Ridgeway board finalizes 2025 budget after agreed line-item adjustments

The Ridgeway Town Board approved final line-item changes to the 2025 budget and adopted the town's final budget during its Nov. 18 meeting.

In a recorded resolution the board approved adjustments that included increasing A.2210.000 by $9,000 (to $74,000), increasing A.1220.100 by $25 (to $12,900), decreasing A.9060.800 by $32,000 (to $165,000) and changing revenue A.1001 by $36,375.60 (to $609,098.37) with a corresponding adjustment to SF.1001. The board then voted to adopt the 2025 final budget and directed it be sent to the County.

Why it matters: the final budget details revenues, expenditures and debt-service obligations for the town and its water improvement areas. The meeting record includes a printed budget summary and line-item listings showing total expenditures across funds and the planned tax levy consistent with the town's calculated tax cap.

Key figures recorded in the budget summary include total town expenditures of $2,845,476.23 and a tax-levy figure that aligns with the town's stated tax cap. The budget document appended to the record details fund-level totals, water district debt service lines and serial bond payments for multiple water improvement areas.

What’s next: the town sent the adopted budget to Orleans County as required by statute. Implementation will proceed in 2025 according to the adopted appropriations and revenue assumptions, and departments should proceed under the new line-item authorizations.

Provenance: The board approved final changes and adopted the 2025 Final Budget during the Nov. 18 meeting; the record includes the formal budget spreadsheets and serial-bond line items.