Overview
The City of Elmira, the Chemung County seat, adopted its calendar-year 2026 budget on February 12, 2026 (Resolution 2026-SM44, 5–2). The General Fund (A-Fund) totals $46,720,344, with revenues exactly equal to expenses in the adopted worksheet. The city also posts three further adopted items: the ARP Fund ($2,837,418), the CDEP Fund ($165,263), and the 2026 Capital Improvement Program ($6,465,029 in bonding). The property tax levy is $17,762,561; the full tax roll, including the Downtown Development District, omitted taxes, and special charges, is $21,688,002.50.
Source: City of Elmira, Chamberlain's Office — Budget Documents; 2026 Budget, ADOPTED, A-Fund.
At a glance
Headline budget
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| General Fund revenue, 2026 adopted | $46,720,344 |
| General Fund expense, 2026 adopted | $46,720,344 |
| General Fund balance | $0 |
| Property tax levy, 2026 | $17,762,561 |
| Estimated revenue other than property taxes | $28,796,459 |
| Tax roll, all purposes | $21,688,002.50 |
| of which: Downtown Development District | $161,324 |
| of which: omitted taxes | $16,002.25 |
| of which: special charges | $3,748,115.25 |
| ARP Fund revenue = expense, 2026 adopted | $2,837,418 |
| CDEP Fund revenue = expense, 2026 adopted | $165,263 |
| Capital Improvement Program, 2026 bonding | $6,465,029 |
Source: 2026 Budget, ADOPTED, A-Fund, p. 88; Resolution 2026-SM44 tax-warrant detail; ARP Fund; CDEP Fund; Capital Budget Worksheet, ADOPTED.
Breakdown — General Fund by function
From the tax-warrant detail attached to Resolution 2026-SM44. Shares are of the $46,720,344 General Fund total and sum to 100.0% at one decimal. Scroll sideways on a phone; the function column stays pinned.
| Function | 2026 adopted | Share |
|---|---|---|
| General Government Support | $4,526,957.00 | 9.7% |
| Public Safety | $16,592,584.00 | 35.5% |
| Health | $0.00 | 0.0% |
| Transportation | $2,009,515.00 | 4.3% |
| Economic Assistance & Opportunity | $196,324.00 | 0.4% |
| Culture & Recreation | $971,941.00 | 2.1% |
| Home & Community Service | $933,939.00 | 2.0% |
| Employee Benefits | $12,960,447.00 | 27.7% |
| Debt Service | $402,900.00 | 0.9% |
| Interfund transfer | $8,125,737.00 | 17.4% |
| Total | $46,720,344.00 | 100.0% |
Other adopted funds: ARP Fund $2,837,418 (revenue = expense); CDEP Fund $165,263 (revenue = expense). Capital Improvement Program, 2026 bonding, $6,465,029: Transportation $4,122,464; Fleet $1,275,000; Buildings $405,000; Emergency Services $236,315; RestoreNY / Other $150,000; Parks & Recreation $110,000; Golf Course $90,000; Management Info Services $76,250; ARP $0. Funding: State $3,041,464; 2026 Borrowings $3,338,565; Other & CD $85,000; Federal $0.
Sources: Resolution 2026-SM44 tax-warrant detail; ARP Fund, p. 5; CDEP Fund, p. 3; Capital Budget Worksheet, ADOPTED, p. 1.
City Council meetings
Agendas and minutes: Elmira City Council agenda portal (NovusAGENDA); minutes are also archived via the city's Granicus archive linked from the City Council Meeting Minutes page.
No next-meeting date is shown. Recent council minutes show Monday meetings at 5:30 PM (August 2025) and a Monday 5:30 PM public hearing (January 26, 2026), but the city's current regular-meeting schedule is not stated on a verified official source, and the agenda portal's meeting list is not verifiable through available routes — so no pattern or next date is asserted. Check the portal for the current schedule. The February 12, 2026 adoption meeting was a Special Meeting at 12:15 PM, not the regular pattern.
Elected officials
As recorded in the February 12, 2026 adoption vote (Resolution 2026-SM44) and the city's Chamberlain's Office page. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited documents.
| Mayor | Daniel Mandell |
| Councilmember | Joseph H. Duffy |
| Councilmember | Nannette M. Moss |
| Councilmember | Gary Brinn |
| Councilmember | Jackie Wilson |
| Councilmember | Corey Cooke |
| Councilmember | Nick Grasso |
| City Chamberlain | Charmain Cattan |
Sources: Elmira City Council minutes, February 12, 2026 (Resolution 2026-SM44, 5–2: AYES Mandell, Duffy, Moss, Brinn, Wilson; NAYS Cooke, Grasso); City of Elmira, Chamberlain's Office.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: City of Elmira, 2026 Budget, ADOPTED, A-Fund worksheet (88 pages) — A-Fund document; ARP Fund — View/1194; CDEP Fund — View/1195; Capital Budget Worksheet, ADOPTED — View/1196; Elmira City Council minutes, February 12, 2026 (Resolution 2026-SM44). Budget page: Chamberlain's Office, Budget Documents.
- Sum checks (all exact): General Fund function detail ($4,526,957 + $16,592,584 + $0 + $2,009,515 + $196,324 + $971,941 + $933,939 + $12,960,447 + $402,900 + $8,125,737 = $46,720,344); tax roll ($17,762,561 + $161,324 + $16,002.25 + $3,748,115.25 = $21,688,002.50); General Fund minus non-tax revenue ($46,720,344 − $28,796,459 = $17,923,885 = $17,762,561 + $161,324); capital funding and capital components (both $6,465,029).
- What is not claimed: no combined city total — the city publishes four separate adopted items and no combined total, so none is presented as official; the $49,723,025 three-fund sum and $56,188,054 four-item sum are arithmetic only and are not shown as city totals. No tax calculator: no verified official city tax rate was found (a third-party site's $29.98 city rate is not an official source and is not used). No neighbor comparison: no adjacent municipality has a Pulse dashboard with comparable figures (Steuben and Tioga are counties, a different level, and are not mixed in). No schools, livability, or housing section yet: current NYSED performance data and the New York livability distribution are built during New York's standard pass, not from stale archive cards or conflicting third-party housing figures. No next-meeting date: see the meetings section.
- Jurisdiction palette: No verified City of Elmira palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.