Village
VILLAGE of GROTON: budget and spending
- $10.2Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 21%
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debt payments | $4.5M | $81K | ▲ 5405% |
| Other operations | $3.5M | $3.7M | ▼ 6% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.1M | $3.6M | ▼ 70% |
| Public safety | $538K | $483K | ▲ 12% |
| Insurance and benefits | $255K | $237K | ▲ 8% |
| Staff and payroll | $220K | $180K | ▲ 22% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $58K | $54K | ▲ 8% |
| Professional services | $9,027 | $3,486 | ▲ 159% |
Line by line
Debt payments $4.5M
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt principal: $4.2M
- Bond Anticipation Notes: debt interest: $195K
- Serial Bonds: debt principal: $40K
- Installment Bonds: debt principal: $30K
- Installment Bonds: debt interest: $8,633
- Serial Bonds: debt interest: $3,900
Other operations $3.5M
- Electric and Power: contractual: $968K
- Electric and Power: personal services: $453K
- Sewage Treatment and Disposal: contractual: $448K
- Electric and Power: employee benefits: $377K
- Ambulance: personal services: $270K
- Ambulance: contractual: $158K
- Depreciation: contractual: $118K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: personal services: $65K
- Playground and Recreation Centers: contractual: $63K
- Youth Programs: contractual: $57K
Buildings and construction $1.1M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $645K
- Permanent Improvements Highway: equipment and capital outlay: $147K
- Maintenance of Roads: personal services: $81K
- Maintenance of Roads: contractual: $72K
- Maintenance of Roads: equipment and capital outlay: $60K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $51K
- Operation of Plant: personal services: $3,940
- Highway and Street Administration: personal services: $2,929
Public safety $538K
- Police: personal services: $283K
- Fire Protection: contractual: $153K
- Police: equipment and capital outlay: $71K
- Police: contractual: $31K
Insurance and benefits $255K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $140K
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $73K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $41K
Staff and payroll $220K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $91K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $75K
- Police Retirement: employee benefits: $50K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $4,085
Vehicles and transportation $58K
- Central Garage: personal services: $36K
- Central Garage: contractual: $18K
- Central Garage: equipment and capital outlay: $4,432
Professional services $9,027
- Law: contractual: $9,027
From VILLAGE of GROTON’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-06-01 to 2025-05-31), 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
- $80K (2012) Village of Groton - Village Insulation Program - CI (energy efficiency - comprehensive) · New York Power Authority · NYPA
- $65K (1987) Watt Busters - GROTON (energy efficiency) · New York Power Authority · NYPA
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.