Overview
Allegany County’s 2026 Final Budget appropriates $160,743,057 across all funds. The General Fund accounts for $120,442,877 of that total. The real property tax levy is $31,693,426, up $570,502 (+1.83%) from 2025’s $31,122,924, while the average county tax rate falls 4.45% to $12.205630961 per $1,000 of taxable assessed value ($2,596,623,321). The budget notes the county’s 29 towns and 10 villages, with the county seat at Belmont.
Source: Allegany County 2026 Final Budget.
At a glance
Headline budget and funds
Budget balance (Exhibit A): estimated revenues $116,116,546 + appropriated reserve $140,000 + appropriated fund balance $12,793,085 + real property taxes $31,693,426 = $160,743,057. Exact.
| Estimated revenues | $116,116,546 |
| Appropriated reserve | $140,000 |
| Appropriated fund balance | $12,793,085 |
| Real property taxes | $31,693,426 |
| Total appropriations | $160,743,057 |
Appropriations by fund (Exhibit A) — sums exactly to $160,743,057.
| General Fund | $120,442,877 |
| W.I.A. Grant | $1,189,017 |
| Risk Retention — Insurance | $290,000 |
| Risk Retention — Health | $11,320,000 |
| County Road | $17,828,863 |
| Road Machinery | $3,118,085 |
| Capital Projects | $3,289,500 |
| Self-Insurance | $970,000 |
| Debt Service | $2,294,715 |
| Total appropriations | $160,743,057 |
Estimated revenue categories — sums exactly to $116,116,546.
| Other real property tax items | $1,525,720 |
| Non-property taxes | $29,565,000 |
| Departmental income | $5,777,370 |
| Intergovernmental charges | $4,024,428 |
| Use of money & property | $3,656,500 |
| Licenses & permits | $12,000 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $182,500 |
| Property sales & compensation | $909,500 |
| Miscellaneous | $52,000 |
| State aid | $23,973,972 |
| Federal aid | $15,597,365 |
| Inter-fund revenues | $4,194,895 |
| Inter-fund transfers | $26,645,296 |
| Estimated revenues | $116,116,546 |
General Fund by function, plus inter-fund transfers out of the General Fund — $95,541,581 + $24,901,296 = $120,442,877. Exact.
| General Government Support | $15,557,361 |
| Education | $3,440,217 |
| Public Safety | $14,447,191 |
| Health | $8,704,654 |
| Bus Transportation | $2,207,000 |
| Economic Assistance & Opportunity | $39,346,249 |
| Culture & Recreation | $688,643 |
| Home & Community Services | $3,215,266 |
| Employee Benefits | $7,935,000 |
| Functions subtotal | $95,541,581 |
Inter-fund transfers out of the General Fund — sums exactly to $24,901,296.
| To County Road | $11,474,263 |
| To W.I.A. Grant | $60,518 |
| To Capital Projects | $1,464,500 |
| To Debt Service | $2,149,015 |
| To Risk Retention — Insurance | $290,000 |
| To Risk Retention — Health | $9,463,000 |
| Inter-fund transfers out | $24,901,296 |
County officials
| Budget Officer | Carissa M. Knapp |
| Deputy Budget Officer | Terri L. Ross |
| Adopting body | Board of Legislators (adopted December 17, 2025) |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Allegany County, New York, 2026 Final Budget (adopted December 17, 2025). 2026 Final Budget.
- Jurisdiction check: the budget’s own text places the county on the upper Genesee River at the Pennsylvania border, in the “Western NY Wilds,” with 29 towns, 10 villages, and the county seat at Belmont — Allegany County, New York. An earlier inventory link to an Allegany County budget was rejected because that document was for Allegany County, Maryland, and no figure from it is used here.
- Sum checks: fund appropriations exact ($160,743,057); revenues + reserve + fund balance + taxes exact ($116,116,546 + $140,000 + $12,793,085 + $31,693,426 = $160,743,057); revenue categories exact ($116,116,546); General Fund functions + transfers exact ($95,541,581 + $24,901,296 = $120,442,877).
- Hero photo: none — no freely-licensed photo of Allegany County, New York, with a verified photographer and license was confirmed, so no substitute image is used.
- Jurisdiction palette: No verified New York jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.