Overview
Sullivan County's adopted FY2025 budget totals $339,965,118 across all funds, with the General Fund accounting for $254,157,032. The General Fund's largest revenue lines are non-property taxes ($86,134,000) and real property taxes ($74,100,000 as budgeted — the levy itself is $74,850,000, less a $750,000 allowance for uncollectible taxes). Economic Opportunity and Development ($73,040,737) is the largest General Fund function, ahead of General Government Support ($56,173,897) and Public Safety ($40,156,597).
At a glance — adopted budget FY2025
Headline budget
Summary of Financial Sources and Uses, 2025 Adopted Budget. Total revenues equal total expenditures in every fund.
| Total, all funds, FY2025 adopted | $339,965,118 |
| General Fund | $254,157,032 |
| County Road Fund | $34,166,847 |
| Refuse and Garbage (Special Revenue) | $15,469,741 |
| Enterprise Fund (Adult Care Center) | $21,092,216 |
| Road Machinery Fund | $6,188,129 |
| Debt Service Fund | $8,891,153 |
| Total tax levy (adopted) | $74,850,000 |
| Real property taxes as budgeted (levy less $750,000 allowance) | $74,100,000 |
Breakdown: General Fund by function
General Fund expenditures by function, 2025 adopted. These sum exactly to the General Fund total of $254,157,032.
| General Government Support | $56,173,897 |
| Education | $5,975,000 |
| Public Safety | $40,156,597 |
| Health | $30,836,242 |
| Transportation | $5,312,424 |
| Economic Opportunity and Development | $73,040,737 |
| Culture and Recreation | $5,364,557 |
| Home and Community Services | $2,987,344 |
| Other Financing Uses | $34,310,234 |
| Total — General Fund | $254,157,032 |
Sum checks: the nine function lines add exactly to $254,157,032; the six fund totals add exactly to $339,965,118. The book's tax-cap calculation shows the $74,850,000 adopted levy against a $74,879,504.94 cap after chargebacks — inside the cap. General Fund revenues also include state aid of $29,780,710 and federal aid of $20,368,933.
Elected officials
As named in the 2025 Adopted Budget Detail (county management; the document does not print a legislator roster).
| County Manager | Joshua A. Potosek |
| Commissioner of Management & Budget | Anna-Marie Novello |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Sullivan County, 2025 Adopted Budget Detail (official county document). 2025 Adopted Budget Detail.
- Sum checks: fund totals sum exactly to $339,965,118; General Fund function lines sum exactly to $254,157,032.
- What is not claimed: no FY2026 adopted figure is shown (the 2026 book was not text-retrieved; the reported $305.7 million 2026 adoption is not cited); the community college budget was not used.
- 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.