fund balance

Broome County is no longer on New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress list.

Some of the last remaining businesses to still be closed from the pandemic shutdown in March still wait for guidance from New York on reopening.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says the County’s finances are healthier with the fund balance now grown to 25 times its size in 2017.

The Broome County Legislature is moving ahead with what some believe will allow for better accountability by passing the so-called Daylight Legislation.

A local community political action group is organizing a demonstration against the Vestal School District’s proposed budget and its projected tax increase.

The unassigned general fund balance for Broome County government rose significantly from the end of 2016 to the end of 2017.

As Broome County Executive Jason Garnar has announced the county’s fund balance had dropped to just $250,000 with revenues falling short of expenditure needs.