Public safety | $124K | $159K | ▼ 22% |
| Insurance and benefits | $103K | $93K | ▲ 10% |
| Staff and payroll | $86K | $72K | ▲ 21% |
Line by line
Debt payments $1.3M
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt principal: $1.3M
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $62K
Buildings and construction $697K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: contractual: $242K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $178K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $136K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $60K
- Maintenance of Bridges: contractual: $49K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $32K
- Highway and Street Administration: contractual: $194
Other operations $467K
- Snow Removal: personal services: $165K
- Snow Removal: contractual: $92K
- Engineer: equipment and capital outlay: $49K
- Clerk: personal services: $26K
- Assessment: personal services: $22K
- Municipal Court: personal services: $21K
- Cemetery: contractual: $17K
- Comptroller: personal services: $14K
- Supervisor: personal services: $14K
- Legislative Board: personal services: $11K
Vehicles and transportation $237K
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $184K
- Machinery: contractual: $53K
Public safety $124K
- Fire Protection: contractual: $85K
- Safety Inspection: personal services: $14K
- Dog Control: personal services: $12K
- Public Safety Administration: contractual: $11K
- Safety Inspection: contractual: $1,725
- Dog Control: contractual: $365
Insurance and benefits $103K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $60K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $29K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $14K
Staff and payroll $86K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $45K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $42K
From Town of Spencer’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.