Overview
Cortland County's adopted FY 2025 budget spends $131,116,185.01, funded in part by a real property tax levy of $40,699,428 at an average county tax rate of $14.540237 per $1,000 (down from $16.087076 in 2024; county taxes on a $100,000 house fall $154.68 to $1,454.02). The City of Cortland carries the largest single levy at $9,265,781.92 on a taxable value of $869,523,480 at $10.656161 per $1,000. The county's statement of indebtedness shows $17,085,000 outstanding at year-end, down from $19,115,000 after $2,030,000 of principal paid.
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2025
Source: Cortland County 2025 Adopted Budget.
Headline budget
Resolution figures, FY 2025 adopted.
| Total spending (Resolution No. 232-24) | $131,116,185.01 |
| Real property tax levy (Resolution No. 232-24) | $40,699,428 |
| Average county tax rate per $1,000 | $14.540237 |
| Average county tax rate per $1,000, 2024 | $16.087076 |
| County taxes on a $100,000 house, 2025 | $1,454.02 |
| County taxes on a $100,000 house, 2024 | $1,608.71 |
Statement of indebtedness (exact identity).
| Original amounts | $32,727,716 |
| Outstanding, beginning of year | $19,115,000 |
| Principal paid | ($2,030,000) |
| Interest paid | $573,746 |
| Outstanding, end of year | $17,085,000 |
Source: Cortland County 2025 Adopted Budget, resolution and statement of indebtedness.
Breakdown
Selected department figure, FY 2025 adopted column (the book's line-item columns read 2023 Actual, 2024 Original Budget, 2024 Revised Budget, 2025 Department Request, 2025 County Administrator, 2025 Adopted).
| District Attorney — expenses, adopted | $1,672,661.89 |
| District Attorney — revenues, adopted | ($247,804.00) |
| District Attorney — net, adopted | $1,424,857.89 |
Levy detail (page-1 table): the City of Cortland levy is $9,265,781.92 on a taxable value of $869,523,480 at $10.656161 per $1,000. The full municipality table prints a total of $40,293,538.24, which does not reconcile to the resolution levy of $40,699,428 (a $405,889.76 gap, unexplained in the pages read); this page uses the resolution figure.
Source: Cortland County 2025 Adopted Budget, tax-rate page and District Attorney detail.
Elected officials
As named on the cover of the cited adopted budget.
| Chairman, County Legislature | Kevin Fitch |
| Chair, Finance & Administration Committee | Cathy Bischoff |
| County Administrator / Budget Officer | Robert Corpora |
| Director of Finance | Andrea Herzog |
| County Auditor | Stephen Trobert |
| Clerk of the Legislature | Savannah Hempstead |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Cortland County, 2025 Adopted County Budget (Resolution No. 232-24, adopted November 21, 2024). 2025 Adopted Budget.
- Sum checks: indebtedness identity exact ($19,115,000 − $2,030,000 = $17,085,000); District Attorney net exact ($1,672,661.89 − $247,804.00 = $1,424,857.89).
- What is not claimed: no fund or function breakdown is shown (the book publishes none); the page-1 municipality table total ($40,293,538.24) is not presented as reconciling to the resolution levy; the earlier single-fetch block is superseded by the full retrieval documented above.
- 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.