Overview
Clinton County's adopted FY 2025 appropriations total $201,467,381. The General Fund is $163,519,072 (81.16%), with Highway Roads ($15,063,305), the Airport ($9,981,605), the Nursing Home ($6,785,147), the Landfill ($4,011,693), and Highway Machinery ($2,106,559) making up the rest. Departmental revenues of $170,041,951 leave a $31,425,430 gap covered by non-specific revenues including the tax levy of $29,636,206 at a rate of $3.98 per $1,000 — down from $4.28 in 2024. Sales tax is the county's largest revenue: $70,403,503 gross, of which the county keeps $49,212,584. The county's Medicaid expense, capped by statute, is $17,937,880 — just over 60% of the levy.
Source: Clinton County 2025 Final Budget.
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2025
Source: Clinton County 2025 Final Budget.
Headline budget
Appropriations by fund, FY 2025 adopted (sums exactly to $201,467,381).
| General Fund | $163,519,072 |
| Highway Roads | $15,063,305 |
| Airport | $9,981,605 |
| Nursing Home | $6,785,147 |
| Landfill | $4,011,693 |
| Highway Machinery | $2,106,559 |
| Total appropriations | $201,467,381 |
Funding balance: departmental revenues of $170,041,951 plus $31,425,430 of non-specific revenues (including the $29,636,206 levy, a $500,000 unreserved fund balance contribution, and an $82,261 Workers' Compensation Reserve contribution) equal the $201,467,381 total.
Source: Clinton County 2025 Final Budget, county totals by fund.
Breakdown
Departmental revenues by fund, FY 2025 adopted (sums exactly to $170,041,951).
| General Fund | $132,093,642 |
| Highway Roads | $15,063,305 |
| Airport | $9,981,605 |
| Nursing Home | $6,785,147 |
| Landfill | $4,011,693 |
| Highway Machinery | $2,106,559 |
| Total departmental revenues | $170,041,951 |
Largest departments by adopted expenditure, FY 2025.
| Social Services | $52,458,384 |
| Highway (all highway funds, department view) | $24,740,501 |
| Budget Officer (includes sales tax distribution and transfers) | $21,543,565 |
| Sheriff | $17,763,031 |
| Health Department | $15,892,138 |
| Airport (department view) | $15,487,607 |
Expenditures by object, FY 2025 adopted (sums to $201,467,382, $1 above the printed total — rounding in the source).
| Contractual expenses | $93,951,664 |
| Personal services | $49,195,073 |
| Fringe benefits | $32,415,966 |
| Interfund transfers | $13,150,640 |
| Equipment | $8,198,295 |
| Principal | $3,195,000 |
| Interest | $1,360,744 |
| Sum of object lines (printed total $201,467,381) | $201,467,382 |
Source: Clinton County 2025 Final Budget, county total expenditures.
Elected officials
The cited budget book's salary schedule for elected officials did not render names in the pages retrieved here, so no roster is shown. The county's governing body is the County Legislature.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Clinton County, 2025 Final Budget. 2025 Final Budget.
- Sum checks: appropriations by fund exact ($201,467,381); departmental revenues by fund exact ($170,041,951); funding balance exact ($170,041,951 + $31,425,430 = $201,467,381); object lines sum to $201,467,382, $1 above the printed total (disclosed above).
- What is not claimed: no FY 2026 figure is shown (news reports only); no elected-official names are shown (schedule did not render).
- 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.