Overview
Riverhead's adopted FY 2025 town-wide appropriations total $73,529,029 across the General Fund ($64,852,829), Highway Fund ($7,721,800), and Street Lighting Fund ($954,400), funded by town-wide tax levies of $56,783,579 at a combined rate of $67.031 per $1,000. The same book's 2026 preliminary column shows a much larger total town operating figure ($121,110,904) because it covers more funds than the three town-wide funds compared here — the two totals are not comparable, and this page does not present the preliminary figure as an adopted budget.
Source: Town of Riverhead 2026 Preliminary Budget (FY 2025 adopted comparison columns).
At a glance — adopted FY 2025, town-wide funds
Headline budget
Town-wide funds, FY 2025 adopted comparison columns (each column sums exactly).
| General Fund appropriations | $64,852,829 |
| Highway Fund appropriations | $7,721,800 |
| Street Lighting Fund appropriations | $954,400 |
| Total town-wide appropriations | $73,529,029 |
| General Fund tax levy | $48,639,479 |
| Highway Fund tax levy | $7,223,100 |
| Street Lighting Fund tax levy | $921,000 |
| Total town-wide tax levies | $56,783,579 |
| General Fund rate per $1,000 | $57.503 |
| Highway Fund rate per $1,000 | $8.538 |
| Street Lighting Fund rate per $1,000 | $0.990 |
| Combined town-wide rate per $1,000 | $67.031 |
Source: Town of Riverhead 2026 Preliminary Budget, comparison columns.
Breakdown
2026 preliminary figures from the same book, shown ONLY to distinguish them from the adopted FY 2025 figures — these are not adopted figures and are not the basis of this dashboard.
| Total town operating, 2026 preliminary | $121,110,904 |
| Revenues, 2026 preliminary | $49,771,965 |
| Appropriated fund balance, 2026 preliminary | $5,995,000 |
| Tax levy, 2026 preliminary | $65,343,939 |
| Check: revenues + fund balance + levy | $121,110,904 |
| General Fund, 2026 preliminary | $69,113,159 |
| General Fund revenues, 2026 preliminary | $14,998,550 |
| General Fund appropriated fund balance, 2026 preliminary | $1,250,000 |
| General Fund tax levy, 2026 preliminary | $52,864,609 |
| Check: revenues + fund balance + levy | $69,113,159 |
Source: Town of Riverhead 2026 Preliminary Budget, preliminary columns.
Elected officials
As named on the cover of the cited preliminary budget book.
| Town Supervisor | Timothy Hubbard |
| Town Council | Kenneth Rothwell |
| Town Council | Robert Kern |
| Town Council | Denise Merrifield |
| Town Council | Joann Waski |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Town of Riverhead, 2026 Preliminary Budget book (FY 2025 adopted comparison columns and 2026 preliminary columns). 2026 Preliminary Budget.
- Sum checks: FY 2025 town-wide appropriations exact ($73,529,029); levies exact ($56,783,579); rates exact ($67.031); 2026 preliminary total-town identity exact ($121,110,904); 2026 preliminary General Fund identity exact ($69,113,159).
- What is not claimed: no FY 2026 adopted figure is shown (the adopted 2026 book was not retrieved); the November 2025 news report of a $121.1M adopted 2026 budget is not used as a basis; no all-funds FY 2025 total is shown (only the three town-wide funds have comparison totals).
- 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.