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Beacon city budget expenditures, 2024
Pub safety — $16,843,359 (32.4%) Pub safety $16,843,359 • 32.4% Emp benefits — $8,830,816 (17.0%) Emp benefits $8,830,816 • 17.0% Sanitation — $7,336,373 (14.1%) Sanitation $7,336,373 • 14.1% Transpn — $7,066,973 (13.6%) Transpn $7,066,973 • 13.6% Debt svc — $4,372,920 (8.4%) Debt svc Utilities — $3,209,300 (6.2%) Utilities $3,209,300 • 6.2% Gen govt — $3,202,108 (6.2%) Gen govt $3,202,108 • 6.2% Culture & rec — $1,053,685 (2.0%)
NOTES: “Other” combines community services, social services, health, and education.
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NYS Comptroller
Municipal tax rates for Dutchess County communities
(per $1,000 of full value)
Amenia (town)2.05Beacon (city)6.24Beekman (town)1.22Clinton (town)1.72Dover (town)2.81East Fishkill (town)3.00Fishkill (town)2.34Fishkill (village)4.66Hyde Park (town)2.79LaGrange (town)3.03Milan (town)2.24Millbrook (village)4.20Millerton (village)4.22North East (town)3.46Pawling (town)2.79 Pawling (village)4.97Pine Plains (town)3.21Pleasant Valley (town)1.74Poughkeepsie (city)11.81Poughkeepsie (town)5.68Red Hook (town)1.60Red Hook (village)5.11Rhinebeck (town)0.98Rhinebeck (village)2.54Stanford (town)1.66Tivoli (village)3.18Union Vale (town)2.20Wappinger (town)2.29Wappingers Falls (village)9.04Washington (town)1.77
Year: 2025
NYS Comptroller
Recent government grants to Beacon
Year Grantor Amount Purpose
2025 Regional Economic Development Councils $2,000,000 Melzingah Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation
2024 Restore New York Communities Initiative $1,000,000 transformation of a former automotive garage into studios
2024 U.S. Department of Homeland Security $67,061 assistance to firefighters grant
2023 NYS revenue sharing (Aid and Incentives for Municipalities) $1,537,478
Sources: NYS Comptroller, NYS Governor's Office, USA Giving