Overview
Cortland's adopted FY 2026 General Fund balances exactly: revenues of $28,916,487 against expenses of $28,916,487, down from $29,708,910 adopted for FY 2025. Real property taxes ($11,251,198.18) and the county-distributed non-property tax ($7,987,999.54) are the two largest General Fund revenue lines. The Water Fund ($2,612,028.83 in expenses) and Sewer Fund ($5,050,664 in expenses) are balanced separately in the same document.
Source: City of Cortland 2026 Adopted Budget.
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2026
Source: City of Cortland 2026 Adopted Budget.
Headline budget
General Fund revenues and expenses balance to the dollar in the adopted columns.
| General Fund revenues, FY 2026 adopted | $28,916,487 |
| General Fund expenses, FY 2026 adopted | $28,916,487 |
| General Fund, FY 2025 adopted | $29,708,910 |
Each enterprise fund balances on its own in the document (amounts as printed; Water expenses print as $2,612,028.83 against revenues of $2,612,029.00, a $0.17 rounding difference; Sewer expenses print as $5,050,664 against revenues of $5,050,663.93).
| Water Fund revenues | $2,612,029.00 |
| Water Fund expenses | $2,612,028.83 |
| Sewer Fund revenues | $5,050,663.93 |
| Sewer Fund expenses | $5,050,664 |
Source: City of Cortland 2026 Adopted Budget.
Breakdown
Largest General Fund revenue lines, FY 2026 adopted.
| Real property taxes | $11,251,198.18 |
| Non-property tax distributed by county | $7,987,999.54 |
| State aid — per capita | $2,252,701.00 |
| Transfer from Water Fund | $853,000.00 |
| Transfer from Sewer Fund | $850,000.00 |
Selected General Fund expense lines, FY 2026 adopted.
| Hospital and medical insurance | $4,652,522.20 |
| Police and fire retirement (PFRS) | $2,483,686.00 |
| Trash collection | $1,343,105.00 |
| Short-term debt service (BANs) | $929,825.00 |
| Employees' retirement (ERS) | $584,352.00 |
| Long-term debt service (serial bonds) | $535,888.00 |
| Installment debt service | $314,614.00 |
Source: City of Cortland 2026 Adopted Budget, General Fund revenue and expense detail.
Elected officials
The cited budget document is a line-item worksheet and does not name elected officials in the pages used here, so no roster is shown. The city's governing body is the Common Council.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Cortland, 2026 Adopted Budget (city DocumentCenter document). 2026 Adopted Budget.
- Sum checks: General Fund revenues equal General Fund expenses at $28,916,487 in the adopted columns; Sewer expenses ($5,050,664) match Sewer revenues ($5,050,663.93) to rounding; Water expenses ($2,612,028.83) match Water revenues ($2,612,029.00) to $0.17.
- What is not claimed: no citywide total is summed (interfund double-count, stated above); no adoption vote count is cited; no official outside the budget document is named.
- 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.