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TOWN of DRYDEN: budget and spending

Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Other operations$13.6M$9.4M▲ 45%
Buildings and construction$2.7M$2.9M▼ 6%
Public safety$1.8M$1.9M▼ 5%
Vehicles and transportation$1.7M$1.4M▲ 26%
Insurance and benefits$1.5M$1.1M▲ 34%
Staff and payroll$625K$531K▲ 18%
Debt payments$319K$203K▲ 57%
Professional services$98K$74K▲ 33%
Technology and telecom$39K$37K▲ 5%
Line by line

Other operations $13.6M

  • Home and Community Services, Other: contractual: $6.4M
  • Ambulance: contractual: $1.2M
  • Water Capital Projects: equipment and capital outlay: $1M
  • Sewer: equipment and capital outlay: $786K
  • Snow Removal: contractual: $521K
  • Sewage Treatment and Disposal: contractual: $448K
  • Flood and Erosion Control: equipment and capital outlay: $293K
  • Snow Removal: personal services: $247K
  • Supervisor: personal services: $217K
  • Brush And Weeds: personal services: $214K

Buildings and construction $2.7M

  • Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $1.2M
  • Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $476K
  • Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $214K
  • Public Works Administration: equipment and capital outlay: $154K
  • Permanent Improvements Highway: personal services: $152K
  • Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $134K
  • Public Works Administration: personal services: $113K
  • Maintenance of Bridges: equipment and capital outlay: $54K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $50K
  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $49K

Public safety $1.8M

  • Fire Protection: contractual: $1.5M
  • Safety Inspection: personal services: $192K
  • Dog Control: contractual: $112K
  • Safety Inspection: equipment and capital outlay: $39K
  • Safety Inspection: contractual: $18K
  • Traffic Control: contractual: $1,367

Vehicles and transportation $1.7M

  • Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $1.1M
  • Machinery: personal services: $292K
  • Machinery: contractual: $275K

Insurance and benefits $1.5M

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $1.2M
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $155K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $106K
  • Life Insurance: employee benefits: $5,205
  • Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $4,343

Staff and payroll $625K

  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $398K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $220K
  • Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $7,346

Debt payments $319K

  • Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $261K
  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $29K
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $28K
  • Interfund Loans: debt interest: $205

Professional services $98K

  • Personnel: personal services: $36K
  • Law: contractual: $31K
  • Auditor: contractual: $31K

Technology and telecom $39K

  • Central Data Processing: contractual: $39K

From TOWN of DRYDEN’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 ↗

Other purchases and projects

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.