Town
Town of Groton: budget and spending
- $3.5Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 31%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings and construction | $1.1M | $751K | ▲ 50% |
| Other operations | $944K | $867K | ▲ 9% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $690K | $439K | ▲ 57% |
| Insurance and benefits | $303K | $254K | ▲ 20% |
| Public safety | $202K | $199K | ▲ 2% |
| Staff and payroll | $158K | $126K | ▲ 25% |
| Professional services | $88K | $55K | ▲ 60% |
Line by line
Buildings and construction $1.1M
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $380K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $254K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $210K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $170K
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $79K
- Maintenance of Bridges: contractual: $16K
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $8,500
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $5,688
- Maintenance of Bridges: personal services: $3,225
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $2,364
Other operations $944K
- Ambulance: contractual: $184K
- Snow Removal: personal services: $104K
- Snow Removal: contractual: $96K
- Municipal Court: personal services: $89K
- Clerk: personal services: $64K
- Zoning: personal services: $61K
- Highway Services for Other Governments: personal services: $56K
- Highway Services for Other Governments: contractual: $51K
- Joint Youth Programs: contractual: $46K
- Supervisor: personal services: $43K
Vehicles and transportation $690K
- Machinery: contractual: $334K
- Machinery: equipment and capital outlay: $237K
- Machinery: personal services: $89K
- Central Garage: contractual: $19K
- Central Garage: equipment and capital outlay: $11K
Insurance and benefits $303K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $190K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $85K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $28K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $218
Public safety $202K
- Fire Protection: contractual: $163K
- Dog Control: contractual: $26K
- Traffic Control: contractual: $10K
- Traffic Control: personal services: $3,323
Staff and payroll $158K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $97K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $62K
Professional services $88K
- Law: contractual: $51K
- Personnel: personal services: $24K
- Auditor: contractual: $13K
- Personnel: contractual: $756
From Town of Groton’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.